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6 Great Apps to Enhance Students Social Emotional Learning

Educators Technology

Social emotional learning (SEL), as defined by EQ, is "the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and.read more.

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16+ Websites on Assessments

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to. Blendsapce –if you create your lesson plans in BlendSpace, it includes opportunities to assess learning. Easy CBM. Educreations –video a whiteboard explanation of how students are completing a task (app). Edulastic –formative assessments; work on any devices (app). Flipgrid — record a video question from your desktop; add attachments; students respond from the app with their answer and decorations; appears as a grid of answers to th

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STEMscopes Celebrates the Achievements of Hispanic STEM Pioneers

Accelerate Learning

September 15th through October 15th marks National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time of year where we honor the achievements, contributions, and influence of Hispanic Americans to the world. Here at STEMscopes we want to recognize some of the lesser known Hispanic pioneers in various STEM fields. Some you may know; some may be brand new to you.

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Debugging–Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast

Computer Science Teacher

Mike Zamansky had an interesting post called What They Used To Know that got me thinking about the old days. Now Mike is a youngster and didn’t really start in computers until the 1980s. I started in the 1970s with punch cards and batch processing. That meant that there was no instant gratification seeing your program run. With batch, one handed their cards to an operator and some time later, hours or maybe a day, one got their cards back with a listing that showed the results.

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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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144: OTT: Why Are Makerspaces Important in the Elementary Classroom?

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

144: Why Are Makerspaces Important in the Elementary Classroom? Today we are talking about WHY classrooms might want to include a makerspace. Come join me. Makerspaces are more than a dedicated space. They are a mindset. One of innovation, creativity, collaboration, community, and critical thinking. Makerspace should exist in every elementary classroom.

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Making Your Way in the STEM World Today

STEM Education Works

Have you found yourself in a new position as a STEM teacher? Are you a veteran STEM teacher but are looking for some new ideas and tips? The great thing about STEM is that there are so many ways to teach it. Project-based learning, flipped instruction, 5E model ( what we use for our curriculum !); they are all great opportunities to provide your students with authentic experiences.

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Two STEM Challenges for Elementary Grades That are Perfect for October

Science and Steamteam

We have yet to encounter a student that doesn’t enjoy STEM Challenges. Here are two project-based activities for students that integrate reading. The STEM Challenges. Create a Bat Challenge. Ask students to read about bats. Based on what they have learned ask them to design a bat based on the criteria that you give them. The bat needed to be able to hang upside down from a hook.

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Managing the Creative Chaos

Starfish Education

In any classroom, there is sometimes a fine line between classroom management and pure chaos. We want students to be creative and excited about learning. What we don’t want is. The post Managing the Creative Chaos appeared first on Starfish Education.

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Does Mindfulness Make Your Class Better?

Ask a Tech Teacher

District Administration recently published an interesting article on how mindfulness creates kinder classrooms and reduces problematic behaviors by 18%. Click the link and check out their thoughts. If you’d like background on Mindfulness, check our article published earlier on. How to Incorporate Mindfulness into Your Class. Students learn best when they are relaxed, happy, and feeling loved.

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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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Study Skills Chapter 5 Organize your Backpack

MooMoo Math & Science

I like to run. Whenever I complete long runs it helps to carry water, and some type of food to replace burned calories. For many years I ran with a fuel belt. A fuel belt is a terrible-looking contraption that resembles a mix between a fanny pack and an oversized, ugly belt. However, they can hold gel packs and water, making them very practical for running.

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How Were LEGO Bricks Invented?

Jay Flores

During my visit to LEGO in Billund, Denmark with FIRST I learned that when young people are engaged in playful STEM activities they ignite their natural curiosity, grow their knowledge, and develop habits of learning. In addition to playing around in the LEGO House experience zones I was able to tour the manufacturing floor where LEGO bricks are created and spend some time with a LEGO historian!

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Maydm’s Next Chapter

Maydm

DearMaydm Community, Six years ago, I started Maydm because I knew it was necessary to develop an equitable approach to introduce girls and BIPoC students to the STEM fields. I envisioned a reality where they could have an environment to explore, cultivate and confidently pursue their interests in these fields. Over the past six years, we have seen many of these incredible moments in our programs.

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16 Websites and 5 Posters to Teach Mouse Skills

Ask a Tech Teacher

Many of my most popular articles are about mouse skills. Every year, tens of thousands of teachers visit Ask a Tech Teacher to find resources for teaching students how to use a mouse. No surprise because using a mouse correctly is one of the most important pre-keyboarding skills. Holding it is not intuitive and if learned wrong, becomes a habit that’s difficult to break.

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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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4 Things to Consider When Choosing a STEM Read Aloud

Carly and Adam

The following is a guest post from Dr. Jacie Maslyk. *This blog post contains Amazon affiliate links. By clicking on the links and making a purchase, we may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. 4 Things to Consider When Choosing a STEM Read Aloud Children’s literature can lead students into exploration, creativity, and building in the classroom.

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Study Skills Book - School Organization Basics - Using a PLanner- Chapter 4

MooMoo Math & Science

A planner can be a notebook or computer program with sections for each month, week, day, or hour that plan and organizes your schoolwork as well as other areas of your life. A planner helps you keep track of all of your academic work, test dates, homework assignments, and other deadlines you need to remember. At the school where I teach, every student has issued an agenda for the first week of the school year.

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Quarky: The Best AI Robot DIY kit for Kids – Exciting Rewards & Perks

Stem Education News

The best robot kit for kids, Quarky, is all set to revolutionize AI & robotics learning. Our previous blog told you all about Quarky, a remarkable STEM robotics kit, and why it is the best robot kit out there. It talked about the exceptional features of the Quarky AI robot toys like Wi-fi and Bluetooth […] The post Quarky: The Best AI Robot DIY kit for Kids – Exciting Rewards & Perks appeared first on STEMpedia.

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9/11… We Remember

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FREE STEM Resources with Chris Woods

CoderZ

This article is based on the CoderZ podcast, EdTech MixTape and has been edited for clarity. STEM can seem like such a big challenge for teachers and school leaders alike. We all want students engaged in meaningful, hands-on learning. But where do we begin? Start with Daily STEM. We sat down with teacher, writer, and STEM resources provider extraordinaire Chris Woods of Daily STEM for some practical, logical, and easy steps teachers can and should take to bring STEM to life.

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STEM learning for kindergarten

The STEM Laboratory

It can be challenging to find resources and activities that are geared to STEM learning for kindergarten and first grade. They need to be easily understood and completed, but convey the theories and ignite the passion for learning in subjects including science and math as well as concepts in engineering and technology. Since STEM is not just teaching these subjects individually, but also combining philosophies found in all four, it can feel like even more of an obstacle when teaching kindergarte

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Quarky: The Best AI Robot DIY kit for Kids – Exciting Rewards & Perks

Stem Education News

The best robot kit for kids, Quarky, is all set to revolutionize AI & robotics learning. Our previous blog told you all about Quarky, a remarkable STEM robotics kit, and why it is the best robot kit out there. It talked about the exceptional features of the Quarky AI robot toys like Wi-fi and Bluetooth […] The post Quarky: The Best AI Robot DIY kit for Kids – Exciting Rewards & Perks appeared first on STEMpedia.

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SplashLearn

Technology Tidbits

SplashLearn is a wonderful, super easy-to-use, free all-in-one online Math platform for grades K-5. SplashLearn is an ideal learning tool to use for teachers and parents because of the educational portal. This portal/dashboard allows educators/parents to create and manage student accounts, track/manage progress, generate detailed reports that can emailed, and even set daily schedules.

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Uncertainty on climate change in textbooks linked to uncertainty in students

K-12 Education News

A new study suggests textbook wording that portrays climate change information as uncertain can influence how middle and high school students feel about the information, even for students who say they already know about climate change and its human causes.

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Mail Time: How (and especially *when*) I discuss the center of mass in AP Physics 1

Jacobs Physics

I noticed that in the past couple years there've been a lot of center of mass questions on the AP exam. While my best students are capable of figuring these out, I wanted to try driving the point home on an exam with a good short answer justification-style question. I can't seem to make one that I'm satisfied with though. Preferably something that shows the center of mass can not change between two moving objects unless there is net force acting on them.

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STEAM Lab 21-22 week 3

Ms. Boyce

Coding, and Science, and Art, Oh my! Another set of awesome classes doing excellent work made the short week fly by. Ms. Allende, Ms. Nicholson, Ms. Mosquera, Ms. Reilly, Mr. Torres, and Ms. Pena's classes were in the lab this week. K-2 got acquainted with Code.org while 3-5 let their imaginations run wild coding in Scratch. All classes went out to do the sun investigations: sun print, shadow clock and a comparison of temperatures in the shade vs. the direct sunlight.

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Chronicle Cloud

Technology Tidbits

Chronicle Cloud is a wonderful mobile (iOS/Google Play) app that makes it easy for teachers to assess student learning, differentiate instruction, and maximize their best teaching "strategies". This is all done through a wonderfully designed and easy-to-use app where teachers have a number of the best features from Learning Management Systems, such as: creating classes/assessments, manage/tracking students, grading, exporting/importing data, and much more.

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Nunber of Solutions of Systems with three Variables

Basic-Mathematics

This lesson will teach you about the numbers of solutions of systems with three variables

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Bad Apple: A classroom skepticism quickie

The Blog of Phyz

Among the accepted truths of Watergate is that the Nixon campaign didn't need to do it. He was going to win the 1972 Presidential. There was no need to break into the Democratic National Committee offices; there was no intelligence that a Nixon campaign really needed. Nevertheless, break in they did. And Nixon eventually resigned as a consequence. At the September 2021 Apple Event ( California Streaming ), the reality distortion field (RDF) was energized for a slew of new tech offerings.

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Find the Perimeter in the Coordinate Plane

Basic-Mathematics

Learn how to find the perimeter in the coordinate plane with this easy to follow lesson

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Graph Equations in Three Dimensions

Basic-Mathematics

Learn how to graph equations in three dimensions with this easy to follow lesson

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Graph Points in Three Dimensions

Basic-Mathematics

Learn how to graph points in three dimensions with this easy to follow lesson

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Parallel Planes - Definition and Examples

Basic-Mathematics

What are parallel planes? Parallel planes are planes that do not intersect.

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