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One Idea to Keep Teachers From Quitting — End the Teacher Time Crunch

ED Surge

When a Texas task force set out to draft a plan for attracting and keeping more teachers in the state’s schools, it ran into its first problem before work ever began. The group initially was composed of school district leaders and had no more than one teacher, recalls Zeph Capo, president of the Texas American Federation of Teachers. That didn’t sit well with him or members of the Texas AFT.

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Does Flipped Classroom Work? Check out this Article

Ask a Tech Teacher

I’ve used flipped classrooms in my Middle School classes. After the initial excitment that somthing changed, it fell into a routine with not much better results than any other teaching method. But not worse, either. I tossed it into the category of something to try when whatever I was using didn’t work. That’s why this article from EdSurge caught my attention: Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work?

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ASK Apprenticeships Support 2023 – Schools & Colleges

All About STEM

The ASK programme offers a variety of engaging activities and workshops that can be delivered by local experts to help your students, teachers and parents to understand apprenticeships, traineeships and T Levels. From awareness assemblies to application workshops or mock assessment centres, you can pick from a suite of exciting workshops to inform and inspire your students.

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Are you ready for the robot revolution?

Futurum

Are you ready for the robot revolution? Published: Transportation is about to go electric and drive itself, meaning every car technician will need to understand how artificial intelligence works. Bringing us up to speed are Dr Justin Starr and Robert Koch, professors at the Community College of Allegheny County in the US. TALK LIKE A ROBOTICS ENGINEER Artificial intelligence (AI) — computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence Autonomous vehicle — a vehicle that is

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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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Careers & Enterprise Company: Resources Directory

All About STEM

You can inspire and prepare young people for the fast-changing world of work, with the help of the Careers & Enterprise Company Resource Directory. The Directory is comprehensive and has been carefully curated to easily find trusted, high-quality resources quickly. You can search the Resource Directory here or browse all available resources. If you’re looking for a specific group of resources.

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Are Your DEI Initiatives Set up for Success?

Magic EdTech

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) is not, holistically speaking, a new subject within education. However, social and political changes in recent years – particularly those catalyzed during the height of the pandemic in the U.S. – have prompted organizations and institutions to try to bolster the profile of their DEI posture and reassert their public commitment to the cause.

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Super EASY Slime Recipe With Just 2 Ingredients!

STEM Education Guide

This is perhaps the most classic science experiment that kids love – making slime. I honestly can’t believe in the two years since starting STEM Education Guide , and I haven’t once done a slime recipe! I was looking for some quick 5-minute science experiments we could do, and this easy slime recipe was the answer. All you need is borax, glue, and water (so technically it requires 3 ingredients, including the water.

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Top 10 STEM Activities for Spring

Vivify Stem

Top 10 Activities for Spring March 16, 2023 Spring is in the air and the perfect time to dive into STEM activities that will challenge your students to think critically, problem-solve, and work collaboratively as they learn about the importance of caring for the environment and its inhabitants. This season offers a wealth of opportunities to explore the wonders of the natural world and teach important skills through hands-on activities.

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The Critical Role of Teacher Professional Development in Launching and Sustaining Effective Initiatives

Box Light

The success of any educational initiative, whether it be implementing a new curriculum, introducing a new teaching method, or integrating technology into the classroom, hinges on the professional development of its teachers. When time and effort are spent designing professional development that supports skills growth, encourages consistent application of learned methods, and empowers educators to go beyond their comfort zones, students benefit.

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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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SEL: Empower Teachers to Support Students

Middle Web

Social-Emotional Learning Starts with Us by DeFazio and Roeser offers SEL stories from educators, experts, and students, along with grade-level activities. The authors not only share their knowledge and expertise, writes consultant Anne Anderson, they share their hearts. The post SEL: Empower Teachers to Support Students first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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OTT 179: What is So Wrong With Clip Charts in the Classroom?

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

Today two tired teachers sit down and talk about the dreaded clip chart. Don't worry we BOTH have used them. AND we have very different ideas of what works and doesn't. So you are going to want to stick around.

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Why do Humans Snore?

Smore Science

Table of Contents Often a subject of hilarity and ridicule, snoring has contributed a lot to the comic genre. But have you ever wondered why humans snore? Do you think animals snore? Why do we snore when we go Zzzzz? We don’t snore when we are awake, right? When we aren’t asleep, air passes through our airways unobstructed. When we doze off, muscles in our body relax, and that includes the muscles in your mouth, tongue, and throat.

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An Algor Mortis Lab Your Students Won’t Forget

The Trendy Science Teacher

My Death Investigation Unit is my all-time favorite topic to teach in my Forensic Science class! It’s filled with interesting content, fun activities, engaging labs, and my students love it just as much as I do. When a fellow forensics teacher, Jason Briski, shared the idea to use a hot dog to teach algor mortis in my Forensic Science Teachers collaborative Facebook group, I knew I had to add it to my lesson plan line-up.

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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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The Importance of Authentic Collaboration for Language Building in ELs

Defined Learning

Research suggests many teachers worry that they are ill-equipped to handle the growing number of English Learners (ELs) in U.S. public schools. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2019 more than 5 million students in U.S. schools were considered English Learners, a number that grew from 4.5 million in 2010 ( [link] ).

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Magic Milk Science Experiment

STEM Education Guide

Looking for a quick STEM activity that you can do in 20 minutes or less? This is your answer! You likely already have everything you need to do the Magic Milk science experiment at home right now. Both the prep & cleanup for this experiment is simple. But being “simple” doesn’t mean it isn’t fun! This awesome experiment is sure to amaze!

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Four rules for hybrid meetings

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

Last week, I posted this article with thoughts for organizing and running effective meetings. One of those rules was "Respect People", and at the end of that rule I said: Suffice to say that, in 2023, every meeting should have a remote participation option unless there is some legitimate reason not to (for example, meetings with sensitive or off-the-record discussions taking place) and remote participants should be on equal footing in every respect with in-person participants.

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Exploding Colors Experiment with Baking Soda & Vinegar

STEM Education Guide

Do you want a quick science experiment to demonstrate chemical reactions? Well, look no further! I wanted to demonstrate chemical reactions, and among the easiest (and most exciting) is the baking soda and vinegar experiment. However, simply mixing baking soda and vinegar didn’t seem exciting enough. Instead, I decided to make a game out of it!

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Cultivating Genius: Adapting Lessons to Bring Out the Genius in All Students

Wisconsin Science and STEM Education

I have a hard time connecting with some frameworks for equity-based teaching. Often, that’s because they don’t connect as well as I’d like to science teaching. The Cultivating Genius Framework from Dr. Gholdy Muhammad, on the other hand, provides a simple tool to reflect on lesson and unit design. Her framework includes the following 5 elements, and I note how they’d work within science: Intellect: the disciplinary core ideas of science (DCIs) and ways of thinking of science (i.e., CCCs) Skills:

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Mar 16, How to Write a Decimal in Expanded Form

Online Math for All

How to Write a Decimal in Expanded Form

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