All About STEM
MARCH 2, 2023
Being a STEM Ambassador is about engaging and enthusing young people with science, technology, engineering and mathematics. You will help encourage students to consider further study of STEM subjects and progression into related careers, inspiring the next generation of STEM professionals. It offers the chance to give something back to education and the wider community, whilst giving you the.
The Science Penguin
MARCH 1, 2023
Sorting relays are an easy addition to any science class. I started using them when I had a group that needed a more active way to review. Science sorting relays can be a fun and engaging way to get students involved. Science sorting relays are typically done in teams, encouraging student collaboration and teamwork. Sorting relays are a great way to reinforce previously taught concepts.
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Futurum
MARCH 2, 2023
Can data science help us achieve a stronger start and brighter future for children? Published: Dr Rachel Wilcock , Data Science Lead at Nesta , explains how data science can be a powerful tool for social good. Data scientists use scientific methods and computer algorithms to extract knowledge and information from large datasets. This is useful in a huge range of applications, from monitoring global finances to improving medical imaging techniques.
Accelerate Learning
MARCH 2, 2023
As teachers, you may feel like a broken record telling your students that they’ll use this math, whatever you’re currently teaching, in everyday life. Students will nod, shrug, and maybe even roll their eyes. To them, what’s the point in learning it when their calculator will do the work anyway?
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.
ED Surge
MARCH 1, 2023
At the beginning of this school year, I facilitated a professional development (PD) session with middle school teachers about how to use education technology tools for deeper learning. Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine, authors of the 2019 book “ In Search of Deeper Learning ”, define deeper learning as “the understanding of not just the surface features of a subject or discipline, but the underlying structures or ideas.
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All About STEM
MARCH 2, 2023
National Careers Week is the perfect time for teachers to inform young people on how to showcase their CREST project work when applying for opportunities. “When applying for university, for an apprenticeship or for a job, you can use CREST to enhance your application. CREST awards are a high-quality well-regarded and tangible recognition of success.” Talking about the skills and experiences you.
User Generated Education
MARCH 3, 2023
This project takes the Monster Project and enhancing it with interactivity created through using Scratch and Makey Makeys. It was inspired by the Makey Makey Hack a Toy Lesson. Part of the lesson included the 5th graders interviewing 1st graders. This Edutopia article discussed the benefits of interviewing – Learning to Interview Builds a Range of Communication Skills [link] Standards Addressed Common Core State Standards – ELA Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The emergence of ChatGPT provoked widespread concern that the AI chatbot is the ultimate tool for students cheating on homework, since it can answer just about any question in paragraph form. As companies race to come out with tools they claim can detect when prose was written by a bot, some are wondering whether a previous generation of homework-help tools might soon be rendered obsolete.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 3, 2023
In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: Software vs. Online Tools Category: Pedagogy Here are relevant criteria for evaluating software vs. online tools in your classroom: For more detail on comparing software and online t
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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.
All About STEM
MARCH 2, 2023
You can place talented young people at the heart of your organisation by hosting a Nuffield Research Placement. Placements are offered to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to increase opportunities to access university courses and STEM-related careers. You can work with top students to make significant contributions to your research and development projects.
Middle Web
MARCH 1, 2023
“Ultimately book talk videos recorded by peers are beneficial if we want to inspire middle grades reluctant readers. They need to witness peers having fun with books. It nurtures the idea that reading is worth a try.” School librarian Kristen Day shares how her "EGGs" are doing it. The post Book Talk Videos Let Peers Encourage Peers first appeared on MiddleWeb.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Donna Provencher, a freelance journalist near San Antonio, was folding laundry last week when her 8-year-old son made a comment that stopped her cold. “He said, ‘Mom, do you remember when the shooter came to my school?’” she recalls. There hadn’t been a shooting. But the second grader had gone through an active-shooter drill at his school, where he was instructed to curl up in a ball on the classroom floor.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Many Fridays, I report on a wonderful website or project my classes and parents love. This one is teaching architecture to youngers: Lesson Plan: Three projects over six weeks and your students will learn about blueprints, room layout, dimensions, and more. Plus, they’ll understand how to think about a three-dimensional object and then spatially lay it out on paper.
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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!
All About STEM
MARCH 2, 2023
ESERO-UK’s Space Education Quality Mark (SEQM) is designed to support schools and colleges using the subject of space to inspire and engage their students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. Why get involved? -gain recognition for your achievements -forge links with space professionals and organisations -raise the profile of quality STEM teaching within your school.
STEM Discovery Education
MARCH 1, 2023
Education is a changing landscape, and while changes can be exciting, their uncertainty can also cause stress. As teachers and students navigate the shifts in curriculum, technology, and learning experiences, it’s more important than ever for schools to provide emotional and wellness support for both teachers and students. With International Social-Emotional Learning Day on March 2, it’s a great time to reflect on the ways schools and communities can provide resources for social-emotional wellbe
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. “The Spirit of Our Work: Black Women Teachers (Re)Member” “We Be Lovin’ Black Children: Learning to be Literate About the African Diaspora” “Teaching Black History to White People” “Transforming the Elite: Black Students and the Desegregation of Private Schools” “They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South” “Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil” Aniefuna means “my land is not lost.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 1, 2023
Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. March 1-3, 2023 65 Tech Ed Posters $2.99 This set of sixty-five posters is a varied collection you can use to share critical issues dealing with technology and education. Print them out and hang them on your classroom walls or share them out digitally on a Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram feed.
All About STEM
MARCH 1, 2023
We’re excited to announce that the NEW Liverpool City Region Careers Hub website is LIVE! Take a look and discover a fantastic range of careers resources, events and an engaging, inspirational employer offer. As part of the launch celebrations, the LCR Careers Hub has created a National Careers Week Guide to support schools and colleges in their planning.
Carly and Adam
MARCH 2, 2023
March Madness is an exciting time of year for basketball fans all around the world. The NCAA college basketball tournament is a time of year when millions of people tune in to watch their favorite teams battle it out on the court. Personally, we will be cheering for our Alma Mater, Purdue University! Boiler up! However, March Madness is not just about basketball.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
What defines an exemplary edtech company that serves K-12 needs? How does a district measure return on investment when adopting new curricula? While the edtech market continues to grow with innovative ways to engage students, not many companies provide products rooted in three decades of cognitive research that continue to provide solid returns on investment.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 2, 2023
Here are popular puzzles resources teachers are using to teach mouse skills, critical thinking, and more. There are a few for the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day: Digipuzzles –great puzzles for geography, nature, and holidays I’m a Puzzle –create your own puzzles Jigsaw Explorer –make your own Jigsaw Planet –create your own picture jigsaw Jigsaw puzzles Jigzone–puzzles Jigsaw Puzzles –JS Kindergarten puzzles Puzzle—St.
All About STEM
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
BBC Teach is taking over the Science Museum in London with an out-of-this-world forces Live Lesson for British Science Week! The Live Lesson astronaut is stuck in space and the challenge is on for pupils to use their knowledge of gravity, friction and air resistance, to design a landing module. Who will successfully bring him back to Earth? This 30-minute curriculum-linked session includes Dr.
Futurum
MARCH 1, 2023
A meal with the devil: how the eating habits of Tasmanian devils affect their ecosystems Published: In a healthy ecosystem, each microbe, plant and animal has its own important role to play. They may not be the most glamorous, but scavengers play a vital role in recycling nutrients back into an ecosystem. Dr Laurel Lynch , an ecosystem ecologist from the University of Idaho , USA, has been studying one particular scavenger, the Tasmanian devil, to better understand the impact they have on their
ED Surge
MARCH 1, 2023
AI tools have rapidly entered Language Arts classrooms. The proliferation of AI tools has outpaced efforts to understand how AI’s presence might change teaching practices or the role of the teacher. ChatGPT adds to the suite of AI tools that might be encountered in an ELA classroom, along with automated essay scoring, writing evaluation and feedback.
Talk STEM
MARCH 1, 2023
March is here, and with it comes the newest initiative from talkSTEM and MathFinder – the March Mathness Challenge ! We’ve compiled our walkSTEM tours of Dallas (and added a few new ones!) into a competition to explore and engage with Math in our great city. By engaging with the Math that’s embedded in our built, living, artistic, and architectural environments, you gain insights and perspectives about our parks, artworks, animals, plants, and neighborhoods.
All About STEM
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
National Careers Week is coming up! If you’re looking to empower, engage and inspire your learners during #NCW2023, join the Founder and Director of Amazing Apprenticeships, Anna Morrison, for a round-up of National Careers Week themes, films, activities and resources. This webinar is part of the ASK (Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge for Schools and Colleges) project and features links to.
Futurum
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The human story behind human genome sequencing Published: In 2008, Professor James Lupski , from Baylor College of Medicine , USA, contributed to the scientific work behind the first human whole genome sequencing. Two years later, he was one of the first people to have his own genome sequenced. He is considered a pioneer of clinical genomics, a field that has revolutionised the diagnosis, understanding, clinical management and treatment of genetic conditions and diseases, including James’s own.
ED Surge
MARCH 2, 2023
In the early days of online education, I imagined that virtual classrooms would follow the same basic model as in-person ones, with an instructor leading the same number of students typical in a campus class. One of my colleagues at New York University disagreed, cautioning even decades ago, that the belief was “pretty naive.” To make online financially viable, he predicted, “remote classes will need to enroll many more.
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