ED Surge
OCTOBER 17, 2023
If colleges and universities want to close the graduation gap for their Latino students, their target goal is clear: help another 6.2 million Latinos earn a degree by 2030. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. That’s according to the think tank Excelencia in Education, which focuses on research and policy on Latino achievement in higher education.
All About STEM
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Happy 20th Anniversary Recycle Week! Recycle Week 2023 takes place between the 16th and 22nd October 2023. This year’s theme – The Big Recycling Hunt – focuses on “missed capture”, the items that can be recycled but are commonly missed in the home including food tins, plastic cleaning and toiletry bottles, pots, tubs and trays.
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ED Surge
OCTOBER 17, 2023
After Carl Wieman won the Nobel Prize for physics in 2001 for, as he puts it, “shining lasers on atoms” in a new way that gave experimental proof to a theory by Albert Einstein, Wieman decided to shift his research focus. He devoted the bulk of his time and energy to studying how to improve teaching. “I just could make a bigger difference in education,” he says.
Computer Science Teacher
OCTOBER 17, 2023
One thing that happens when you know who to write computer code is that you know how hard or easy some things are. If you’re even the least OCD some things that are minor, and even unnoticed to many, may bother you a little. Take this image for example. I expect that money amounts will have two digits to the right of the decimal point. You'll notice that the second and third limes have two digits to the right of the decimal point.
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.
All About STEM
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Students pitch novel ideas to a panel of Unilever Port Sunlight scientists! Picture a student on work experience and you might visualise a teenager making coffees, doing printer runs or quietly observing professionals at work. Not so at R&D Port Sunlight, where 40 students were recently invited to take on the roles of seasoned Unilever R&D professionals and design, formulate and pitch a brand-new.
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Futurum
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Plant polymers as plastic alternatives Published: Plastics are cheap and versatile but have a long-lasting environmental impact, and the race is on to roll out effective alternatives. Professor Jeffrey Catchmark and his team at Pennsylvania State University in the US believe they have one such solution, using common plant-based materials to create sustainable food packaging.
Box Light
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Ensuring equity in education is critical, more so given the recent rapid changes in how instruction is delivered and received. Every student, regardless of their abilities, should have a personalized learning program that supports their needs, and this is where Project-Based Learning (PBL) comes into play. PBL is a valuable approach to foster equity and fairness and promotes active engagement while helping to develop essential 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, creativity, collaborat
Stem Activities for Kids
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Building A Voice Muffler: A Fun Sound-Based STEM Project In this free STEM challenge, students will follow the engineering design process to create their very own voice muffler. If you are studying sound, this is a challenge your students will love trying out! You won’t need a lot of expensive materials, and this activity is seriously fun for students to test out (yes, they get to try to be loud!).
STEM Sport
OCTOBER 17, 2023
In the world of STEM education, the debate often revolves around the importance of hard skills versus soft skills. While technical proficiency and knowledge are undoubtedly crucial, the ability to effectively collaborate, communicate ideas, and adapt to changing circumstances cannot be underestimated. In this blog, we will explore the duality of STEM skills, delving into both hard and soft skills.
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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.
Stem Activities for Kids
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Building A Voice Muffler: A Fun Sound-Based STEM Project In this free STEM challenge, students will follow the engineering design process to create their very own voice muffler. If you are studying sound, this is a challenge your students will love trying out! You won’t need a lot of expensive materials, and this activity is seriously fun for students to test out (yes, they get to try to be loud!).
Online Math for All
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Fractions Decimals and Percentages - Concepts - Solved problems
Online Math for All
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Printable Math Worksheets for Grade 9
Online Math for All
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Fractions Decimals and Percentages Worksheet
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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!
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