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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

As explained in a 3D printing guide by HP , the technology has long been utilized for customizing auto parts, casting concrete for architecture, and even creating biological structures. The concept of 3D printing is nothing new. Over time, 3D printing has expanded outside of niche uses, and is now impacting schools too.

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Top 5 Trends in Virtual Reality for Education

PCS Edventures

Biology students can virtually dissect organisms without the ethical or financial constraints of traditional dissections. VR eliminates these barriers by allowing students to conduct experiments, build models, and explore scientific concepts in a risk-free, virtual environment.

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Transforming Adult Students into Scholars

ED Surge

After her daughter was born, Ruth Cady enrolled in two classes at a local community college: psychology and biology. That they devote days, years, lifetimes to understanding a sliver of biology, physics, history. Todd likes to think about cathedrals—Romanesque, Gothic—with their sculpture, stained glass and architectural finery.

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Hey, Don't Copy Me!: Integrating Biomimetics into Sustainable Design

STEMe

Marvelous pieces of architecture used for a variety of purposes; these splendid spectacles represent the pinnacle of human achievement, a merger of man and nature. For centuries, humans have looked to the natural world for inspiration in architecture. The Esplanade Theatre in Singapore. The Gherkin in London.

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Can we engineer bacteria to regenerate tissues?

Futurum

Over about two billion years, the genomes and biologies of the two prokaryotic species became interdependent and were optimised to live harmoniously together. He has established this new scientific field of endosymbiont engineering for human health in the hope of improving health outcomes for patients with damaged and diseased tissues.

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Fall STEM Activities

STEM Sport

Educational Benefit: This activity encourages observational skills and offers a hands-on introduction to plant biology and the life cycle. Educational Benefit: This experiment provides insights into plant biology and the effects of environmental factors on growth.

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MITES Symposiums: High-school students present their work, May 4

Newton STEM

Areas of focus: 7th grade: Engineering Design 8th grade: Environmental Engineering 9th grade: Architecture 10th grade: Robotics 11th grade: Biological Engineering 12th grade: Engineering Design Please register by April 29 to assist planning.