Thu.Sep 26, 2024

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How to Improve Student Engagement

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode of the Cool Cat Teacher Talk Show we explore how to engage students in learning with hands-on, playful and project based learning strategies. Additionally, we discuss the importance of “the hook” and ideas for engaging students into learning from the moment they come to class.

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Educate Awards: Shortlist Revealed! Outstanding Commitment to STEM Award

All About STEM

All About STEM is proud to be the returning sponsor of the Outstanding Commitment to STEM Award at the 2024 Educate Awards. The shortlisted entrants have just been announced! The Educate Awards is an annual awards ceremony celebrating education within the Liverpool City Region, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire.

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Assessment Tools for Back-to-School

Defined Learning

With the new school year in full swing, there is a wide range of tools and methods educators can explore to enhance student learning, from digital tools like AI-driven lesson creators to immersive technologies like augmented and virtual reality. Discover how to select the right teaching methods and tools based on purpose, promoting student engagement, and fostering essential skills through both tech and non-tech approaches like project-based learning.

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Green Careers Week: CREST Awards Enterprise Activity!

All About STEM

Green Careers Week is coming! If you’re looking for an engaging project for your learners, why not challenge them to develop their own sustainable business idea? The Sustainable Solutions CREST Discovery Award can be completed in school during lessons, as an extracurricular activity, or as an enterprise activity.

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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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How Teachers Can Help Anxious Kids in Class

Middle Web

With so many students experiencing stress, David Campos and Kathleen Fad help K-8 teachers understand anxiety and then implement strategies to help anxious students. Other students can benefit, too. MS leader and teacher Kasey Short sees their book as an essential tool. The post How Teachers Can Help Anxious Kids in Class first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Announcing the Fall 2024 Virtual Field Trip Lineup

STEM Discovery Education

Get ready to FALL in love with our upcoming Fall 2024 releases! We’re welcoming the season with a series of new Virtual Field Trips and the debut of our first-ever DE Doc. No permission slips required! These virtual events let you take students to amazing places and through engaging topics that give them remarkable experiences […] The post Announcing the Fall 2024 Virtual Field Trip Lineup appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.

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3 Unique (and high-paying) Careers in STEM

Career in STEM

Guest post by Simplr A career in STEM offers great opportunities in many different fields, but also an endless choice of paths that a student can take. Today we’d like to look at some specific and unique areas in STEM that are growing rapidly in addition to facing a severe shortage in skills and talent. We will only be looking at industries that are here to stay and are broad enough to employ millions of today’s students in the near future.

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Sep 27, Derivative Problems and Solutions (Part - 10)

Online Math for All

Derivative Problems and Solutions (Part - 10)

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Fractions Calculator

Basic-Mathematics

This fractions calculator will help you add, subtract, multiply, and divide an unlimited number of fractions from the simplest to the most complex expression

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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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Sep 26, Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 45)

Online Math for All

Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part - 45)

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Should AI Bots Do Science?

ED Surge

Cong Lu has long been fascinated by how to use technology to make his job as a research scientist more efficient. But his latest project takes the idea to an extreme. Lu, who is a postdoctoral research and teaching fellow at the University of British Columbia, is part of a team building an “AI Scientist” with the ambitious goal of creating an AI-powered system that can autonomously do every step of the scientific method.

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