Sun.Sep 17, 2023

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My 3 Teaching Intentions for the New School Year

Middle Web

At times we can be overwhelmed by all the fresh ideas we want to try out in a new school year. By narrowing her goals down to three top priorities, Megan Kelly aims to make lessons more meaningful for students, improve family engagement, and do better at tracking individual progress. The post My 3 Teaching Intentions for the New School Year first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Coding the Future; Learning a New Language in a Changing World

Thimble

Here at Thimble.io, we celebrate National Coding Week with a shared mission: to foster the love and learning of digital languages, and, more prominently, to close the skills gap in the United States. While we certainly value learning for learning’s sake, we’re aware of the economic realities that students will face once they graduate into the workforce. 67% of all.

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Week 3

Ms. Boyce

The STEAM Lab hosted Ms. Allende, Ms. Abboud, Ms. Keahey, Ms. Jones, Ms. Cortes, & Mr, Fakhreddine's classes this week!

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MassRobotics 6th Annual Robot Block Party, Sept. 30

Newton STEM

MassRobotics will host its 6th annual Robot Block Party on September 30 , 10:45AM-4PM, at 88 Seaport Blvd in Boston. It’s free and open to the public. It kicks off with a Robot Parade at 10:45AM. Register here.

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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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Mail time: using a fourth kinematics equation on the AP exam?

Jacobs Physics

More mail about motion: I was wondering if I could ask you an AP exam question. I see on your algebraic kinematics information to memorize that the 3 given equations are on the AP equation sheet. The fourth equation that 'may occasionally be useful' is not on the equation sheet.* If students were to need it for a question on the AP exam, would it be provided?

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Cambridge Science Festival, Sept. 25-Oct. 1

Newton STEM

The Cambridge Science Festival will run September 25 through October 1 , with more than 200 events all across Cambridge.