Tue.Jul 26, 2022

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How to Teach Venn Diagrams to Elementary School Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

Venn Diagrams are one of the most visual approaches to showing students the logical relationships between sets and connectivity of data. It uses overlapping circles to show the wholeness of data and then where they overlap other data sets. It’s easy to find templates for them–in MS Office, Google Apps, Canva, and more. One of our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has organized the basics on how to teach Venn Diagrams to elementary-age students: What is a Venn Diagram.

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As Child Care Challenges Threaten the American Workforce, Business Leaders Call for Action

ED Surge

Many business leaders are asserting that a lack of child care solutions for American employees is a key business challenge that’s threatening the workforce and limiting U.S. businesses’ bottom line performance. Many are also taking action to address child care challenges at their organizations and nationally, after the pandemic brought greater attention and awareness to the issue.

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Back to School: Focusing on SEL and Our Wellbeing

Defined Learning

It has been a challenging couple of years for all of us. We’ve all had to adjust in our personal lives as well as professional lives. The routines we had for working, connecting with family and friends, and the many other things we kept ourselves involved in, shifted suddenly in March 2020. From that time onward, it has been a constant work in progress for everyone to figure out how to handle the challenges we faced.

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Two Universities Team Up to Stay Alive, But Stop Short of Merging

ED Surge

Colleges don’t like to think of themselves as businesses, but a growing number these days are facing the harsh reality of falling enrollments and a struggle to make their financial numbers add up. That has forced several institutions to merge in recent months. But two private universities are trying an unusual partnership approach that stops short of a merger while still aiming to restore financial health.

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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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3D Printing 101

STEM Education Works

3D printing is a lot like skydiving; everyone wants to do it, but it’s a little nerve-wracking and there are a lot of unknowns. As a STEM teacher, I was given several 3D printers without training. Here’s what I learned through my experience. Types of filament. This is the number one question I was asked as a STEM teacher. People always wanted to know the different types of filament that they could purchase.

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5 Benefits of Using Anchor Charts in the Science Classroom

Science and Steamteam

Before I taught in an elementary science lab, I taught special education and second grade. I used anchor charts in both of these settings. Naturally, I would use this beneficial tool in my science/STEAM lab. Science concepts can be particularly difficult and complex, so having anchor charts is particularly useful. What is an Anchor Chart? An anchor chart is a chart or poster that supports student learning.

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Jul 26, Investigating Rate of Change

Online Math for All

Investigating Rate of Change - Concept - Examples with step by step explanation

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Times Have Changed. We Must Teach Children That Words Actually Do Hurt.

ED Surge

As a child, I was taught that sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. The truth is that society has changed. However, our mainstream education and societal training practices have not. The future of American society depends on our ability as parents, educators, edtech professionals and legislators to collaboratively teach our children that words actually do matter.

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Jul 26, Determining Rate of Change and Initial Value

Online Math for All

Determining Rate of Change and Initial Value - Concept - Solved Examples

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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 26, Understanding Sets and Subsets of Real numbers

Online Math for All

Understanding Sets and Subsets of Real numbers - Concept - Examples

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Jul 26, Using Graphs to Find Rates of Change

Online Math for All

Using Graphs to Find Rates of Change - Concept - Solved Examples

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Jul 26, Number of Subsets of a Set

Online Math for All

Number of Subsets of a Set - Concept - Formula - Solved Problems

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Jul 26, Using Slopes to Compare Unit Rates

Online Math for All

Using Slopes to Compare Unit Rates - Concept - Solved Examples

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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 26, Number of Proper Subsets of a Set

Online Math for All

Number of Proper Subsets of a Set - Concept - Solved Problems

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Jul 26, Relating the Unit Rate to Slope

Online Math for All

Relating the Unit Rate to Slope - Concept - Solved Examples

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Jul 26, Exploring Rates

Online Math for All

Exploring Rates - Examples with step by step explanation

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Jul 26, Using Tools Strategically

Online Math for All

Using Tools Strategically - Concept - Solved Examples

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Jul 26, Sets and Subsets of Rational Numbers Worksheet

Online Math for All

Sets and Subsets of Rational Numbers Worksheet

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Jul 26, Interpreting the Unit Rate as Slope Worksheet

Online Math for All

Interpreting the Unit Rate as Slope Worksheet

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Jul 26, Rate of Change and Initial Value Worksheet

Online Math for All

Rate of Change and Initial Value Worksheet

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Jul 26, Sets and Subsets of Real Numbers Worksheet

Online Math for All

Sets and Subsets of Real Numbers Worksheet

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Jul 26, Using Ratios and Rates to Solve Problems

Online Math for All

Using Ratios and Rates to Solve Problems

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Jul 26, Investigating a Constant Rate of Change

Online Math for All

Investigating a Constant Rate of Change

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Jul 26, Applying Ratios and Rates

Online Math for All

Applying Ratios and Rates

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Jul 26, Interpreting the Unit Rate as Slope

Online Math for All

Interpreting the Unit Rate as Slope - Concept - Solved Examples

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Jul 26, Subsets of a Given Set

Online Math for All

Subsets of a Given Set - Concept - Formula - Solved Examples

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Jul 26, Sets and Subsets of Rational Numbers

Online Math for All

Sets and Subsets of Rational Numbers

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Jul 26, Worksheet on Subsets

Online Math for All

Worksheet on Subsets

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