The Blog of Phyz
DECEMBER 3, 2023
"Posters" has been a recurring skit on Saturday Night Live. It originally featured guest Emma Stone and cast member Pete Davidson, with additional cast members Mikey Day, Kenan Thompson, and Kate McKinnon. It seems to be resurrected whenever Stone hosts. Last night, "Posters" was staged again, this time with Marcello Hernández and Ego Nwodom alongside Stone, Day, and Thompson.
Teachers are Terrific
DECEMBER 3, 2023
One of the very first structures I ever built with students was a bridge. Boy, I could have used some tips about building bridges right then! This was many, many years ago when I was the Science Club sponsor. At one of our club meetings, I gave students some spaghetti strands (uncooked), some tape, and a cup of pennies. Their task was to build a bridge that would hold the pennies.
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Middle Web
DECEMBER 3, 2023
The authors of Shifting the Balance (Grades 3-5) invite literacy educators in the upper elementary and early middle grades to “engage in both the headwork and the heartwork required to ensure our practices are science-aligned and student-centered.” And do it in a safe space. The post Shifting the Balance with Headwork and Heartwork first appeared on MiddleWeb.
STEMe
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Houston, TX By: Oluchi Victoria Nnadi 11/8/2023 It’s that time of the day. The one that some people dread the most: math class. An absolute snooze fest: it’s a class flooded with content that makes no sense, a teacher who doesn’t even bother to teach, and an army of know-it-all’s blabbering about their perfect scores. For a variety of reasons, many people think that math sucks.
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.
Online Math for All
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Four Basic Operations on Rational Numbers
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STEMe
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Aurora, IL The capitalist economy is one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments: although it has undoubtedly had many adverse effects on society in recent times, its benefits towards advancing the human condition and creating a society with vastly higher quality-of-life far surpass any of its detriments. The stock market is the crown jewel in the capitalist crown—being able to trade pieces of ownership in companies, also known as stocks, in order to fund further growth has increased competition,
STEMe
DECEMBER 3, 2023
New York, NY What exactly are elements? The first thing that might come to mind is oxygen, considering its crucial role in sustaining human life. However, elements such as hydrogen, nitrogen, and phosphorus are equally essential. In our lives, we do not typically realize the amount of elements we interact with on a daily basis. Take our smartphones for example, which are made up of a vast array of elements—over 30 of them, including copper, lithium, aluminum, silicon, yttrium, terbium, and more.
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