The Trendy Science Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2024

As Halloween approaches, it’s time to get creative with your biology lessons! Next, I provide each of my students with this worksheet from Biology Corner. The post Halloween in the Biology Classroom: Exploring the Tylenol Tampering Case of 1982 appeared first on The Trendy Science Teacher. Happy Halloween!

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Educators Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Back to you with another handpicked list of TED Ed videos but this time the theme is science. most popular TED Ed science videos that you can use with your students in class. The Life Sciences section in TED Ed contains a huge collection of educational videos spanning various science topics. How does anesthesia work?

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ED Surge

JUNE 28, 2022

It’s the latest sign that Big Tech sees education as a key piece of the rush to build a metaverse, the immersive Internet of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality that so far is a disconnected mix of clunky tech gear and beta software platforms inspired by science fiction.

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The Trendy Science Teacher

APRIL 11, 2024

In Biology , where concepts are interconnected and complex, finding effective review strategies is crucial. Enter the concept of spiral reviews – a method that has revolutionized my approach to teaching Biology and significantly boosted my students’ end-of-course assessment scores. What are Spiral Reviews?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A biology laboratory coordinator in an integrated science department at Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges, Kohn perceived the tool as useful. But more than that, it would be important to teach his science students how to interact with the tool for their own careers, he first told EdSurge last April.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With science and technology jobs expected to grow twice as fast as other occupations over the next decade amid rapidly shifting demographics , creating a robust and diverse pipeline into STEM fields is essential to ensuring U.S. competitiveness and working toward racial equity. Black, Latinx, and women students are especially at risk.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2024

These projects encourage sustainable thinking in students while exploring the principles of tech, engineering, and environmental science. For example, a student interested in marine biology could design and 3D print a model of a coral reef ecosystem.

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Accelerate Learning

MARCH 17, 2023

Historically, women in STEM are often overlooked, undervalued, and even discouraged from pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. But today, women in STEM are breaking barriers, shattering glass ceilings, and achieving incredible accomplishments that are changing the world.

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Wisconsin Science and STEM Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Wauwatosa School Districts Science Department has undergone a significant transformation, which began in the Fall of 2022. The audit revealed that the system of regular and advanced science coursesparticularly in subjects like biology, chemistry, and physicswas contributing to disparities in learning outcomes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

For example, if you’re studying for a biology exam, tagging relevant documents with terms like “photosynthesis” or “cell division” can help you quickly retrieve the information you need. High school students often have a mix of core subjects, such as math, science, and English, along with electives or advanced placement (AP) courses.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Over the summer, the professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz, spent a week at Harvard to learn how to redesign the mathematics for life sciences courses his institution offers. Thousands of students go through the university’s life sciences department, he adds, but a lot of them don’t graduate with degrees in those fields.

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Futurum

AUGUST 10, 2023

An educational journey through cell biology Published: Dr Kristina Ames is the Assistant Director for Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination (CRTEC) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, USA. The central dogma of molecular biology was formulated by Dr Francis Crick, a British scientist, in 1958.

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

Her mother was a middle school science teacher whose parenting “really incorporated a lot of that curiosity and wonder and awe, kind of like we saw at the Smithsonian here today,” she says. Rivera grew up to become a middle school science teacher, too. Department of Education and celebrated at a gala in their honor. They learned a lot.

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STEMe

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Ancient Greek Science Achievements include the application of systematic inquiry into the individual, the world, and the universe, which all began in Lonia in the 6th century BCE with Thales of Miletus (l. Let us journey through time to uncover how these remarkable ancient minds shaped our present and continue to guide our future.

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Amy Brown Science

AUGUST 13, 2022

You only have to be a science teacher for one single day to start getting these types of questions and comments. The challenge we science teachers face is how to bridge this gap. What are the essential science skills? Click on red text or any image to view Science Skills Chat in my TpT store.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2020

Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. Biology simulations. Bozeman Science –Biology Curriculum. Here are some choices: Khan Academy. Learn to Code (for free). Amazing Education Resources –sorted by topic and age group. San Diego Virtual Zoo.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Bright Science — short videos on various science topics, many by learned presenters against a white board. Free Video Lectures — academic lectures on lots of topics including biology, biotechnology, and calculus. National Geographic Video — a huge collection of well-done science videos.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Calculus is a critical on-ramp to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). At least, that’s according to a randomized study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Science. Students majoring in biology saw the biggest bump.) But getting to those careers means surviving the academic journey.

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Futurum

MARCH 21, 2023

Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes Published: Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex chemicals. The general idea of synthetic biology is that we can engineer microbes to do things that naturally occurring microbes don’t do,” he says.

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STEM Education Works

APRIL 1, 2025

And as advanced technologies like this become increasingly more ubiquitous in the world around us, its more important than ever to get students interested in computer science and computer programming.

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STEM Sport

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In this article, we will talk about the science of stretching – a great way for parents and educators to connect STEM learning to sports and real-world scenarios. Understanding the Biology of Stretching Stretching positively impacts the muscles, tendons, and ligaments of the human body.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

As it turns out, the results of such neural fusion are intellectually enhanced when coupled with what’s known as spaced learning , a concept educators have known about for some time but only recently uncovered the science behind it. It involves limited exposure to academic subjects in small blocks over a period of time to build skill sets.

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Computing Education Research Blog

MARCH 5, 2025

Her talk was particularly relevant to me because she emphasized how she is studying business students, not computer science students her research is about how non-CS students interact with computing and programming. My colleague Gus Evrard led the effort to build our Python Programming for Sciences classes.

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ED Surge

MARCH 21, 2022

In her 16 years with SCCSD, Brown has held four different positions, beginning as a self-described “tech savvy” earth science teacher. As such, it should come as no surprise that, upon learning about Course of Mind: ISTE’s learning sciences initiative , she jumped at the chance to enroll a cohort of her colleagues.

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Carly and Adam

APRIL 11, 2024

Imagine an evening brimming with discovery, excitement, and hands-on learning, where families come together to explore the fascinating world of science. Welcome to Family Science Night —an enriching and educational gathering crafted to ignite the curiosity of both children and adults! Need some ideas for your Family Science Night ?

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Career in STEM

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In this first blog within our new Top STEM Internships series, we’ll tell you all about the best internships to be found in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. Here are five of the best science internships: 1. The program is awesome for anyone looking to start a career in biological science and research!

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ED Surge

MARCH 18, 2024

In a recent science lesson, high school biology students played Lighthaus ’ virtual reality (VR) adventure Nano. Explorers seek to experience every aspect of an activity, often looking ahead in assignments and exploring all links. The Achiever aims to earn badges and showcase accomplishments.

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Science and Steamteam

JULY 12, 2022

Science is an essential part of learning in school. Below are some of the best science YouTube channels for kids. Below are some of the best science YouTube channels for kids. I am starting with this science YouTube channel first because it is one that you might not know of as a teacher of younger children. SciShow Kids.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

The idea came to Asemota, who is in her final semester as a biomolecular science major with a computer science minor, during the doldrums of pandemic lockdown isolation in 2020. How did you get involved with computer science and coding? Through that process, I fell in love with computer science. You should switch.

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ED Surge

JUNE 22, 2023

Goel, a professor of computer science and human-centered computing at the university leading the creation of Jill Watson, devised an unusual plan. The experimental chatbot is in use this summer in three online courses — Introduction to Cognitive Science (taught by Goel), Human-Computer Interaction, and Knowledge-Based AI. So Ashok K.

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The Trendy Science Teacher

JULY 29, 2024

Today, on the blog, we’re going back to school with some exciting biology activities! Biology Chit-Chat On the second day of school, I love to host a “ Biology Chit-Chat.” To get the full break-down of how this activity is played, head over to Big Red Science’s blog. It’s a win-win! Happy teaching!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2018

Crash Course is an immensely-popular YouTube video stream (with over a half a million viewers and counting) offered by two brothers who record weekly ten-fifteen minute videos addressing a wide variety of AP high school curriculum topics such as physics, astronomy, biology, history, chemistry, US history, World history, and computer science.

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Ellipsis Education

JANUARY 30, 2023

Do you have interest in computer science but thought it's just about learning to code? While coding is a crucial aspect of computer science, it's not the only reason to pursue this field. Here are the top four benefits of studying computer science that don't include coding. Well, think again!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2018

Thus, when we have Biology class I’m able to see, read and message the students in the Biology class; with my Cytology students, I’m interacting only when I set the Cytology class as active. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology at St. No more mess in the classroom. Making the grading transparent.

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ED Surge

JUNE 14, 2023

In a survey conducted in 2022 by the Institute of Education Sciences, leaders from more than two-thirds of public schools reported an increase in the number of students seeking mental health services since the pandemic, and nearly half of them said they could not effectively provide mental health services to all students in need.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 31, 2022

The Element of Surprise Helps Babies Learn Significantly Better [Article] The Surprising Science of Life Changing Moments [Podcast episode]. And so I spent the last six years now studying exclusively neuroscience and the cognitive science of surprise and lo and behold, surprise. And this isn't rocket science for teachers.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

And that class was taught by my host, Rachel Davenport, a senior lecturer in biology at Texas State. At 43 years old, she’s majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry. And just having a really frank discussion with them.” Active Learning Strategies I still had one more class to go on my visit.

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