STEM Sport

JUNE 13, 2023

When implementing STEM in elementary education, educators and school administrators often benefit from creating a STEM curriculum map. This article serves as a guide for educators who are looking to build and utilize a STEM curriculum map in their elementary school classroom.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 31, 2023

When Gorgette Green-Hodnett wrapped up her 21-year career in high school education a couple years ago, her family members celebrated. We have to go to your school and help you,’” she says. “I Hawaii experienced a spike in retirements during the 2020-21 school year. And what can schools change to get them to stay?

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STEM Sport

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

STEM in Elementary Education The STEM workforce is growing at a faster rate than any other field. Best STEM Activities for Elementary Students In this article, STEM Sports® introduces simple and easy-to-implement STEM activities for elementary students. The term is commonly used when talking about education and careers.

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ED Surge

APRIL 29, 2022

Considering the ongoing traumatic upheaval on school communities in recent years, and the unrelenting pressure on educators to work under difficult, uncertain and constantly vacillating circumstances, it is not a matter of if educators will experience the corrosive effects of prolonged and extreme stress, but rather when.

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ED Surge

MARCH 29, 2023

In some ways, middle school is very much the same as it was a decade ago. In my own classroom, I recognize some of the hallmarks of the middle school years — changing voices, students spurting up three inches by the time May rolls around, and the awkwardness of being surrounded by so many developmental stages at once.

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2023

School district leaders have taken note, developing multi-year adoption plans for their schools. When schools reopened in 2021, Burkiett and her team decided to roll out the program across the district for students in kindergarten to third grade. So we were pretty happy with Amira,” Burkiett says.

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ED Surge

JUNE 22, 2022

On a recent visit to a school district, I was startled to find a procurement office with folding tables stacked with hundreds of paper purchasing orders that needed to be manually reviewed and approved. The answer, unfortunately, is too many schools. School finance workflows are a good place to start.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

I had just received a notice from my school about the push for teachers and leaders to return to school for in-person learning. What would I do with my children that are on different schedules and attend schools in different neighborhoods? Decisions and policies are often made without the input of teachers and school leaders.

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Stem Activities for Kids

APRIL 16, 2022

First of all, a makerspace doesn’t have to be a physical space! 5 Tips for Setting up Elementary Makerspaces. Is there a small project your students can work on to solve a problem in their classroom, in the cafeteria, or at your school playground? What is a makerspace? It can be, if you have the room for it.

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ED Surge

MAY 16, 2024

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children regularly miss elementary, middle and high school. In terms of measuring absenteeism in college or university settings, it's harder because most schools don't have university-wide policies on absences. Is the same pattern of absenteeism playing out at colleges, too?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Keyboarding is a topic that most parents want their children to learn and many schools don’t have time to teach. We are taking the next two weeks–two articles–to answer the questions that should help you as a teacher or administrator decide what type of keyboarding program is best for your school.

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 31, 2022

14 Diverse STEM Picture Books for Elementary Students Our classroom libraries and the stories that we share with our students should be reflective of the diversity that makes up our world. Along with each book summary, there are a few hands-on activities to support elementary learners. *This blog post contains Amazon affiliate links.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

And back in September, around 82 percent of Florida school districts closed for at least one day — keeping roughly 2.5 million students out of school. This puts physical classrooms in harm’s way, and also threatens students’ academics and mental health, too. physical threats to schools from weather vary from region to region.

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Northeastern University

APRIL 11, 2022

On Friday, April 8th we had our penultimate field trip of the academic school year, wherein we went to visit the fourth graders at the Tucker Elementary School in Milton. Working in the library of the school, we ran the day’s activity for 2 groups of kids, for a total of 75 fourth graders.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2018

Finding webtools for high school classes requires a different set of metrics than those that apply to lower and middle school searches. By high school, the pressure to prepare students for their future is immense. Monster Physics is a building game that lets kids ten and above explore the principles of physics.

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ED Surge

JULY 6, 2022

Principals, in many schools, are seen as the person responsible for the mental health and well-being of their staff, serving as sounding boards and problem solvers for their teachers, who are carrying the emotional burdens of their own personal and professional lives as well as the struggles, stresses and trauma of their students.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This meant I was consistently rewarded at school for putting my head down and striving to be a “good student” and “high achiever,” but never for challenging authority or speaking up when something was wrong. school and university system, I wanted to find out how microaggressions shape the experiences of Asian American K-12 educators.

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Ellipsis Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Meghan Lund Content Marketing Specialist In order to put on that cap and gown and walk across the stage with a diploma in hand, high school students must work hard to complete a certain amount of credits in various subject areas. In this blog, we explore why high school should have computer science requirements in order to earn that diploma.

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Cool Cat Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Additionally, when you add physical exercise to the mix, you’ve got an excellent brain break for your classroom which is much more than just a break. . WORD workouts connect common emotional words, physical movement, and reflection to help students have a brain break and an experience that matters in the classroom. Words Matter.

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Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Mastery learning (also called competency-based learning) is being used in some classes and schools. Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. He has taught at urban, suburban, rural, and private schools. Jon Bergmann - Bio as Submitted.

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Carly and Adam

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The after-school STEM club meets every Wednesday. What is an After-School STEM Club? A STEM club is a gathering of students, teachers, parents, and community members outside of school hours. How do you Start an Elementary STEM Club? Talk about logistics with your school leader. Things got quiet.

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Carly and Adam

APRIL 26, 2022

All of these types of play, along with using our imagination and having fun, can also happen at school! While it may happen at home, there is definitely a place for play in school. This post will share key ideas on the importance of play and where it fits into the school day.

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CoderZ

JUNE 7, 2024

When Tiffany Benitez started her school’s STEM and robotics club, four Galena Park Independent School District students signed up for it. Soon, this district elementary science specialist’s robotics capabilities were maxed out. There’s no more having to say, ‘No, our club is full.’ Hispanic and 15.2% African American. “All

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

JULY 9, 2020

84: How to Add More Science Into Your Online or Physical Classroom Welcome to One tire teacher, Episode 84- How to Add More Science Into Your Online or Physical Classroom with Rene Heinrich. I'm excited today to have Renee on the show. She is a wealth of information. She is coming from the store Science schoolyard. It's exciting.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Kids are learning – but for way too many it occurs outside of the school environment rather than during school. Given today’s technologies, it makes sense and is exciting that learning occurs after schools hours, but for exciting, engaging, and profound learning not to occur during school hours is, simply put, a travesty.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2022

This is the advice we’ve been giving district and school leaders across the country about their daily schedule. No amount of money or professional development and design time could have had a greater impact on school schedules than COVID-19. It’s one of the first things we ask for when we visit schools around the world.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Studies conducted by the University of Memphis have found that children who play chess significantly improve their visual memory, attention span, and spatial-reasoning ability … all important factors for success in school. I love doing physical computing in my classroom and have discussed the benefits in [link].

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Computer Science Teacher

JULY 5, 2022

Robots, game controllers, Internet of Things, and more are ways that computer science interacts with physical objects and not just pixels on a screen. Read that post at Welcome New Computer Science Teachers Today I want to provide some resources to bringing physical computing into the classroom. VEX Robotics – middle to high school.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

He has worked closely with professors Carol Dweck (Growth Mindset) and John Hattie (Visible Learning); been a teaching assistant in a school for deaf children; taught from pre-K to 12; and held a range of school and district leadership positions. Vicki Davis (08:49) Mm-hmm. The learning pit works for any age.

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STEM Sport

JULY 28, 2022

Schools across the country are adding more science, technology, engineering, and math lessons to their curriculum. Charter schools are publicly funded and tuition-free education options for K-12 students. They do not follow the same rules and regulations as public or private schools.

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Computer Science Teacher

MAY 16, 2022

My son’s school, he’s principal of an elementary school, had a Bingo themed fundraiser yesterday. The Bingo at my son’s school used a traditional ball cag. I’d love to have student discuss the pros and cons of computerized Bingo and old fashioned ball cages and physical tracking of drawn balls.

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ED Surge

APRIL 1, 2022

“We need to talk about the trauma of teaching through a pandemic,” urges Christopher Bowen, a STEM curriculum specialist for Johnson City Schools in Tennessee. There's absolutely no support system in our school right now for us [educators].But But I have colleagues that are going through cancer treatment right now.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A study from the Yale School of Public Health found that climate anxiety is distinct from other mental health conditions like general anxiety disorder or major depressive disorder. She previously spoke to EdSurge about how architects are making school buildings more resilient to rising temperatures and other effects of climate change.

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ED Surge

MARCH 22, 2023

Recently, I was in a meeting with department chairs and administrators at my high school. After discussing revisions to our existing policies, a colleague added, “We have to go back to old-school methods. After discussing revisions to our existing policies, a colleague added, “We have to go back to old-school methods.

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Top 10 Sciencekits

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Start by volunteering at your local school. To understand science, you must first understand the basics of chemistry, physics, biology, and math. They can provide advice on how to best approach your classes, give feedback on your work, and even serve as a sounding board for your ideas.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2023

“The best hint of an answer I've found is in elementary school education where I've seen several very good quality experiments where they have had little kids — like every 20 or 30 minutes — they'd have them get up and do some little physical activities to get their wiggles out,” he said.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Many schools were adopting social-emotional learning programs and frameworks, weaving practices that support social and emotional development into various parts of the school day and reporting material improvements in student behavior and outcomes. What does it look like to teach SEL in school?

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