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STEM Everyday #284 | NASA’s RPS Writing Contest | feat. Kristin Jansen

STEM Everyday Podcast

Kids love learning about space. NASA just launched its fourth Power to Explore Student Challenge , an exciting (and totally free to enter) science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) writing challenge for K-12th grade students in the United States. This interactive challenge invites students to learn about radioisotope power systems , a type of nuclear battery that has, for over 60 years, allowed NASA to explore the harshest, darkest, and dustiest parts of our solar system and enabl

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Media Literacy Moments Throughout Your Day

Middle Web

Concerned by the News Literacy Projects survey revealing teens' difficulties in separating fact and fiction, Megan Kelly is finding as many classroom minutes as possible to build her students media literacy skills. She shares some quick activities her students like best. The post Media Literacy Moments Throughout Your Day first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Dec 15, Logarithmic Equations Problems and Solutions

Online Math for All

Logarithmic Equations Problems and Solutions

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A Special Invitation: Film Screening of “Counted Out” – hosted by MathFinder

Talk STEM

We are thrilled to invite you to an exclusive, free screening of Counted Out hosted in Dallas, Texas by MathFinder , a collaborative project of Southern Methodist University and talkSTEM. Join us for an enlightening evening for educators, students, institutions and organizations showcasing Counted Out, a new hard-hitting documentary that shines a light on math as the foundation of democracy and economic opportunity.

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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.