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Why Are Kids so Energetic: How to Channel Their Energy

STEM Education Guide

Have you ever been awakened by your kid gently pulling open your right eyelid at six o’clock in the morning? My kids constantly move to the beat of their own drum, even if it is in the midst of a highly fragile aisle of the grocery store. How are my kids so energetic?” It just amazes me.

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6 Best Summer Jobs For High School Students & How To Land Them

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With this amount of choice, it’s worth exploring each opportunity in detail, so let’s do that together. Navigating busy shifts also helps build resilience, coordination, multi-tasking abilities and teamwork strategies, so it’s much more than just serving food. It allows flexible hours and competitive pay rates.

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I Used to Struggle With Where to Send My Kids to School. Now I Struggle With Sending Them at All.

ED Surge

When my wife was pregnant with our first child, we often had conversations about where we would send our kids to school. My experiences as both a teacher and a student have shown me how schools can make creative and brilliant kids feel stupid and make energetic and joyful kids feel like a problem. The room fell quiet.

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Zaila Avant-garde Made Spelling Bee History. What Will the 15-Year Old Do Next?

ED Surge

EdSurge: So last summer, after you won the Scripps National Spelling Bee, you were featured in major newspapers, invited onto late-night television shows and celebrated all across social media. So that was like a dream come true. I briefly got to speak to her over Zoom, which is so cool. What made you first start?

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Motivating Science Students

Amy Brown Science

Every student in our school must take a Biology 1 class, and many of them have no interest in doing so. We cannot expect students to be willing to learn unless we as teachers are energetic in our approach to instruction. To older kids, the “cool factor” is sometimes affected by how they are praised. Know your kids.

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Great Activities for the First Week of School

Ask a Tech Teacher

Review class tech tools so students are comfortable with them and not surprised when they pop up. And why not? Introduce these the first week of school so they become habits that help students thrive throughout the school year and beyond. Build a puzzle to decorate class walls for Back to School night. Review the class LMS.

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Survival Tips for the Last Weeks of School

Science Teaching Junkie

The kids are ready to quit. We got into this profession because we love kids, we want to and can make a difference, and we have knowledge that we want to share. There is still so much to do, but who says you have to do it the way it's always been done? So, here are some tips to help you make it to the finish line: Keep teaching!