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DIY: How to Make a Microscope

Smore Science

A microscope may seem like a fancy piece of lab equipment that you need to be a scientist to own. That couldn’t be further from the truth. With a few simple items you can easily make your own DIY microscope and explore the itty bitty world. You will be amazed by all of the new things that you see that can’t normally be spied with the naked eye!

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Why are Legos so Expensive Now

STEM Education Guide

These famous plastic brick building toys that started off cheap, came on the market in 1932. Yep, that’s right, Legos have been on the market for almost a whole century. How amazing is that? This open-ended STEM building toy has reached the little hands of countless children. My children included! Toss them a pile of Legos, and they are circling back to their Legoland city buildings for days.

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Try Cafe? Conversations for Deeper Learning

Middle Web

Want a fun way to turn student talk into deeper learning? Teacher Kelly Owens serves up tips and resources for Café Conversations, showing how students’ need to talk can become on-task, productive, and reflective when they encounter this welcoming cross-curricular strategy. The post Try Cafe? Conversations for Deeper Learning first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Highland Street Foundation’s August Adventures: Something Free Each Day

Newton STEM

The Highland Street Foundation is once again hosting August Adventures , its community program partnering with Massachusetts cultural institutions to provide the general public with a free activity each day for every day in August. Among all 31 institutions participating in August Adventures by offering free admission on one day in August are these STEM-related institutions: August 6: Maritime Gloucester.

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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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Jul 24, Unit Rates

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Unit Rates - Concept - Examples with step by step explanation

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Jul 24, Using Unit Rates to Solve Problems Worksheet

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Jul 24, Using Unit Rates Worksheet

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