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A Pilot Test of Revision Assistant and What We Learned in the Process

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As a natural offshoot of their growth, students have taken over some data analysis as well. In essence, students are participating in their own meta-data analysis in their English classes. They are comparing their scores between themselves, their peers, and the computer-generated numbers.

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2017 Teachers Pay Teachers’ July Conference — Overview

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Or, if you’re a football fan, think Pete Carroll’s amazing college football success attributed in no small part to his high-energy positive way of motivating players, an approach that earned him the nickname “the poodle” from arch-rival Notre Dame.

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Mathematics for Sustainable Development

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CC-By provided by the author The research topics See below some examples of some open-ended problems the researchers and teachers proposed to our high-school students: Solar panels Your school wants to put a maximum of solar panels on its roof to help reduce its use of conventional energy.

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Taking metal to extremes

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NUCLEAR FUSION – joining of atoms to generate energy (E = mc2), typically tritium + deuterium (hydrogen isotopes with excess neutrons) ? Helium + neutron + energy. Nuclear energy is a little like alchemy. Huge amounts of energy are released in the process, whilst no carbon dioxide is emitted.

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Using agrobiology to ensure sustainable food production

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BIOINFORMATICS – a subdiscipline of biology and computer science concerned with the acquisition, storage, analysis and dissemination of biological data. ENERGY METABOLISM – all the chemical processes that go inside an organism to generate energy. GENOTYPE – an organism’s complete set of genetic material. THE IMPACTS.

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What Fields Are Included in STEM: A Comprehensive Overview

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Physics, in particular, focuses on the fundamental principles that govern matter and energy. Through experiments and mathematical models, physicists seek to understand how objects move, interact with each other, and transform energy. They collect data, analyze it using statistical methods, and create simulations.

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Social solutions for socio-economic issues

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Other researchers might study mining, energy production (including renewable energy) or water management. You might want to work in farming, fisheries, mining, forest management, renewable energy, water management or many other areas. Data analysis skills are often in high demand, so working on these is a good idea.