ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This article is the first of a two-part series covering key principles to consider when integrating a generative AI creativity tool into your academic setting. The 21st-century classroom is a dynamic, ever-evolving space where cutting-edge technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI), are pushing us all to rethink what students need to learn and how that learning can best be structured to prepare them for the future.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This week on Edutopia, I blogged about “ Using AI to Encourage Productive Struggle in Math ” and about how students don't need the answers to math problems; they need help with the process and how they can use Wolfram Alpha with ChatGPT to do that (as well as some other thoughts.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Education wonks have long raised the alarm about how school discipline is applied unequally among students of different racial and ethnic groups, with Black students facing a disproportionate number of office discipline referrals (ODRs). The effects of such practices can reverberate throughout a student’s life, according to the American Psychological Association, leading to worse mental health and lower grades.

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All About STEM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The UK CanSat Competition 2023/24 is open for registration. Don’t miss out on your chance to enter, the deadline is the 17th of October 2023. CanSat provides students with the opportunity to have practical experience working on a small-scale space project. Students (14+) can enter the CanSat competition and design their own satellite simulation in a soft drink can.

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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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Amy Brown Science

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

I get a lot of questions about teaching cell structure and cell organelles, so I thought I would take this opportunity to offer up some tips and suggestions for teaching a GREAT unit on cells. In many of the questions I get, teachers admit to being bored when teaching their cell unit. I absolutely LOVE teaching about cells, and that brings me to my first tip.

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Middle Web

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Heart-Centered Teacher lives up to its promise of renewal, writes educator Sarah Cooper. Routman’s newest book “strives to be a mosaic of sorts: a combination of sometimes searing, sometimes poignant personal stories with on-the-ground insights from decades of experience.” The post Restoring the Joy and Possibility of Teaching first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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All About STEM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The British Science Association has opened applications for their two grant schemes to support British Science Week events and activities, one for schools and one for community groups. Kick Start Grants This scheme offers grants for schools in challenging circumstances to enable them to organise their own events as part of British Science Week. There are four options available: Click here to apply.

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STEMe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

On the surface of the Earth, we have junkyards and landfills to contain all of our unwanted garbage. However, due to space’s lack of surface area and containment ability, the tiniest bits of space debris are floating around. Of course, the planets aren’t going around having parties and littering their own home, so where is this trash coming from? To understand this, we first need to investigate what the debris is.

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All About STEM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

If you’re thinking about inviting STEM ambassadors into school to inspire your learners, you can find out more about the amazing impact STEM ambassadors have via the latest STEM Learning report. The results revealed how STEM Ambassadors impact educators, students and schools: Ambassadors broaden students’ horizons: 93% said engaging with Ambassadors had improved their students’ awareness that.

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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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

SAT Math Questions and Answers (No Calculator)

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A joyful class is a rigorous class. A rigorous class is a joyful class. I wrote this mantra on a sticky note and placed it on my desk as a daily reminder that my students’ right to access joy is just as important as academic rigor. During my third year of teaching, I struggled to envision what rigorous learning looks, sounds and feels like without joy.

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Online Math for All

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

PSAT 8/9 Math Solving Problems on Exponents

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