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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

ED Surge

The goal is to improve science literacy among high school students by making lessons meaningful and relevant to their lives through a teaching method called project-based learning. The curriculum also primes students for college and potential careers in science. Other challenges seem to have set back STEM education, too.

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Fields and fungicides: mixing microbiology and social science

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Fields and fungicides: mixing microbiology and social science. THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. We have to consider farmers’ motivators from a social science perspective,” says human geographer Dr Ray Chan. THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE. Published: May 25, 2022. says Aimee.

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7 Good Academic Search Engines for Science Teachers

Educators Technology

"Science.gov makes it possible for users to search over 60 databases, over 2,200 websites, and over 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information in many formats, including full-text documents, citations, scientific data supporting federally funded research, and multimedia.

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Announcing Our New EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellows

ED Surge

This second cohort includes eight talented educators teaching at public, charter, independent and parochial schools, from Hawaii to Michigan: Whitney Aragaki (she/they), high school biology and environmental science teacher at Wai?kea Avery Thrush (she/her), sixth grade science teacher at STEM Prep Academy in Nashville, Tennessee.

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How can place attachment improve scientific literacy?

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Ben and Julia used two social science research methods to gather data. However, environmental geography is a very interdisciplinary field, and those who want to work within it need training in social science as well – including psychology, sociology, political science and communications,” says Ben. •

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10 Ways to Use Defined Learning for Project-Based Learning Excellence

Cool Cat Teacher

These projects are created around Understanding by Design (UbD) principles to emphasize STEM education and have tools to help students customize, evaluate, assess and create portfolios. However you do it, your future projects will be more meaningful and have higher engagement if students see a habit of public product celebration.

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Are there ‘rules’ for conveying emotion through art?

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The experiment The team recruited 46 arts students from the Ontario College of Art and Design University and 45 STEM students from the University of Toronto to take part in the experiment. When it came to colour drawings, 51% of predictions were correct for drawings by STEM students, but only 39% for drawings by arts students.

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