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New AI Tools Are Promoted As Study Aids for Students. Are They Doing More Harm Than Good?

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Students in biology are going to be using it in one way, chemistry students are going to be using it in another. When Bonni Stachowiak first tried the podcast feature on Google’s NotebookLM, for instance, she said she was blown away by how lifelike the robot voices sounded and how well they seemed to summarize the documents she fed it.

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Root Robotics–Great Way to Extend Hour of Code

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Now that you’ve engaged your students with awesome Hour of Code fun, I’m thrilled to introduce the incredible Root Robotics for going far beyond the hour! Root’s a versatile, engaging robotics and coding program that grows with students from pre-K up through grade 12. Coding & Robotics Solutions (Grades K-12).

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5 Innovative Tech Projects for High Schoolers

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For example, a student interested in marine biology could design and 3D print a model of a coral reef ecosystem. 3D printing opens doors to a wide array of tech projects by helping youngsters create functional tools, explore robotics by printing parts for simple robots, and experiment with basic programming to make them move.

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Ward’s Science–So Many STEM Resources

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Coding, robotics, and experimentation–integral pieces of STEM–give students the best start possible to the rest of their lives. To give you an example of the types of products offered by Ward’s Science, I evaluated two: Botley the Coding Robot. Botley the Coding Robot. Unbox Botley the Coding Robot.

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Root Robotics–Great Way to Extend Hour of Code

Ask a Tech Teacher

Now that you’ve engaged your students with awesome Hour of Code fun, I’m thrilled to introduce the incredible Root Robotics for going far beyond the hour! Root’s a versatile, engaging robotics and coding program that grows with students from pre-K up through grade 12. Coding & Robotics Solutions (Grades K-12).

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Why This College Student Created a Coloring Book to Celebrate Black Women in STEM

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In the book, obviously there's images of girls coding together, building robots together, just showing what they can do, but then there’s the teaching side of it. My mom encouraged me to join the robotics team, and there was a lot of pushback from me because I was like, “Why would I do that? Robotics is not in the picture.

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PASCO Motion Sensor–A Must for Science Classes

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the Ergobot to teach both Forces & Motion and Programming & Robotics. in a robotics and programming application (with PASCO’s ErgoBot). These can be applied to any number of subjects including agriculture science, biology, chemistry, Earth, engineering, environmental, Life Sciences, Physical Science, and physics.

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