ED Surge

APRIL 27, 2022

In the last few years, bipartisanship has come to seem more like a practice from folklore than any political reality that would pass through legislative buildings today. So it means something when a body of elected officials in the U.S. votes unanimously to approve a bill. And it meant something earlier this month when Maine’s state legislature voted 130 to 0 on a proposal to supplement the wages of child care workers.

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APRIL 27, 2022

How can vaccinating pigs protect people? Published: April 27, 2022. Many disease outbreaks, including Covid-19, are caused by viruses that have jumped from animals to humans. At the Pirbright Institute in the UK, Dr Rebecca McLean and Professor Simon Graham are studying one particular virus which did this in 1998 and continues to pose a threat today.

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STEM Discovery

APRIL 27, 2022

Collaborative activities with Lego WeDo2.0 were implemented to engage students in learning math contents Continue reading → The post Learning math with robots appeared first on The STEM Discovery Campaign Blog.

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Middle Web

APRIL 27, 2022

In Katie Durkin’s ELA classroom, seventh graders pass along what they’ve learned to future classes via this Inheritance Box project, part of a literacy plus history unit that also teaches collaboration and promotes student choice. Katie takes us through it step by step. The post Inheritance Boxes Help Kids Share Knowledge first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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STEM Minds

APRIL 27, 2022

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid struck Earth and brought about the end of the dinosaurs and around 70% of all life. Right now, we are in the middle of another mass extinction. But this time, there’s no asteroid – we only have ourselves to blame. Human activity has placed over 1 million plant and animal species at risk of extinction (roughly ?

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EiE Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

Did you know April is Math Awareness Month? Who knew that a subject that is so well known still needed publicity! But if you have ever heard, “When will I ever use math in the real world?” or “I’m just not a math person,” you can see why we are making time to celebrate it.

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STEM Discovery

APRIL 27, 2022

Applying the method of flipped teaching (Flipped classroom), on Friday, April 8, 2022, a two-hour didactic intervention on “Renewable energy sources” was held in the 4th grade of the 1st Primary School of Soufli. The instructional strategy of a flipped … Continue reading → The post Didactic intervention with the method of Flipped Classroom appeared first on The STEM Discovery Campaign Blog.

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Online Math for All

APRIL 27, 2022

Ordering Numbers - Examples

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APRIL 27, 2022

Ordering Numbers Worksheet

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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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Online Math for All

APRIL 27, 2022

How Many 3 Digit Numbers are Divisible by 6 in All

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Online Math for All

APRIL 27, 2022

Estimate Square Roots - Concept - Examples

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Online Math for All

APRIL 27, 2022

Ordering Real Numbers - Concept - Examples

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Online Math for All

APRIL 27, 2022

Estimating Square Roots Worksheet

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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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