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Engineers Week Feb. 18-24

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The goal is to inspire the next generation of engineers, showcase the importance of engineering in solving global challenges, and recognize the achievements of engineers and encourage young people to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Looking for resources for your students?

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Fakebook- Create Imaginary Profiles for Teaching Purposes

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You can filter your search by category such as Art and Design, Chemistry, History, Literature and Language, Music and Musicians, Physics and Mathematics, Religion, Sports and Leisure, War and Warfare, Politics and Government, and many more. Use the search button at the top menu to search the archive of Fakebooks for inspiration.

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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This might include geology, geography, chemistry, or another topic. Suddenly, Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice take on a whole new importance: What Math Standard Expects. I want to see their creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving in action. Do you see what I’m doing? What Game Delivers.

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Readers Respond: Does Fixing the Leaky STEM Pipeline Require Calculus To Adapt?

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In undergrad, when I switched out of music, I picked a new major by looking for something that I was interested in studying and didn't require calculus or organic chemistry. Some texts overflow with fake ‘applications,’ but these hide the mathematical essence under a mountain of details. That was geography.”

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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

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SpringerOpen SpringerOpen features research a wide variety of peer-reviewed research articles spanning different disciplines including social sciences, humanities, science, technology, medicine, economics, biomedicine, chemistry, computer science, psychology, and many more. You can browse its journals by subject or by alphabetical order.

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8 Ways to Use Minecraft in Your Classroom (Now That it’s Free)

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To build their world, players require geography, chemistry, math, and more. If that sounds a lot like Common Core’s Standards for Mathematical Practice, it’s because it is. Instead, player divine the plot from their imagination and become the protagonist who must defeat antagonists like creepers and zombies.

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Chemistry with LEGO® Bricks. An Innovative Method for Teaching Chemistry

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On the one hand, students have not yet developed the necessary ability to abstract in order to study infinitely large elements such as astronomical concepts or infinitely small ones such as atoms; on the other hand, schools do not have sufficiently equipped laboratories in order to safely carry out experiments in chemistry and physics.