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NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Post by Lauren Kelly November 2, 2024 If you're a Texas educator, you’ve likely heard about the new science standards that now include engineering practices. In this post, we’ll explore what Scientific and Engineering Practices (SEPs) are, why they’ve been added, and how you can seamlessly incorporate them into your classroom.

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MAY 20, 2024

Great end-of-year projects for high school students, from the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 5 Innovative Tech Projects for High Schoolers Project-based learning has gained significant popularity in recent times. In fact, students who make use of this technique tend to retain content 22% better than traditional learning.

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MARCH 22, 2024

Integrating engineering concepts into elementary education is a crucial topic in this day and age. It's about preparing students for a future where technology and engineering are central. Exposure to engineering concepts at a young age boosts STEM learning and builds a problem-solving mindset, which is key for tomorrow's innovators.

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MARCH 27, 2023

The lab starts filling up after school lets out. Code Next is a free after-school program designed to make tech more accessible to students of color, many of whom lack opportunities to explore STEM fields in middle and high school. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.”

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MAY 3, 2024

STEM education–Science, technology, engineering, and math–sounds intimidating, but is actually one of the most satisfying learning experiences students can participate in. A laser cutter can spark creativity among students. Students, as well as teachers, enjoy using a school laser cutter.

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JUNE 28, 2023

The popularity of bridge building as a school activity has fluctuated over the years, once a right of passage for 8th graders and then avoided. Creativity: Bridge building requires you to be creative and come up with new ideas. You will need to be able to think outside the box and come up with innovative solutions to problems.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JUNE 3, 2022

Encourage Creativity in the Classroom. 12 Tech Tasks To End the School Year. 3 Websites on Architecture/Engineering. Tech in your Summer School Program. Here are the most-read posts for the month of May. Tech Teacher Appreciation Week. CUE22 and Trending Edtech. 5 Ways to Involve Parents. Internet Safety Month.

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STEM for Kids

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This exciting, hands-on contest invites young learners to collaborate on projects in biomedical engineering, data science, and AI, with the aim of solving real-world problems through STEM. The Global STEM Contest opens doors for young people to think critically and creatively, solving real issues through teamwork and innovation.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Graphing is an important skill for students whether they go to college after High School or start a career. Whether in mathematics, science, economics, or engineering, graphs are commonly used to convey information in a concise and understandable manner. Critical Thinking : Interpreting graphs requires critical thinking skills.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Role of Mathematics in Education: What Professions You Can Get in the Future Have you ever found yourself pondering the real-world applications of those algebraic formulas or geometric theorems you spent hours trying to decipher in school? High school often focuses on procedural understanding—how to solve problems with well-defined steps.

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Vivify Stem

JANUARY 13, 2025

This engineering challenge covers concepts about convection, conduction, and radiation with hands-on activities, including investigating different methods to melt an ice cube. The more materials you allow the students to choose from, the more creativity they can use when designing their heat shield.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2020

National STEM Day is November 8 and the unofficial holiday celebrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education throughout the United States. National STEM Day is November 8 and the unofficial holiday celebrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education throughout the United States.

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MAY 6, 2024

There’s always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics. School lore probably says they can drop a pin through a straw without touching the sides. It’s a bit different than a classroom teacher.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

On a Friday morning in March, students and teachers gathered at a hip hotel here to reimagine what their high schools could be. The delegation from Calvin Coolidge High School was thinking big — as in, global. When I first came to this school, I felt as if student voices didn’t matter. WASHINGTON, D.C. —

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All About STEM

APRIL 23, 2024

Schools – Register today for an IET Faraday® Challenge Day! IET Faraday® Challenge Days aim to encourage more young people to study and consider exciting and rewarding careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) by using creativity, innovation and problem-solving skills.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

They love the 3D printers, said Riann Offutt-Price, STEM teacher at Cheatham County School District in Tennessee. Since the district introduced MimioSTEM solutions, learners have been immersed in innovative technologies that spark curiosity, foster creativity and bring science, technology, engineering, and math to life.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

Assessing Drivers of Student Interest and Engagement Amazon Future Engineer , Amazon’s global philanthropic computer science education program, recently commissioned research from Gallup to better understand student interest and engagement in the computer science field. Title I eligible schools. The study of U.S.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

It is important to choose the right school for acquiring a degree. Of course, the Ivy League school would be a decent competitor to other institutions. Berkeley offers the EECS program , which stands for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. UCLA has a great program in CS as part of electrical engineering.

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MARCH 21, 2018

Finding webtools for high school classes requires a different set of metrics than those that apply to lower and middle school searches. By high school, the pressure to prepare students for their future is immense. Of course they do! They aren’t interested in replacing the usual tools or facilitating rote drills.

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Career in STEM

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

A growing trend is STEM Nights, where students and families gather to experience the wonders of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Hoping your students will have an out-of-this-world school year? Engineering theme! And what better way to have fun with STEM then through creative STEM games! Space theme!

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JUNE 21, 2022

Schools have begun to recognize the value of esports, with more than 8,600 US high schools having started video-gaming teams since 2018. The best of these young coders are learning to use code creatively and developing a tangible skill set that they will use in future careers. It’s as much game development as it is gameplay.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

The spreadsheet matches each video with the TEKS addressed, including the Science & Engineering Practices, Recurring Themes & Concepts (K-8), and Core Content. What connections can you make at your school, community, or city? Then, let them get creative with how they share their walk.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School (CCRMS) in East Palo Alto is named after the famed Mexican-American labor leader and civil rights activist. This tribute is fitting, given that the majority of the school’s students identify as Hispanic or Latinx. It’s very powerful for kids to be engineers in their own space. Definitely.

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APRIL 12, 2023

We're all kicked out of school, kicked out of the dorm, and honestly, it was so chaotic, and I'm just at home, like, “What do I do to not lose my mind?” In my experiences in my CS classes at school, it seemed like a lot of the words are like big terms that I didn't know the meaning of. It was in high school freshman year.

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MAY 3, 2021

There’s always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics. School lore probably says they can drop a pin through a straw without touching the sides. I’d love to hear what creative gift you gave your school’s tech teacher.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Need for AI Literacy in Education The rapidly evolving space of artificial intelligence (AI) requires school and district leaders to make sense of how emerging technology applications, including those that use generative AI (Gen AI), are being integrated into schools and districts across the United States.

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MAY 15, 2024

STEM identity can last a lifetime and help students thrive in school, future careers and life. As the demand for digital skills grows, schools must develop inclusive programs to engage diverse learners. Preparing future global innovators takes a district-wide team of facilitators, classroom teachers and school administrators.

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JULY 26, 2021

For instance, Matplotlib is used for plotting charts and graphs; SciPy for engineering applications, science, and mathematics; Beautiful Soup for HTML parsing and XML and NumPy for scientific computing. Plus, Python has several libraries that help minimise one’s time and effort during development.

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JULY 6, 2015

Mike Daugherty is the director of technology for a high-achieving public school district in Ohio, an occasional contributor to AATT (see his last post, 5 Things You Need to Know About 3D Printing), and the author of Modern EdTech Leadership , a discussion on how today’s administrators handle the blending of tech and ed.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Be it blowing soap bubbles or building towers of spaghetti, they are second only to seasoned engineers and CEOs at getting results. Research shows that kids as young as pre-school or kindergarten age have divergent thinking capabilities. The super-creative overlap between STEM and the arts is known as STEAM.

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STEM Next

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This is no ordinary dance recital its a showcase of creativity, teamwork and the power of STEM in motion. Founded by Yamile Toussaint , STEM From Dance introduces girls to science, technology, engineering, and math in a way that feels relevant and exciting. Technologists, engineers, and scientists are creators.

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MAY 14, 2024

Schools & universities are increasingly the targets of social engineering attacks , which are harder to combat since they result from human error. More importantly, they replace inadequate and duplicate passwords with complex, unique ones, strengthening account security and cybersecurity resilience.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

The first day of high school is usually filled with icebreakers, like the classic, two truths and a lie. Regardless of my feelings toward it, when I was in college, my parents pushed me into engineering with the promise that it would lead to a steady income and a competitive salary. This led me to wonder: What’s so fun about science?

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MAY 2, 2022

Why tech and the teacher who manages it in your school has become more important than ever. There’s always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics. School lore probably says they can drop a pin through a straw without touching the sides.

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MAY 10, 2023

School lore probably says they can drop a pin through a straw without touching the sides. That made the tech teacher (or whatever you call her in your school) the cornerstone to all things education, which brings me to the gist of this article: Teacher Appreciation Week. Avoid words such as “Meh”.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

In this tech-centric day and age, the demand for science, technology, math, and engineering skills has spiked significantly, and it only seems to increase. This is evident in how an increasing number of schools offer information technology degrees. HS Seniors: What do you know about Search Engine Algorithms? Celebrate With Tech.

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