Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The 3 Best Strategies For Teachers To Keep Students Engaged Engaging students in the classroom is a key factor in successful teaching and learning. However, keeping students interested and involved in their education can be a big challenge. It’s very important to make sure they are engaged and actively learning so they can end up going to a good college and building a future with a good foundation.
All About STEM
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Safer Internet Day 2024 is just around the corner, don’t forget to download your resource packs from the UK Safer Internet Centre! The resources focus on this year’s Safer Internet Day theme of Inspiring change – making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online. Packs are split into four age groups covering 3-18 years.
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Middle Web
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Embracing failure is a mindset we can weave throughout the curriculum, teaching students that failing isn't the end but a crucial step toward success. STEAM author-educator Kara Ball shares three activities to help students in persevering through and even celebrating failure. The post Use Failure as a Tool to Empower Kids’ Learning first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Robot Lab
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
By Sydney Dawes Pepper arrived at Stillwater Center in Montgomery County in January. Photo courtesy of Stillwater Center. The newest member of Stillwater Center’s team can speak multiple languages, double-check dosage information for patients and lead story time for children at the facility. This new addition to Stillwater also stands at four feet tall and is made of metal and plastic.
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.
Box Light
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Building a great learning space in the classroom is important for helping students grow. Teachers can create a dynamic learning environment by incorporating learning centers. Of course, planning effective and engaging centers is wonderful on paper but the follow through takes work! Making the most of center time calls for some careful planning and smart execution.
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Carly and Adam
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Can your students help Little Bo Peep contain her sheep? Embark on a journey of creativity and innovation as students take on the STEM challenge of building a fence for Little Bo Peep's wandering sheep. Using everyday materials like KEVA planks or clothespins and popsicle sticks, young minds blend engineering principles with the whimsy of a classic nursery rhyme.
The Trendy Science Teacher
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
This week in Forensics, I am teaching my students about crime scene search patterns. After a quick lesson, I had my students put their knowledge to action with a good ‘ole fashioned game of Where’s Waldo ? I used to love the Wally seek-and-find activity books when I was a kid, so I knew my students would love it too. Of course, I had to put a forensics spin on this traditional activity to tie it in to this week’s topic: searching the crime scene.
Teach Science for All
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Hopefully this gives you a relaxing start to the week. Boxlapse (on YouTube) has an absorbing and interesting video of a pine tree seed sprouting and growing as a 300 day time lapse. I can imagine educators finding many uses for a clip like this. Enjoy.
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