Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2023

Understanding how to use the internet has become a cornerstone issue for students. No longer do they complete their research on projects solely in the library. Now, there is a varied landscape of resources available on the internet. But with wealth of options comes responsibility to use resources properly. As soon as children begin to visit the online world, they need the knowledge to do that safely, securely, responsibly.

Teaching 265

Teaching Computer Curriculum Communications 265

All About STEM

JUNE 12, 2023

This year, International Women in Engineering Day celebrates the amazing work that women engineers around the world are doing to support lives and livelihoods every day. The best, brightest and bravest women in engineering, those women who #makesafetyseen and are helping to build towards a brighter future. Get involved! Submit your events, download resources and join in!

Engineering 130

Engineering STEM 130

STEM Education Works

JUNE 12, 2023

Welcome back to another wild time-traveling adventure! Today, we’ve got a story that will make you question the morals of goldsmiths, get your mind blown by Archimedes’ brain power, and you’ll even get a splash of the importance of impulse control. Now, picture this: We’re in ancient Greece, in the third century, where King Hiero II of Syracuse ruled the land.

Equality 98

Equality Elementary Publication Innovation 98

Carly and Adam

JUNE 12, 2023

Learn about Lt Gail Halvorsen, make a chocolate parachute, and write some chocolate poetry! This history STEM activity is designed to support STEM teachers, elementary classroom teachers, homeschooling parents, and after-school programs. It's a great introduction to poetry and history. In the book Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot , Lt. Gail Halvorsen dropped more than 250,000 candy-loaded parachutes to the children of Berlin, Germany.

STEM 52

STEM Elementary Teaching Schooling 52

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.

Teaching

Middle Web

JUNE 12, 2023

As the weeks of summer spread out before us, teacher educator Curtis Chandler anticipates teachers will enjoy their well-earned break, balance relaxation with productivity, engage in self-selected, unmandated professional development, and reflect on fall’s possibilities. The post Now It’s Time to Rest, Rejuvenate & Renovate first appeared on MiddleWeb.

Education 48

Education Education 48

National Science Foundation

JUNE 12, 2023

Over the past three years, like so many of you, our research team grappled with complex questions around how to become more intentional in our social justice research agenda. The year 2020 was a painful reminder of the persisting inequity and injustice for racially and ethnically minoritized groups in the United States (Romano, 2021; Sidik, 2022). We collectively experienced what Gloria Ladson-Billings called “four pandemics,” used to describe the merged state of COVID-19, racism, economic uncer

Construction 52

Construction Research Research Economics 52