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Institute of Transportation Engineers publishes free STEM lessons

STEMx

Q: Why and how should transportation matter to students involved in STEM education? A: Transportation is part of our lives every day, whether in how we travel or in how things we need get to us. There are so many diverse applications of STEM in transportation. What do they consist of, and what level of students are they for?

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

ED Surge

The location students identified had to be strategically located for equitable access, accounting for the needs of community members most limited by transportation and low economic support. During this lesson, students identified a bridge as a barrier in Lawrence that restricted convenient access to healthy and affordable foods.

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Weathering and Erosion

MooMoo Math & Science

Weathering and Erosion: A Collaborative Process Weathering, the breakdown of rocks into smaller fragments, and erosion, the transportation of these fragments, work in tandem to shape the Earth's landscape. Cave Formation and Erosion's Role: Caves are often formed through carbonation, where carbonic acid dissolves limestone.

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How Urban and Rural School Districts Aim to Solve Alarmingly High Absentee Rates

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It’s the physical part of getting kids to class. So the district attends to bus routes, gives out cards that provide free use of public transportation and, in some cases, provides gas reimbursement for families. What they’ve learned, Hubschmitt says, is that homeless students are missing the things that most people take for granted.

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Coping with COVID in the Classroom

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Then there were difficulties with the physical space. Mercifully, I was not teaching a full time schedule, so I had a little more leeway for transportation than some of our other faculty members.) Technical difficulties, struggling students, and the stress of a total change of lifestyle made online learning challenging.

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How to go Paperless in Your Classroom

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Four school-based pieces you’ll need: a robust infrastructure–these additional digital devices require an extended internet interface as well as sufficient bandwidth to transport all that data. They don’t need to meet in a physical location or call each other on the phone. Tools to Connect Students to Each Other.

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The Pandemic Put Student Poverty in Plain Sight

ED Surge

We have front-row seats to physical, emotional and sexual abuse cases, neglect, poverty and other tragedies outside of school, all of which are beyond the control of both teachers and our students. With the lockdown coming, she is about to lose her only escape. My district is no exception.