Mon.Jan 09, 2023

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When Does Posting Photos of Students Become a Data Privacy Problem?

ED Surge

Public schools are online just as much as their students, it seems, with profiles across social media. Their Facebook pages contain not just announcements but photos from events on campus—graduations, Christmas band concerts, chess team tournament victories, spirit week—where students take center stage. It’s that sharing of student photos, especially those with identifying information, that has researchers questioning what the implications may be for student privacy and whether it’s ethical for

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Enter The All About STEM Competition!

All About STEM

By popular demand, it’s back! Enter The All About STEM Competition 2023! The All About STEM Competition, sponsored by Unilever aims to open up the world of STEM to young people across the North West by inviting them to ‘develop a new product, item, idea or approach which solves a problem facing our world or the people in it.’ Michelle Dow, Managing Director, All About STEM said.

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Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT

Stephen Wolfram

ChatGPT and Wolfram|Alpha. It’s always amazing when things suddenly “just work”. It happened to us with Wolfram|Alpha back in 2009. It happened with our Physics Project in 2020. And it’s happening now with OpenAI ’s ChatGPT. I’ve been tracking neural net technology for a long time (about 43 years, actually). And even having watched developments in the past few years I find the performance of ChatGPT thoroughly remarkable.

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6 Basic Formulas your Need in Excel

The Tech Savvy Science Teacher

I know not everyone loves Excel or Google Sheets as much as I do, but it's something that we use often. Knowing these basic formulas will help you out and save you time as you do some basic analysis. This post originally appeared on The Tech Savvy Science Teacher [link].

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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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Building Career Aspirations in STEM: Helping Students See Their Future Selves

Defined Learning

For almost a decade I’ve started the school year by asking my urban elementary students to draw a picture of what they think a scientist does at work all day. When I walk around the room, I often see pictures of white-haired men dressed in lab coats working at a lab bench mixing chemicals. Over the course of the year, I teach lessons that expose my students to a variety of different experiences that mirror what real scientists do.

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6 Effective At Home STEM Activities for High School Students

STEM Sport

STEM learning is an essential part of a student’s education. This is especially important at the high school level when students have more flexibility in which courses they take and are preparing to decide what colleges to attend and careers to pursue. As educators, parents, and facilitators, we must ensure students have access to quality STEM education and are armed with the necessary tools to navigate this phase of their life and follow their passion.

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Getting Started with Kindergarten STEM Challenges and Activities

Carly and Adam

Teaching Kindergarten STEM can be a little intimidating, but you can do it! We created a few activities for you to teach students what an engineer is, how to be curious throughout the school year, how to use their imagination to design new ideas, and what science is. All of these STEM Challenges can be found inside the STEM Teachers Club Membership.

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Jan 9, Adding and Subtracting Decimals Word Problems Worksheet

Online Math for All

Adding and Subtracting Decimals Word Problems Worksheet

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Jan 9, Adding and Subtracting Decimals Word Problems

Online Math for All

Adding and Subtracting Decimals Word Problems

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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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Jan 9, Worksheet on Dividing Decimals

Online Math for All

Worksheet on Dividing Decimals

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