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New Teachers Need More Support. Here's an Easy Way to Help

ED Surge

In Secretary Cardona’s vision to elevate the teaching profession, he highlights three priorities: improving teacher pipeline, supporting teacher growth and investing in teacher retention. What this makes abundantly clear is that the future of education depends directly on our commitment to the success of new teachers. From field placement to the critical first three years, K-12 schools and teacher prep programs must implement proven strategies to improve the quantity and quality of support that

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5 Steps to Find the Right Morning Routine for You

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I've seen many productivity gurus do it — experiment on what works for them. What foods, vitamins, morning routines, and more give them the most energy. I've learned from their experiments but as I adapt my own routine this is what I've learned — what works for them, might not work for me!

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6 Great Financial Literacy Books for Kids and Students

Educators Technology

Financial literacy is one of the key literacies that have long been disregarded in mainstream k-12 education. Empowering students with the necessary know-how to effectively cope with with money matters is just as important to students' overall-growth and personal development as any other (standard) literacy. According to investopedia , financial literacy is "the ability to understand and effectively use various financial skills, including personal financial management, budgeting, and investing.

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Designing Learning Products for Better Adoption and User Buy-in

Magic EdTech

2020 and 2021 were tough years for education tech adoption. District and school leaders have seen firsthand some of the benefits of having digital technology supplement in-person learning. Two of the biggest benefits of using technology for learning are the engagement it brings to classrooms and the data it offers on student progress and achievement.

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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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For New Teachers: How to Keep Kids on Task

Middle Web

Effective class management begins with dynamic planning and engagement, writes instructional specialist Miriam Plotinsky. Teachers who focus not just on delivering information but responding to student feedback in the moment can avoid “helicoptor teacher” syndrome. Here’s how. The post For New Teachers: How to Keep Kids on Task first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Is a Tape Measure a Constant Force Spring?

The Blog of Phyz

I recently came across a video of Tape Measures "racing" along a board of wood as they retract. Who doesn't love extending the tape as far as you can and recklessly letting it fly in. It obviously accelerates dramatically. Like any physics minded person I got to wondering if the force is constant. How might we assess? I'm home for the summer, a summer I desperately needed, and away from some of my usual tools.

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12 Stem Toys For Your Techie Kids In 2022

STEM Education Shopping

Tech toys are products that need some sort of computer software, or mechanical element or anything that requires a device like a smart phone or a tablet. Tech toys are fun, but they also foster development of skills and knowledge. Tech toys are made for young children, and are designed to be used screen free, yet development of stem aptitude for children.

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STEM Education Works is now a TIPS vendor!

STEM Education Works

STEM Education Works is now a TIPS vendor! What is TIPS? TIPS (The Interlocal Purchasing System) provides STEM Education Works with a more efficient way of getting our products and services to our customers. This purchasing process is designed to eliminate stress by saving time and money. As a TIPS vendor, we can offer all of our products and curriculum to establishments with legislated competitive procurement requirements, like state and local governments, education entities, and not-for-profit

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Getting Started with 3D-Printing in the Classroom 

Carly and Adam

The following is a guest post from Erik Murray. Have you ever heard the story of Archimedes? Once a science advisor to the King of Ancient Greece. One day the King commissioned a new crown, when he received the new crown. It didn't feel right. The king weighed the crown and it weighed the right amount of gold that he gave the goldsmith. The King asked Archimedes to determine if Goldsmith cheated him out of gold.

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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 25, How to Find Separate Equation From Pair of Straight Lines

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Tips for STEM in Upper Elementary

Carly and Adam

The following is a guest post from Erik Murray. So, it’s been a few crazy years Huh? Between the start of a pandemic. Teaching in a pandemic and then the “return to normal” it's been a chaotic few years for teachers. But, a bright spot in that next year looks to be the closest to return to the before-covid times that we’ve had. The question is how? How do we teach like that again?

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What is the Doppler Effect? Definition and Examples

Basic-Mathematics

What is the Doppler effect? Understand it quickly here with this easy to follow lesson.

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Jul 25, Using Rates to Compare Prices

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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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In ‘The Stolen Year,’ Anya Kamenetz Looks For Who To Blame During Pandemic. Is It All Of Us?

ED Surge

History is supposed to guide us toward a better future; at least, that’s the argument for Anya Kamanetz’s new book " The Stolen Year: How COVID Changed Children’s Lives, and Where We Go Now." We certainly need a better future! The pandemic’s effects on children continue to frustrate and scare us: in addition to disease, there’s quarantining, there’s masks, there’s social and emotional impact, there’s academic losses.

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Jul 25, Unit Rate Definition

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Jul 25, Using Slope to Compare Unit Rates Worksheet

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Using Slope to Compare Unit Rates Worksheet

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Jul 25, Rate of Change

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Jul 25, Finding Unit Rate Worksheet

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Jul 25, Using Unit Rates to Make Comparisons

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Jul 25, Unit Rate Slope Worksheet

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Jul 25, What percentage is illustrated

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Jul 25, Unit Rates with Fractions

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Jul 25, Solving Problems With Unit Rates

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Jul 25, Finding Unit Rates

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Jul 25, Using Unit Rates

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