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4 Long-Term Benefits of Bilingual Education

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This is such a great article on the benefits of bi-lingual education. Sure, we intuitively know what these are, but what are the real metrics? From an educator with a passion for her calling, see if you have any reasons you’d add: 4 Long-Term Benefits of Bilingual Education. Raising bilingual children is the norm in Singapore. From an early age, the children living in this multicultural city are exposed to a number of languages at home, in their preschools, and in their communities.

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Resources for Robotics Week!

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April 4th - 10th is National Robotics Week , dedicated to celebrating the incredible technologies that improve our lives. Some of the most popular robots are vacuum cleaners and kitchen gadgets, but we also have robots which are used to cut the lawn, clean the bottom of the pool and help our doctors save lives!

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STEM Lesson: Motion – Speed vs. Time

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About the Author: Meredith Williams, an 8 th grade science teacher at Freedom Middle School (Orlando, FL), specializes in integrating MimioSTEM solutions in her science instruction. To encourage her students to think critically and creatively about problems through science exploration, Williams incorporates a variety of 3D-printed manipulatives, so her students have something hands-on to observe, analyze, and form ideas around.

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How PBL Aligns With Research on “Life-Changing Teaching”

Defined Learning

As a long-time advocate for project-based learning, I often find myself reading something that makes me think, “sounds like PBL to me!” even when there’s no mention of it. Well, it’s happened again.

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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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Apr 8, Mensuration

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What Are “Do Now Activities” and How They Benefit the Children

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Have you ever come to class, and children are just plain chaotic? If yes, then you might benefit from “Do Now Activities.”. Teachers come to class with the purpose of getting their students’ attention all the time. So, you have to step up and set the tone first with Do Now Activities. What Are Do Now Activities? Do Now Activities, also referred to as Do It Now, are activities students have to do as soon as they enter the class.

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Supporting Twice Exceptional Learners

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In Teaching Twice-Exceptional Learners in Today’s Classroom Emily Kircher-Morris clears up misconceptions about twice-exceptional students and shares many easily accessed tools for teaching 2E students in general and with specific exceptionalities, writes Sarah E. Pennington. The post Supporting Twice Exceptional Learners first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Visible Light and Color

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Visible Light and Color Almost everyone loves a rainbow. Rainbows are an example of visible light. When you see a rainbow or other colors you are viewing visible light Visible light is the narrow range of wavelengths and frequency in the electromagnetic spectrum. It is found between infrared waves and ultraviolet waves Visible light waves have wavelength of about 400 nm and 700 nanometers.

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Apr 8, Mensuration Formulas

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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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Apr 8, Using Tables to Compare Ratios

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Apr 7, Finding the Radius From Circumference Worksheet

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Apr 8, Finding Ratios From Tables

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Apr 8, Finding Ratios From Tables Worksheet

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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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Apr 8, Comparing Ratios

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Apr 7, Fundamental Operations on Integers

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Apr 7, How to Find the Radius From Circumference

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Apr 8, Comparison of Ratios

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Apr 8, Words for Operations

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Apr 8, Using Tables to Compare Ratios Worksheet

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Apr 8, Solid Mensuration Practice Problems

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Apr 8, Write a Ratio

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