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Remember our Veteran’s Today

Ask a Tech Teacher

As many of you know, I have two wonderful children–one a LT CDR in the Navy and one a SSG (Staff Sergeant) in the Army. One day, they will both be veterans. I also have a long family history of relatives who fought for America. So today, I salute them and all others who have put their lives and dreams aside to support America’s values and principles.

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Chegg A Great Website and App to Rent eTextbooks and Access Homework Help Resources

Educators Technology

Chegg is an educational website and app that offers academic help for students in various school subjects. More specifically, Chegg offers three main services: Chegg Study , textbook rentals, and.read more.

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Money is Hard in Programming

Computer Science Teacher

Last week I wrote about the making change for a dollar project. It got me thinking about how hard dealing with money in programming really is. The problem with money is that 1/10 is an infinitely repeating fraction in Binary.If one adds 1/10 Take the following C$ code. double penny = 1.0 / 10.0; double dime = 0.0; Console.WriteLine(penny); for (int I = 0; I < 100; I++) { dime += penny; } if (dime == 10.0) Console.WriteLine("Dime"); Console.WriteLine(dime); One might expect that the word “dime

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The Importance of Learning Loss and Why It Needs to Be Addressed

Thimble

The word learning loss is being tossed around by teachers, administrators, and even the federal government. Rounds of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds… The post The Importance of Learning Loss and Why It Needs to Be Addressed appeared first on Thimble Online STEM Classes.

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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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Geography Awareness Week: November 15-19, 2021

Ask a Tech Teacher

Promoted by National Geographic, here’s what you should know about Geography Awareness Week which occurs November 15-19, 2021: 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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Interview with Indiana’s Teacher of the Year: Sharita Ware

STEM Education Works

The Indiana Department of Education announced Tuesday, October 26th that Sharita Ware is Indiana’s Teacher of the Year! Ware teaches engineering and technology at East Tipp Middle School in Lafayette, IN. We want to encourage the recognition of teachers like Sharita Ware for all they do as educators of our youth. Mrs. Ware sets the example for all the amazing teachers in Indiana and across the U.S. .

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New Ideas on How to Use Flipgrid with Your Students

Teach Hub

What is Flipgrid? Flipgrid is a web-based digital tool to help students connect in virtual classrooms and engage with content more deeply. It can also be used in face-to-face classrooms to increase collaboration. Students can record videos of their work, presentations, or projects to share with their peers. They are then able to post a video response in Flipgrid under originally posted videos.

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Are We Teaching Enough Civics in Schools?

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Do you ever worry that core subjects are getting lost in the muddle of all the other stuff that is becoming part of the accepted curriculum in K-12 schools? I’m purposely not naming any of those because that’s not the subject of this article so I don’t want to distract (but feel free to add your thoughts in the comments). One of the becoming-forgotten subjects I have begun to fear is Civics so I loved this article from Commonwealth Magazine on how this understanding our our for

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What Are the Next Generation Science Standards?

Know Adam's Blog

What Does NGSS Stand For? NGSS refers to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) which are used in some form by 44 US states and territories to shape instruction and excite the next generation of scientists and engineers. Developed by prominent scientists and teachers, the NGSS aims to inspire curiosity and engagement for students who might otherwise lose ambition for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) as they enter middle school.

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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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Possible Solutions to Climate Change

STEMe

—Houston, TX Climate change is an increasingly worrying issue for future generations. It threatens to harm wildlife, cause drastic weather patterns, and pollute the water we drink and the air we breathe. Despite mass awareness about this issue, many people feel helpless to the already worsening climate. However, science may be the key that we are looking for.

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The Benefits of Learning a Foreign Language

Teach Hub

One of my favorite memories from my time in high school was when I took a course in Spanish. My teacher was a wonderful lady who was originally from Columbia and provided her students with knowledge of the culture, dialect, and the best ways to communicate through her language. My experience of learning a foreign language was eye-opening, exciting, and rewarding.

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Six STEM Stocking Stuffers

Get Caught Engineering

The holiday shopping season is getting into full swing and if you are like us, we are looking for that “just right” toy or book for the children on our shopping lists. We thought we’d share the books and toys that we will be giving this year. Books. Aaron Slater, Illustrator. By Andrea Beaty. We have loved all the books in Andrea Beaty’s Questioneers series as well as the student characters who inhabit that world.

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The Power of Collaboration: Fuel for the Million Girls Moonshot

STEM Next

Photo Credit: The 50 State Afterschool Network. As students returned to classrooms and afterschool programs this fall, many for the first time in a year and a half, the STEM community has a lot of catching up to do. During COVID-19, learning suffered especially in STEM subjects and disproportionately affected students of color according to the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.

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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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6 Easy No Prep STEM Activities that Kids LOVE!

STEM Education Guide

As you may know by now, engaging in STEM activities is a great way to get your kids or students learning, thinking, creating, and problem-solving. You want to get children involved with them, but some of the STEM activity sets out there are so expensive and complicated, and you are too busy to be gathering the materials and coming up with ideas for these types of experiments yourself!

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Activities to Help Your Brain

MooMoo Math & Science

Are you aware that the brain has the ability to modify its connections or re-wire itself? In other words, it is constantly changing and possibly improving. Your brain is not a static part of your body and due to the property of plasticity, it can change, learn new material, and even become more efficient. Help keep your brain happy and stimulated with these 14 brain-boosting activities Number 1 Learn to play a musical instrument like the guitar or the drums.

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Do Stem Toys Teach Kids Science and Math?

STEM Education Shopping

In this pandemic situation, where there is huge educational disruption affecting the learning of the children. Parents are searching for various innovative ways to help their kids to learn at home. Toys advertised as teaching STEM, is the only solution to fill the gap. But do you really think it helps children to learn? Well the answer is YES! Research has shown that toys can indeed teach children science, technology, engineering and basic mathematics concept.

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Building Bridges – Fall 2021 – Open for Registration

Northeastern University

To All Interested High School Students, On Friday, December 3, Northeastern University will once again sponsor Building Bridges , a day dedicated to students considering a career in engineering. This event will be in-person and at Northeastern, so all students will be required to follow all testing/COVID protocols. Building Bridges provides an opportunity for you to learn what engineering in college is all about.

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Born Secure: Are Security Misconfigurations Compromising your Product’s Security?

Magic EdTech

Overview. There are a number of ways in which a software’s security could be jeopardized. The statement in itself is quite generic in nature, making it more frightening. But, what if we said there are ways to make your upcoming product, platform, or application entirely secure? Quite heart-warming. Yes, there are a few basic approaches to make your program more secure over time if the security concerns are addressed from the start of software development.

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21-22 STEAM Lab week 11

Ms. Boyce

This week the lab hosted Ms. Allende, Ms. Nicholson, Ms. Mosquera, Ms. Pena, Ms. White and Ms. Mulry's classes. Another great showing on the Math Stories activities and Robo-Retells! K-2 continue to progress in their coding courses and 3-5 complemented their robotic unit with the Code.org Dance Party & AI Hour of Code. G/T started work on their November Journals and 4th & 5th grade completed the research for their Galapagos Mini Museum projects. 5th grade put in a habitat work day in the

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Benefits of STEM After School Programs

Kid Spark Education

With already packed curriculums, we understand that for many schools it’s difficult to add additional opportunities for STEM into class time. That’s why we’re a big fan of STEM afterschool programs, because they give students opportunities to learn new skills while they socialize with their classmates.

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Higginson/Lewis – STEM Field Trip (11.5.2021)

Northeastern University

On Friday, November 5th we went on our penultimate reverse field trip (for this semester), visiting two fourth grade classrooms at the Higginson/Lewis K-8 school in Roxbury, (Boston). With me were two new volunteers: Mikey and Caitlyn, two PhD students in Professor Heather Brenhouse’s developmental neuropsychobiology lab: thank you both for coming today!

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Top 15 Sites/Apps of 2021

Technology Tidbits

It's that time of year for to list my favorite sites/apps of the year. This years list has quite the variety and covers a wide range of educational content, such as: game based learning, programming/coding, educational resources, and more. As in previous annual end of the year lists, any site/app listed before will not be listed here. Top Sites/Apps of 2021 BookWidgets - BookWidgets is a fantastic that lets teachers become "paperless' and create interactive quizzes/games that can automatically b

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Students who self-identify as multilingual perform better in exams

K-12 Education News

Young people who consider themselves 'multilingual' tend to perform better across a wide range of subjects at school, regardless of whether they are actually fluent in another language, new research suggests. The study of more than 800 pupils in England found a measurable, positive relationship between their personal connection with other languages, and their GCSE exam results in both modern language and non-language subjects.

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Rational Root Theorem

Basic-Mathematics

What is the rational root theorem? Definition and crystal clear explanations showing why it works.

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Tract+Genius Hour–a new twist on a popular project

Ask a Tech Teacher

If you haven’t heard of the learning platform, Tract , you are in for a treat. Tract is a new way to inspire students to become lifelong learners. It focuses on student growth rather than state or international standards (it does meet them–just don’t look for that in the detail). The purpose of its videos, hands-on projects, and lessons is to spark student creativity–empower them to explore their passion.

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Socrates

Technology Tidbits

Socrates personalized learning for the students so they are progressing automatically, and provides teachers with tools to monitor progress and assign topics. Teachers can control the learning remotely or just allow Socrates to adjust automatically - making it a perfect tool for teachers with closed classrooms. Socrates is an innovate new site where educators can seamlessly differentiate instruction for each student through a unique game based learning system.

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The Concept of the Ruliad

Stephen Wolfram

The Entangled Limit of Everything. I call it the ruliad. Think of it as the entangled limit of everything that is computationally possible: the result of following all possible computational rules in all possible ways. It’s yet another surprising construct that’s arisen from our Physics Project. And it’s one that I think has extremely deep implications—both in science and beyond.

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Find Rational Roots

Basic-Mathematics

Learn how to find rational roots using the rational root theorem with this easy to follow lesson.