ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 schools in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and California through Reach University. Reach University offers adults employed in schools and other workplaces the opportunity to earn a unique bachelor’s degree that embraces work experience as part of the learning process.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2024

A few spring websites, lesson plans, printables, activities: 7 Science Experiments that Teach About Spring Books from Scholastic about Spring Life cycle of a snake Life Cycle Lesson Plans Life Cycle resources Life Cycles Life Cycle Symbaloo Plant life cycle Spring Puzzle Spring Games Spring Vocabulary (video) Spring Word Scramble Spring Word Search What Happens in Spring (video) What Happens in Spring –PS (video) Ideas from TeacherVision : Printables The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities Bo

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

As school boards prepare to approve their budgets for the fall, many are grappling with how to make up for the yawning chasm left by the loss of federal pandemic-relief dollars. In many cases, that means educator layoffs are coming. But the ESSER “funding cliff” — the fall deadline for districts to allocate money from the final disbursement of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief grants — isn’t a singular culprit behind the staff cuts that are rolling out around the country.

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Career in STEM

MARCH 27, 2024

In this third blog post in our series (also check out Top Science Internships and Top Technology Internships ), we will take a look at the top engineering internships in the USA. These programs are ideal for students who want to work in engineering fields such as civil engineering, mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering: 1. NASA Internships NASA has a handful of internships available to students in high school all the way through graduate school who are taking part in “full-time accre

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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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STEM Education Works

MARCH 27, 2024

KEY POINTS Make the safety rules clear. Keep things organized. Know emergency procedures for technology malfunctions. Makerspaces are places where creativity and innovation thrive. They should also be places where safety is a priority. This is especially true given the kinds of technologies present in most makerspaces. Because of this, it’s important that both instructors and students be aware of safety protocols and possible technology malfunctions throughout their learning experience.

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STEM Education Works

MARCH 27, 2024

KEY POINTS Find funding for your program. Design your program to fit your school’s needs and budget. Plan hands-on activities that encourage creativity. Advertise your program and generate interest. After-school STEM programs enhance in-school education while also allowing students to explore STEM interests in what is often a more fun, exciting way, outside the normal structure of a classroom setting.

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Robot Lab

MARCH 27, 2024

By Jimmy Cantrell Image by Unsplash The human brain contains millions of neurons that allow us to process vast amounts of information from multiple sources. Our senses feedback data from our experiences to our brains, which organizes the data into patterns to allow us to understand the world around us. Deep learning is a subset of machine learning that uses algorithms built on neural networks modeled after the human brain.

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STEM Education Works

MARCH 27, 2024

KEY POINTS Label all bins and group similar items together. Keep tools used most often easily accessible. Plan lesson materials in advance. Space and organization are precious commodities for any STEM classroom. Being able to store and organize commonly used tools and supplies is especially important in a makerspace where hands-on learning and creating is the norm — an environment that often lends itself to the accumulation of clutter.

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ED Week

MARCH 27, 2024

Here's a guide to safe, do-it-yourself ways to view next month's total eclipse, in or out of school.

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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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STEM Education Works

MARCH 27, 2024

KEY POINTS Make the safety rules clear. Keep things organized. Know emergency procedures for technology malfunctions. Makerspaces are places where creativity and innovation thrive. They should also be places where safety is a priority. This is especially true given the kinds of technologies present in most makerspaces. Because of this, it’s important that both instructors and students be aware of safety protocols and possible technology malfunctions throughout their learning experience.

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Online Math for All

MARCH 27, 2024

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STEM Education Works

MARCH 27, 2024

KEY POINTS Determine the space’s purpose and goals. Find the perfect spot and design. Buy needed materials. Begin implementing your makerspace. Incorporating STEM into the classroom may start with a lecture or lab activity, but collaboration and innovation among students outside of the standard lesson structure is also important when offering a well-rounded STEM experience.

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Computer Science Teacher

MARCH 27, 2024

Regular readers of this blog know that I have been doing the New York Times Spelling bee ( Computer Science Teacher: Spelling Bee Solver Project ). Actually, I do it with my wife who gets most of the words. Anyway, one of the special types of words in the puzzle is called a pangram. Now officially, a pangram is a sentence that includes all of the letters in the alphabet.

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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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STEM Education Works

MARCH 27, 2024

KEY POINTS Adapt classroom material. Make meaningful and fun activities. Get creative with technology. When students spend the summer disconnected from the classroom, they can often experience what has come to be known as the “summer slide.” Stepping away from STEM material for long stretches can cause students to forget much of the information they acquired during the previous school year.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

K-12 leaders tasked with preparing students for the future workforce are doing so amid ever-increasing cyber threats. The dynamic landscape of in-person, virtual and hybrid schooling has made schools vulnerable targets for cyber threat actors (CTAs). While many K-12 organizations struggle to obtain resources to strengthen cybersecurity, those that employ security best practices consistently report higher levels of cyber maturity.

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