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100th Day of School — It’s about Learning

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How to celebrate Here are activities I like that blend learning into the celebration of the 100th Day of School: Geography As a class, come up with two locations in each state, to total 100. One will be oriented around geography and one around history (such as “Kansas became a state January 29, 1861” ).

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Here’s a Preview of November

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Geography Awareness Week. Rigorous Mathematics. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Halloween projects, lesson plans, apps, and a costume. Digital Storytelling. Civics in Schools. College or Career. Google Earth Lesson Plans. Digital Citizenship. Managing Difficult Parents.

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Making the Solar Eclipse 2024 a Classroom Learning Opportunity

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This rare, astrological event is a perfect classroom learning opportunity, offering a way to ignite students’ curiosity and stimulate their interest in science and the universe. Mathematics It takes mathematics to predict a solar eclipse. Geography The path of totality will span across the United States from Texas to Maine.

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Readers Respond: Does Fixing the Leaky STEM Pipeline Require Calculus To Adapt?

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Memorizing formulas and equations is about as useful as memorizing poems as way of learning to write in English. A reader from Illinois : “One of my favorite things about learning calculus the last year and half was the application to the real world. That was geography.” Can math be taught [or] is it just a gift.

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5 Ways Edtech Enhances Social Studies Lessons

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According to Wikipedia: “In the United States education system, social studies is the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities, including history, geography, and political science.” In MS and HS, it expands to cover science, mathematics, civics, economics, and maybe geography.

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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

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Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning. It’s called Game Based Learning (GBL). Good example of GBL: SplashLearn .

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The Importance of 3D Printing in Education

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The ability to produce almost any object in 3D is poised to revolutionize learning. Instead of using linear, two-dimensional teaching methods to transfer knowledge and teach concepts, you can facilitate the learning experience by providing hands-on three-dimensional models.

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