Wed.Aug 14, 2024

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A Fifth of Students at Community College Are Still in High School

ED Surge

Of the nearly 10,000 students enrolled at Brookdale Community College in central New Jersey, about 17 percent are still in high school. Some of them travel to the campus during the school day to take courses in introductory English, history, psychology and sociology. Others stay right at their own secondary schools and learn from high school teachers who deliver college-course lessons.

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KS1 Webinar: Meet a STEM Ambassador! (Nuclear)

All About STEM

Teachers – In this free 30-minute webinar from STEM Learning, you and your KS1 class will have the opportunity to meet a STEM Ambassador who works within the nuclear industry and hear all about their job and what nuclear energy is. After the STEM Ambassador has presented, participating classes can put questions to them for the remaining time.

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Growing Up, I Hated Science. Now, I Help My Students Discover the Magic in It.

ED Surge

The first day of high school is usually filled with icebreakers, like the classic, two truths and a lie. Two truths and one lie I often share with my class are: I am a physics teacher I hate science I love dogs The lie, unfortunately, is that I love dogs — they’re fine; I’m just not a pet person. In this case, I really am a physics teacher who, at one point , hated science; in fact, I spent the better part of the past decade trying to escape it.

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Complete CREST Awards at Home! (3-19)

All About STEM

“CREST projects are a fantastic way for children and young people to be engaged in fun science and engineering activities at home!” During a CREST Award project, learners take on the roles of scientists, researchers, engineers and designers to pursue their own ideas.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Effective Climate Communication: Free PDF Resource

Teach Science for All

This FREE resource for communicating about climate science from Meghan Wise popped up in my LinkedIn feed and it seemed like a great climate education resource to share here.

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Aug 14, Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part -27)

Online Math for All

Digital SAT Math Problems and Solutions (Part -27)

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Tech Ed Resources for your Class–Digital Citizenship

Ask a Tech Teacher

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do. All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of

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Aug 14, Geometry Problems with Solutions (Part - 3)

Online Math for All

Geometry Problems with Solutions (Part - 3)

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