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Online OCR- A Free Image to Text Converter

Educators Technology

Online OCR is a free picture to text converter that enables you to easily extract text and characters from digital images and scanned PDF documents including multiple page documents. Online OCR is easy to use and works right on your browser. No software download is required and you can even use it without registration. There are different ways to use Online OCR in education.

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The Future of EdTech

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Education technology has good uses, but as we’ve moved through the pandemic, sometimes it may have been mis-implemented or implemented without teacher PD. As a result, technostress has impacted teachers negatively. Today’s guest, Al Kingsley, has worked with edtech for over thirty years.

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The Origins of the Niagara Falls

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Jessup, MD. The history of the Niagara Falls goes all the way back to the end of the Ice Age. About 12,000 years ago, water cascaded from newly melted ice, forming what we know as the Niagara Falls. 12,000 years old is relatively young compared to other waterfalls, some dating back to 2.5 million years old. In what is now Lewiston, New York, the water spilled over the edge of the Niagara Escarpment.

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3 Tools to Help Develop the Talents in Every Kid

Middle Web

Rather than label just some kids talented, we need a new approach that serves all children, writes performance coach Lee Hancock. Among his strategies: embracing failure as progress, spending time in deep practice, and fostering in kids a love for their own special interests. The post 3 Tools to Help Develop the Talents in Every Kid first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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The Science Behind The Stroop Effect

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WRITTEN BY MOHINI GOSWAMI. The Stroop Effect is a famous paradigm and phenomenon used in both experimental and clinical psychology. It shows the delay in reaction time between incongruent and congruent stimuli. Congruence is when the meaning and the color of the word are identical. For example, the word “green” is written in the color green. Incongruence is when the meaning of the word and the color are different.

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How Do Solar Panels Work?

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– New York, NY Although many young minds are aware of the innovation behind solar panels, it is not always discussed. Solar energy can impact the future of our environment, and its scientific process can be quite interesting to investigate. Solar panels are essentially used to collect light energy from the sun and create electricity through photovoltaics (PV).

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Discovery Museum Free Event: STEM + Movie Night: Hidden Figures, Aug. 11

Newton STEM

The Discovery Museum (177 Main Street, Acton) will present the movie Hidden Figures for its third STEM + Movie Night on the Lawn , on August 11 (rain date August 12 ). Admission to the event is free; the museum will be closed except for access to bathrooms. Activities start at 7:30PM and the movie will start at 8:30PM. Advance reservations are not required.

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A Vulnerable Bear in the Arctic

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Mississauga, ON Global warming continues to worsen over the years. It has become a crisis for many animals and ecosystems. Polar bears, scientifically known as Ursus maritimus , are just one example of this disaster. They occupy the Arctic lands near the North Pole, but before we know it, these majestic sea bears might stop roaming these lands. The continuous change of the environment can only ravage them until their extinction.

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Science Club For Girls: Recruiting Volunteer Mentors for Fall Semester

Newton STEM

Science Club for Girls seeks women and gender-expansive individuals who are working or studying in STEM fields in the Greater Boston area to be volunteer mentors teaching hands-­on STEM explorations for SCFG youth in Grades K-8, alongside high school Junior Mentors. Volunteers commit to two hours a week for eight weeks, either after school or on Saturdays.

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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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Jul 31, Rate of Change and Slope

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Jul 31, Rate Time Distance Problems Worksheet

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Rate Time Distance Problems Worksheet

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Jul 31, Constant Rate of Change

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Jul 31, Trend Lines and Predictions

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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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Jul 31, Representing Rates with Tables and Graphs Worksheet

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Representing Rates with Tables and Graphs Worksheet

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Jul 31, Application Problems of Rate of Change in Calculus

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Application Problems of Rate of Change in Calculus

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Jul 31, Application Problems on Rate of Change

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Jul 31, Integrate Quadratic Function in the Denominator

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Integrate Quadratic Function in the Denominator

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Jul 31, Unit Rate Word Problems Worksheet with Answers

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Unit Rate Word Problems Worksheet with Answers

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Aug 1, Finding Rate of Change From a Word Problem

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Finding Rate of Change From a Word Problem

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Jul 31, Solving Problems with Unit Rate with Graph

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Solving Problems with Unit Rate with Graph

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Jul 31, Rate of Change and Slope Worksheet

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Rate of Change and Slope Worksheet

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Jul 31, Using Unit Rates to Solve Problems

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Using Unit Rates to Solve Problems

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Jul 31, Constant Rates of Change Worksheet

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Constant Rates of Change Worksheet

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Jul 31, Comparing Rate to One Another

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Comparing Rate to One Another

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Jul 31, How to Integrate a Rational Function Linear in the Numerator

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How to Integrate a Rational Function Linear in the Numerator

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Aug 1, Average Rate of Change and Instantaneous Rate of Change

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Average Rate of Change and Instantaneous Rate of Change

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Jul 31, How to Integrate Quadratic Equation in the Square Root

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How to Integrate Quadratic Equation in the Square Root

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Jul 31, Using Ratios and Rates to Solve Problems Worksheet

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Using Ratios and Rates to Solve Problems Worksheet

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