Tue.Feb 07, 2023

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Photoshop Basics

Ask a Tech Teacher

Before teaching Lesson Plans using Photoshop, be sure to cover the basics with students: Open Photoshop. Notice the tool bars at the top. These will change depending upon the tool you choose from the left side. These are the crux of Photoshop. We’ll cover about ten of them in fifth grade. The rest will have to wait. The right-hand tools are used independent of the left-hand tools.

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CREST: Valentines, Love & Well-being Projects

All About STEM

Have you got Valentine’s vibes? Did you know that CREST projects can help promote happiness and well-being to learners and their loved ones? There are gifts to make, healthy-heart activities, creative activities and games and students can work towards a CREST Award by completing them. Spread the love and choose your favourite, there’s a broad selection and many are suitable for home-learning too!

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Humans Guess Gestures Made by Apes, Study Shows

Smore Science

The great apes include the bonobos, orangutans, gorillas, and chimpanzees. Credit: Wikimedia/Alain Houle (Harvard University) As per a recent study in PLOS Biology, scientists state that humans and apes have common gestures used for communication. The study was led by Dr. Kirsty Graham of St. Andrews University in Scotland. According to the study, the use of gestures for communication is common between humans and other ape species.

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STEM Learning: Virtual Apprenticeships Fair

All About STEM

During National Apprenticeship Week, STEM Learning is promoting apprenticeships throughout the world of STEM and you can get involved, straight from your home or classroom. Apprenticeships: Earn While You Learn, is a 360 degree online careers exhibition which offers you the chance to visit over 25 national employer stands across a wide range of sectors in the UK.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Super Bowl Football STEM Challenges and Activities for Elementary Students

Carly and Adam

Are you ready for some football? Engage students during football season with STEM! Students design and create a Field Goal and Paper Football. Students compete and keep score with a fun game of Paper Football! Material List: Construction Paper Pipe Cleaners Straws Tape Scissors Popsicle Sticks Rubber Bands Small Plastic Condiment Cups or Dixie Cups Paper Football STEM Challenge is more than just a simple football craftivity.

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My Science Classroom: Then and Now

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The years have zipped by, and it still surprises me that I’m in my seventh year of teaching! In these seven years, I’ve taught grade 6 and grade 8 science - Life Science, Physical Science Honors, Comprehensive 1, and Comprehensive 3 Science. Currently, I’m enjoying my 8 th grade science classes and have the privilege of serving as the Science Department Lead at my school.

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How to hide part of a picture in PowerPoint

The Tech Savvy Science Teacher

Many of us use animations PowerPoint and Google Slides to strategically reveal specific information. Usually, you would select the textbox or image, click on the animations tab and select the animation you want. The trouble lies when you want to do something like hiding and revealing part of an image. I made a quick video to show you the process I use for this.

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Seismic data shows that the core is spinning the other way. Should we worry?

Smore Science

The Four Layers of Earth: the inner core, the outer core, the mantle, and the lithosphere (crust). Credit: USGS A recent study reports that the Earth’s inner core has stopped spinning in the same direction as the planet and may have even started spinning in the opposite direction. This study fuels the debate among scientists on how exactly the Earth’s inner core spins.

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STEM & Fairy Tales

Get Caught Engineering

Planning Your Lessons with “Once Upon a Time” Once upon a time, fairy tales were for the very young. They were read at bedtime or watched in Disney movies.But in a true to life “happily ever after” scenario, fairy tale literature is experiencing a revival these days. Recently, some of the most popular movies and television series and Broadway shows are inhabited by the fabulous characters straight from our childhood fairy tales.

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Harnessing The Power Of Math Manipulatives

Mathematics, a subject steeped in abstract concepts, often poses challenges to students, especially those in grades 5-10. But imagine a bridge that transformed this intricate maze into an interactive adventure.

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A Starfish Walking on the Beach

Smore Science

Sea stars, commonly known as starfish, are star-shaped organisms usually found in sea water. Starfish are found in oceans all over the world ranging from the warm, tropical regions to the frigid, polar regions. These species are found at regions 6,000 m (20,000 ft) below the sea surface. Approximately 1,900 species of starfish are known. As brightly-colored organisms, starfish may be red, orange, brown, blue, or even grey in color.

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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution

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On the frontline of the biomedical revolution Published: The 21st century has seen a boom in biomedical advances, aided by increased recognition of the importance of working across different scientific disciplines. Materials and methods for the detection and treatment of diseases are better than ever, and a diverse array of scientists at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) , Australia, led by Professor Dayong Jin , are at the forefront of this continuous development.

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Mystic Lights of the Poles: The Auroras

Smore Science

The auroras, also known as the polar lights, are found at the Arctic and the Antarctic regions of Earth. These lights are seen in the sky only near the high-latitude polar regions of Earth. Auroras are formed because of changes in the magnetosphere. The magnetosphere is a region of charged particles around Earth. Charged particles such as protons and electrons are found in the magnetosphere.

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How Many Eyes Do Spiders Have?

Smore Science

Table of Contents You notice a yellow garden spider ( Argiope aurantia ) dangling off a plant in your yard. It has eight eyes on its cephalothorax ! Does having more than two eyes allow it to focus directly on you? It depends on the species of spider you’re watching. There are over 50,000 species of spiders in the world. With this huge variety in spiders, we find the number of eyes on a spider also varies.

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Downloadable Design Briefs for an Integrative STEM Curriculum

These easy-to-use design briefs outline student objectives, challenges, and materials needed to complete each 30-minute to 4-hour lesson. ITEEA’s Integrative STEM curriculum, Engineering byDesign, includes many more standards driven hands-on activities just like these!