Sat.Oct 08, 2022

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STEM Everyday #234 | Math Play | feat. Libo Valencia

STEM Everyday Podcast

Libo Valencia is a mathematics educator in New York with over a dozen years of experience. Libo is a passionate teacher who strongly believes that understanding mathematics can help all students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that can be utilized outside the classroom. His upcoming book Math Play on CodeBreaker Publishing will provide any educator practical ideas for expanding a child’s perspective of math beyond assignments to engagement.

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NASA TechRise Challenge: Design an experiment for high-altitude balloons

Newton STEM

The NASA TechRise Challenge invites teams of students in Grades 6-12 to design experiments to be run in a high-altitude balloon. A TechRise team may have any number of students, and all team members must be from the same school. Each team must have one Team Lead who is a teacher or school employee. Teams must submit their designs by October 24 , and the winning teams will be build their designs in 2023.

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Oct 8, Basic Derivatives Practice Worksheet

Online Math for All

Basic Derivatives Practice Worksheet

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Oct 8, Meaning of Derivative in Mathematics

Online Math for All

Meaning of Derivative in Mathematics

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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.