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5 Skills Graduates Need to Be Successful

Ask a Tech Teacher

The skills required to succeed in your post-High School life, be it college, a vocational training program, the military, or a job, are surprisingly similar. Commitment to the task at hand by doing your best all the time is a great start, but it isn’t all you need. One of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors came up with a short list of five skills that will make a big difference in whether you succeed or fail in your post-High School endeavors: Communication Adaptability and Flexibility Le

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Inside the Quest to Detect (and Tame) ChatGPT

ED Surge

Since the release of ChatGPT, which can generate original text that seems like it was written by a human, educators have expressed concern about students using the tool to write their essays for them. So naturally, companies are rushing to create tools that they say can help detect when text is written by a bot. But will these tools work? And even if they do at first, will this approach continue to be effective as AI gets more sophisticated?

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STEM Learning: Rolls-Royce Schools Prize

All About STEM

The Rolls-Royce Schools Prize is open to all schools in the UK and helps teachers increase science, mathematics and technology engagement in their schools and colleges. The Schools Prize supports teacher CPD through a partnership with STEM Learning and Project ENTHUSE. To enter the Rolls-Royce Schools Prize for Science & Technology teachers are invited to submit a Stage 1 application outlining an.

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What Will It Take to Build a Sustainable Early Care and Education System in the US?

ED Surge

What will it take to build a sustainable early care and education system in the United States? That was the question I posed to leaders from the field who came together on March 8 — coincidentally, International Women's Day — to weigh in on the issue, sharing solutions they're seeing that seem promising, innovative and scalable. The setting for our conversation was a featured panel at the SXSW EDU Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas.

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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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ESERO: Mars Day Resources

All About STEM

If you missed Mars Day, don’t worry! Our friends at ESERO UK have a full list of recommended resources as well as their own. Create your own Mars mission for your learners with these amazing activities! Martian Explorers: What are space robots? Eyes on Mars Mars Safari How does the Exomars Rover work? Solar Cells Can you help explore Mars? Could life survive in alien environments Robotic Arm.

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Employers & Academic Institutions: Nuffield Research Placements Video

All About STEM

Employers and Academic Institutions can inspire young people to gain STEM skills by hosting a Nuffield Research Placement! Nuffield Research Placements are engaging, real-life research projects, where Year 12 students have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution towards the work of a host organisation. Take a look at the video below. There are 5-day or 2-week placement options and.

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5 Key Considerations for a Professional Development Program

Box Light

What do you think of when you see or hear “teacher professional development”? Do you envision lively discussions where everyone in the room is totally engaged and participating in the trainer’s presentation? Or perhaps you picture teachers sitting passively, flipping through pages of materials, and checking the time. Why is the latter the typical reaction?

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CREST Awards: Primary & Secondary Levels

All About STEM

The CREST Awards scheme is the British Science Association’s flagship programme for 5 to 19 year olds. During a CREST Award project, students take on the roles of scientists, researchers, engineers and designers to pursue their own ideas – inspiration & innovation! You can browse a fantastic selection of free CREST Award resources here and filter them by award or topic.

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What are they thinking? 5 Reflective Practices for Spring

Defined Learning

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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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Top 10 Best Smart Watches for Kids To Keep Them Safe and Entertained

STEM Education Guide

Smartwatches have become integrated with daily life for many around the world. It is a natural purchase for adults to help connect them to their phones and keep them organized. It may not seem obvious, but a smartwatch is also an excellent option for kids. You will be able to communicate with them, keep track of where they are when they aren’t with you, and control what capabilities the watch has from your phone in many cases.

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5 Ways Kid Spark Education Helps Declining Elementary Math Scores

Kid Spark Education

Young students can overcome their fears with hands-on learning that makes learning an enjoyable experience. Math has a storied reputation in education, with the mere thought of an upcoming math test or a challenging homework problem triggering a fight or flight response in elementary students across the nation. Faced with intimidating math questions, students will often freeze, thus putting their learning at a standstill and their potential for achievement in jeopardy.

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Pollinator Week: 8 Fun Activities for You and Your Students

Science and Steamteam

National Pollinator Week is celebrated worldwide each year in June. The timing of it doesn’t coincide well with the school year. What is essential is that we teach kids about pollinators and their importance. Here are eight activities that will help you do just that! Pick out a few that are appropriate for your students. What is Pollination?

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A Crab That Looks Like a Spider

Smore Science

Table of Contents Do you know anyone who is scared of spiders? The extreme fear of spiders is known as arachnophobia. Although spiders may seem scary in appearance, what if we told you that there are crabs that look exactly like spiders? The Japanese spider crab, as one can guess by its name, is one such crab! The Japanese spider crab, along with other species belonging to the family Majidae , look like spiders because of their exceptionally long legs.

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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!

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Engineering Exploration Week + Engineering for Everyone Expo

Northeastern University

Northeastern University’s Center for STEM Education hosted this year Engineering Exploration week from Tuesday, February 21st to Friday, February 24th. On Tuesday, February 21st, we kicked off the program with and introduction to the engineering design process and chemical engineering. Students first began the day with introductions and some team building exercises.

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5+ Best Stem Kits & Activities for Elementary Classrooms

STEM Sport

What is STEM? STEM is an acronym used to describe science, technology, engineering, and mathematic subjects. This term is most commonly used when discussing education and specific jobs that use these skills. In recent years, the knowledge and importance of STEM have risen alongside the increased number of open career positions that require STEM skills and literacy.

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OTT 193: 3 Brilliant Ideas for Integrating the Arts to Regulate the Elementary Classroom

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

One of the best ways to get kids excited about learning is by incorporating music into classroom activities.

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

Futurum

Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes Published: Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex chemicals. Nowadays, scientists like Professor Ian Paulsen and his team at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology in Australia are uncovering not just how these processes work, but how to modify them to get microbes to produce chemicals that no natural microbe makes.

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Technology in Teacher Education: Science, Society, and Students

National Science Foundation

The field of teacher education has experienced incredible challenges, upheaval, and opportunities over the past few years. The twin catalysts of a worldwide pandemic and social activism related to pervasive issues of inequity have caused many in the education community to rethink the state of the profession and the ways that teachers are prepared to meet the needs of today’s learners.