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Geography Awareness Week: November 14-18, 2022

Ask a Tech Teacher

Promoted by National Geographic, here’s what you should know about Geography Awareness Week which occurs November 14-18, 2022: Too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens. National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness to this dangerous deficiency in American education and excite people about geography as both a discipline and as a part of everyday life.

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5 Good Apps to Blur Background on iPhone and Android

Educators Technology

The collection below features 6 helpful blur background apps to use on your iPhone and Android. Whether you want to hide sensitive elements in your images or you want to create an artistic effect by bringing certain elements to the forefront and giving them a pronounced and sharp effect, these blur background apps are great options to consider. If you use Zoom, check out this tutorial on how to blur background on Zoom.

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Online: ASK Apprenticeships Post-16 Progression Session

All About STEM

Event Date: Various The ASK (Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge) programme is a national, ESFA funded offer available to all schools and colleges across the country. Here at All About STEM, we manage the regional ASK contract across Wirral, Knowsley and all of Cheshire. This progression event is open to students, parents, carers, guardians and families of those looking at their next steps be it.

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Even in kindergarten, gaps seen in extracurricular activities

K-12 Education News

It doesn't take long for gaps to appear between children who participate in extracurricular activities and kids who don't, a new study found.

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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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Maths Week England: STEM Ambassador Inspiration!

All About STEM

Get your learners excited about maths! Maths Week takes place from the 14th to the 18th of November and aims to provide young people in England with a positive image of mathematics. Maths Week England offers a fantastic collection of resources along with posters and online puzzles. With this in mind, our amazing STEM ambassadors have been sharing how they use maths throughout their lives.

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Zoom: This is Me, I’m a STEM Ambassador – Teacher Session

All About STEM

Find out who our STEM Ambassadors are and what they can offer as part of the TIM initiative! Suitable for Primary, Secondary and College teachers across ALL subjects. As a STEM Ambassador Hub, all the time teachers ask us, who are the STEM Ambassadors? What types of people do you have? How can we use them easily? This short session will show you how!

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“With the resources that are available online, there’s nothing stopping anyone from learning electronics, mechanics, programming, entrepreneurship, or how to build prototypes.”

Futurum

“With the resources that are available online, there’s nothing stopping anyone from learning electronics, mechanics, programming, entrepreneurship, or how to build prototypes.”. Published: Open Bionics develops medical devices that enhance the human body, and its first product is the hero arm for people living with a below-elbow limb difference. Joel Gibbard , CEO and co-founder, explains how he started creating bionic arms with a 3d printer.

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10+ Easy STEM Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers

STEM Sport

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are popular subjects among parents and educators. It is essential to expose children to STEM learning at any age. At the preschool level, children are naturally curious about the world around them. This makes it the perfect time to introduce them to STEM activities. In this article, STEM Sports® has compiled a list of engaging, educational STEM activities for toddlers and preschoolers. .

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Modified Atwood machine that *slows down*

Jacobs Physics

The problem above is from 5 Steps to a 5: AP Physics 1 , the "Elite Student Edition." This situation provides an opportunity to find out how well students are doing with understanding the meaning of acceleration. Ask: immediately after the carts are pushed or released, in which experiment is the magnitude of the carts' acceleration greater? And, are the directions of the top cart's acceleration the same, or different, in the two experiments?

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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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4 Ways to Level Up Educational Courseware Production in 2023

Magic EdTech

In Oct 2022, the Nation’s Report Card revealed an unprecedented backward slide in student achievement. In response to this, the US govt has encouraged schools and colleges to spend a part of their ARP ESSER funds on adopting evidence-based courseware and upgrading instructional material for cultural relevance and State-alignment. To keep up with the upcoming surge in demand, education publishers should prepare to scale up their content authoring processes.

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Naming Rules for Binary Ionic Compounds

MooMoo Math & Science

Naming Binary Ionic Compounds First, binary means to so you have two elements. The first atom or cation is going to be a metal the second atom or anion is a non-metal. Some metals that have different oxidation states that follow slightly different rules. I'm not going to cover that here. When you name ta binary ionic compound the metal is always first and then the non-metal is second and just add IDE.

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Nov 14, Least Common Multiple Worksheet

Online Math for All

Least Common Multiple Worksheet

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Deepen Student Learning with Flip’s Video Magic

Middle Web

Learn how middle grades teacher and NBCT Kathie Palmieri is using the upgraded and rebranded Flip video tool (formerly Flipgrid) on a daily basis to engage her students, show quick lesson reviews, and get them talking about what they did and didn’t understand. Helpful tips included. The post Deepen Student Learning with Flip’s Video Magic first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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Law of Cosines - Formula, Proof, and Examples

Basic-Mathematics

What is the Law of Cosines? See how you can use the law of cosines to find one side of a triangle.

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3 Keys to Pursuing a Life that Experiences Joyful Learning

Defined Learning

No matter who you are or where you’re from, the past few years have done some damage. It’s by no means the same for all of us and I count myself as one of the fortunate ones in so many respects. Yet even as fortunate as I am, every once in a while I find myself going down the rabbit hole of despair. Whether it’s the implications of the pandemic, political unrest, the rise of conspiracy theories, racial injustices, climate change, and the list goes on.

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Nov 14, Simplifying Fractions Tricks

Online Math for All

Simplifying Fractions Tricks - Concept - Examples with step by step explanation

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Best Academic Research Tools for Researchers and Educators

Educators Technology

Academic research requires a lot of dedication and diligence. From reading the literature to writing up the first draft of your paper, engaging in academic research means that you are in an ongoing process of learning and growth. The goal is to produce insightful and rigorous research and contribute to the development of human knowledge. While my academic background is in the social sciences and more specifically educational studies, I believe that regardless of your discipline, social sciences

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Nov 14, Sum and Product of Roots of Quadratic Equation Worksheet

Online Math for All

Sum and Product of Roots of Quadratic Equation Worksheet

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ASCD and ISTE to Merge in Partnership Aimed at Reducing Education Silos

ED Surge

Today, after a key vote, it's official: Two giants in the education space will join forces, creating a professional development powerhouse for their educator members. The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) will merge, beginning in January, a move that leaders hope will help to speed up the pace and smooth the process of innovation in education.

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Nov 14, What is Least Common Multiple

Online Math for All

What is Least Common Multiple - Concept - Examples

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Accelerated Learning — Schools’ Answer for ‘Learning Loss’ — Hits Some Speed Bumps

ED Surge

Districts went into the 2021-2022 school year with plans to help students catch up in the subjects where they had lost ground during the pandemic. Their plans for “accelerated learning” were twofold: Students would continue to advance through the curriculum while getting personalized support for areas where they struggled. But problems stalled those efforts at virtually every step, according to a new report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fu

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Nov 14, How to Find Least Common Multiple of Two Numbers

Online Math for All

How to Find Least Common Multiple of Two Numbers

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Nov 14, Worksheet on Simplifying Fractions

Online Math for All

Worksheet on Simplifying Fractions

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