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School Districts Are Being Held For Ransom Over Data. Are Solutions On The Way?

ED Surge

It’s no secret that the education system is struggling to adapt to the new digital risks that come with its rushed switch to digital forced by the pandemic. But it’s something that lawmakers are only beginning to wake up to. Just last week, the director of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, Jen Easterly, listed K-12 as one of three “ target rich, resource poor ” priority sectors for the agency, which is tasked with toughening the country’s cybersecurity infrastructure.

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Share how #YOUbelonginSTEM for National STEM Day, November 8th

STEMx

On October 12th, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten announced the. YOU Belong in STEM. initiative at the. Innovating for the Future Summit. , held by STEMConnector, Million Women Mentors, and the STEMx network. This initiative aims to improve STEM education outcomes by advancing a sense of inclusion and belonging in STEM for all students and teachers and has three primary goals: Ensure all Pre-K-Higher Education students have access to, and benefit from rigorous, relevant, and joyfu

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nuSTEM Newsletter 41 – UN Sustainability Goals: Climate Action, Life Below Water, Life on Land

Northeastern University

Welcome to Newsletter 41! >> Click Here for this week’s Newslette r << Welcome back! For the next 6 weeks, we’ll be discussing the 17 UN Goals aimed to achieve global prosperity and peace by the year 2030. In our newsletter you will be introduced to a STEM topic and find a related-activity to work on during the week (please share your results with us!

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Using Mentor Texts to Integrate Teaching Goals

Middle Web

Pamela Koutrakos’ example-filled “Mentor Texts That Multitask” shows teachers how to design lessons that meet multiple instructional priorities. Sherry Liptak found it to be “a great fit for my professional bookshelf – though I think it will spend more time in my hands!”. The post Using Mentor Texts to Integrate Teaching Goals first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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Prostheses for people: matching the person and their new limb

Futurum

Prostheses for people: matching the person and their new limb. Published: Worldwide, the majority of amputees do not have access to a useful prosthesis. This is especially true in lower and middle income countries (LMICs) where limb loss may be more common and services less accessible. Mechanical engineers Professor Laurence Kenney and Dr Alex Dickinson are working with people in different parts of the world to make prostheses as accessible and useful as possible.

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This Month at DE: November

STEM Discovery Education

As fall approaches and we begin to enjoy all the little things that it brings, we invite you to explore timely learning resources from DE that will help your students to reflect on the past, note the present, and look to the future with hope and wonder. Featured Channel. Celebrating Native American Heritage. Native American and indigenous peoples have inhabited North America for thousands of years.

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Tools to Challenge Gifted and Advanced Learners

Middle Web

Drs. Tamra Stambaugh and Emily Mofield go beyond the usual guidance on differentiation for gifted and advanced learners, providing teachers with useful graphic organizers, project ideas, and sample complex questions in multiple K-12 content areas, writes NBCT Kim Rensch. The post Tools to Challenge Gifted and Advanced Learners first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Protected: When Game Design and Science Collide

CTE Learning

This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: When Game Design and Science Collide appeared first on CTeLearning.

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Spooky STEM Activities for Halloween!

EiE Blog

Whether at home or in the classroom, this Halloween offers a great opportunity to keep the learning going with hands-on activities. Festive projects with spooky themes can teach your learners about engineering, physics, chemistry and more — check out these suggestions for making this holiday a learning occasion.

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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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When Game Design and Science Collide

CTE Learning

Today we are highlighting one of our classes in Texas that is doing great things with our Web Game Design course. Tracy Curry is the Technology Teacher and Yearbook Advisor at S&S Consolidated ISD in Sadler, TX who is teaching the course to her students. The Web Game Design course teaches students about all aspects of game design including game-level design, game mechanics, game story, game music, sound effects, asset creation, and more.

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Different Types of Clouds

Smore Science

Table of Contents. What are clouds? Clouds are water droplets or ice crystals that have formed on tiny bits of dust and dirt in the air. When we look up into the sky, we can see many different types of clouds. They form in the troposphere , which is the layer of atmosphere closest to the Earth’s surface. There are more than 100 different types of clouds but most people are familiar with just 10.

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STEM Leads to New Possibilities in Manufacturing

CSTEM

Written by: Reagan Flowers, Ph.D. Manufacturing has traditionally served as a great career for those who can’t afford college or costly commutes. This is still true, but so much has changed. In the past, automation and technology meant job cuts. Today, the industry is more advanced than ever, but jobs are abundant. In fact, millions of jobs may go unfilled in the coming years.

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Oct 27, Dividing a Segment into Equal Parts

Online Math for All

Dividing a Segment into Equal Parts

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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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Bee Kind

Computer Science K-8

If every student learned to be a craftsman in schools, we could solve so many challenges. If teachers were given the freedom to teach children instead of controlled lesson plans geared to pass a test, the teacher shortage problem could be solved.

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Oct 27, Multiplying Decimals by Powers of 10

Online Math for All

Multiplying Decimals by Powers of 10 - Concept - Problems with step by step explanation

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History Class Game Development (2022)

STEM Minds

The post History Class Game Development (2022) appeared first on STEM MINDS.

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Oct 27, Dividing Integers Word Problems

Online Math for All

Dividing Integers Word Problems

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High School Curricula and Career Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

College enrollment among high school grads grew during the early 2010’s, leveling off about 2017 when it began to drop to a current low of about 62%, approx. 4% lower than 2019. The decline may be due to increased costs, that the cost-benefit of a college degree and earnings after graduation is questionable (according to some studies), the pandemic, or a plethora of other reasons.

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Oct 27, Dividing 2 Digit Decimals by Whole Numbers Worksheet

Online Math for All

Dividing 2 Digit Decimals by Whole Numbers Worksheet

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Scientia – Sapere aude

Scientix

What is Scientia? Scientia – Abbi il coraggio di conoscere (Sapere aude) is a science communication project that encompasses multidisciplinary topics. Founded on October 1, 2020, its main objective is to engage students in the preparation of social media content (Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok). Scientia content consists of mini-lessons on biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics to intrigue and support the study of such subjects.

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Oct 27, Multiplying Decimals by Powers of 10 Worksheet

Online Math for All

Multiplying Decimals by Powers of 10 Worksheet

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Proponents of Competency-Based Education Push to Spur Adoption — Amid Challenges

ED Surge

AMELIA ISLAND, FLA. — For decades, advocates of competency-based education have been arguing that colleges should award credits based on assessing what students know rather than how many hours they’ve spent in class. Yet despite getting some buzz every few years, the idea of CBE, as it’s called, has remained a relatively small-scale phenomenon. Could this post-pandemic moment lead to broader adoption of the idea?

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Oct 27, Dividing Integers

Online Math for All

Dividing Integers - Concept - Examples

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Oct 27, Multiplying Decimals Word Problems

Online Math for All

Multiplying Decimals Word Problems

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Oct 27, Multiplying decimals by 10 100 and 1000

Online Math for All

Multiplying decimals by 10 100 and 1000 - Concept - Problems with step by step explanation

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Oct 28, Dividing Integers Worksheet

Online Math for All

Dividing Integers Worksheet

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Oct 27, Word Problems Involving Fractions and Decimals Worksheet

Online Math for All

Word Problems Involving Fractions and Decimals Worksheet

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Oct 27, Dividing Fraction by Fraction

Online Math for All

Dividing Fraction by Fraction - Concept - Examples

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Oct 27, Dividing Fractions Worksheet

Online Math for All

Dividing Fractions Worksheet - Concept - Examples

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Oct 27, Multiplying Decimals by 10 100 and 1000 Worksheet

Online Math for All

Multiplying Decimals by 10 100 and 1000 Worksheet

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Oct 27, Solving Word Problems using Decimal Operations

Online Math for All

Solving Word Problems using Decimal Operations

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