ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2023

Student disengagement in writing at the secondary level is a pervasive challenge school districts face nationwide. Many students perceive writing as formulaic, disconnected from their life experiences and lacking opportunities for personal agency and expression. Recognizing the need to reimagine student engagement in social studies inquiry writing, Frank McCormick , an instructional technology coordinator from Sunnyside School District in Tucson, Arizona, embarked on a transformative journey.

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All About STEM

JUNE 21, 2023

“CREST activities are a fantastic opportunity for your children to be engaged in fun science-based activities at home!” During a CREST Award project, students take on the roles of scientists, researchers, engineers and designers to pursue their own ideas. To make it easy, CREST provides online information and resource booklets for parents and many projects can be completed with low-cost household.

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EiE Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

For years EiE ® , Museum of Science, Boston has been partnering with National Grid to make an important impact in the lives of thousands of students and educators across the country. Through this partnership we’ve been able to provide world-class professional development to educators and distribute free engineering and computer science activities to make an impact in the classroom.

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All About STEM

JUNE 21, 2023

It’s a whole new interface! STEM Community is refreshed and live with a new look and a great range of new features to help you with your teaching! If you’re a primary or secondary STEM teacher or technician, this is a free platform for you to build a supportive network, offer problem-solving solutions and share your own professional experiences with others.

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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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Northeastern University

JUNE 21, 2023

This year’s REU students with guest speaker Luis Frias and Program Coordinators Lydia Bird and Nicolas Fuchs This summer nine students from four Greater Boston Community Colleges were selected to participate in the 10-week REU-PATHWAY (NSF#2150417 P.I. I.Zeid, C.Duggan Co-PI) program. Program implementation is supported by The Center for STEM Education enhancing research placements with daily homerooms, lunchtime sessions, field trips, professional development, and Arduino workshops.

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Middle Web

JUNE 21, 2023

There are many reasons for quick one-to-one reading conferences in the middle grades, write Brenda Krupp and Lynne Dorfman. Conferring helps teachers strengthen connections with students as they learn about each reader’s interests, strengths, progress and immediate needs. The post Frequent Conferring with Readers Yields Rewards first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Talk STEM

JUNE 21, 2023

Introducing our newest summer initiative! For more information about the #STEMlens perspective, click here ! Share and Enjoy ! Shares The post Instagram Curiosities are here! appeared first on talkSTEM.

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Thimble

JUNE 21, 2023

For almost a decade, International Women in Engineering Day has been recognized around the world on June 23rd. Launched in the UK by the Women’s Engineering Society, INWED began in 2014 as the WES celebrated its 95th anniversary. What is International Women in Engineering Day? This celebration highlights the remarkable achievements of women in every area of engineering and highlights.

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Carly and Adam

JUNE 21, 2023

Who knew that building an instrument could be so much fun? The "Ada's Violin" read-aloud STEM challenge is music to our ears. This STEM Challenge takes us on a journey where creativity meets science and engineering. With the "Ada's Violin" read-aloud STEM challenge, students design and build their own instrument. Material List: various recyclables rubber bands string scissors tape color sticks, crayons, or markers Ada's Violin by Susan Hood In the book Ada's Violin, we learn about the Recycled O

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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.

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Teachers are Terrific

JUNE 21, 2023

If you need beautiful, motivating, and soothing poster sets for your classroom, I have options you will absolutely love! Are you experimenting with a boho theme for your classroom? The word boho has many meanings and a quick Google search will give you some ideas. (Think Bohemian or hippie style.) I noticed the array of boho decor items when I started looking for new backgrounds and clipart for a poster set and everything that came up in the search was called ‘boho’ Hmmm… the n

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