Creating the Tallest Cup Tower: A STEM Challenge Guest post by Tracey Graham of Growing a STEM Classroom STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is one of the current “buzz words” in the world of education today even though the STEM philosophy of teaching has been around for a very long time. STEM is all about students learning in a student-centered, question-based, subject-integrated classroom. As a teacher in a STEM school, I utilize STEM challenges regularly in order to initiate student creativity and critical thinking. My class always begins the year with the seemingly simple challenge of stacking small cups to the tallest possible height. Some of the best teamwork and “aha” moments come when the stack of cups crashes to the table. All you need to complete this challenge are tiny plastic cups from the dollar store! Click over to my TpT store now and download your own free set of STEM Challenge Student Role Sheets to get you started using STEM Challenges in your classroom!
Skolan har blivit en plats för umgänge ”på riktigt” Om debattören Johan Haeffner SO- Lärare Fil. mag i pedagogiskt ledarskap Författare till boken Skolan under ytan I en skola på Järvafältet infördes frivillig läxläsning efter skoldagen. Med den införda läxläsningen uppkom möjligheten för den sällskapstrånande eleven att förlänga skoldagen. För mig har det blivit allt vanligare att jag får köra ut elever från klassrummet efter en avslutad lektion. Ett ytterligare belägg för elevernas vilja att tillbringa sin fritid på skolan är de högpresterande elever som lättvindigt viftar bort mina uppmaningar att utnyttja lektionstiden till skolarbete. Min tolkning: Skoldagen är dygnets festmingel så varför slösa tid på torrt dravel? Som jag, elev på 70- och 80-talet, minns det var vi ganska snabba på att ta oss hem efter skoldagens sista lektion. Nej! De digitala arenorna saknar en kvalitet och det är den äkta varan. De digitala arenorna saknar dock en kvalitet och det är den äkta varan. Om LT Debatt Det här är en debattartikel. Debattera hos oss!
Fake News Resources for Teachers - Julie Smith Resources to Help You Get Started: Super fun to have everyone jumping on the “fake news” bandwagon – we media literacy folks have been barking about this for YEARS! Welcome! =) In no particular order, here are some resources on fake news, fake news creation and how to identify it. How to Spot Fake News: Common Sense Media FactCheck.Org USA Today Washington Post International Federation of Library Associations Fairly Well-Documented Fake News Sites: Fake News Sites to Avoid Fake News Lesson Plans: From PBS From KQED From the New York Times From Edutopia From C-Span Other Cool Resources on this topic: The Psychology Behind Fake News Why Our Brains are Wired to Believe Fake News How a Kid in Macedonia Makes Thousands Creating Fake News Inside the Macedonian Fake News Machine Fake News Resources from Renee Hobbs Ways Teachers are Fighting Fake News News-Decoder article from Nelson Graves My pal Michelle Ciulla Lipkin on CNN’s Reliable Sources! School Library Journal News Literacy Project @MediaLiteracyEd @newsdecoder
Getting to Know Each Other Getting to know your students at the beginning of the year is crucial in establishing a strong teacher-student rapport. Take five to ten minutes several times during the first two weeks to engage students in activities that help them get to know each other. These activities also provide ways to practice active listening, expressing feelings, and cooperation. Here are some suggestions for ways to get to know each other: What Do We Have in Common? Principles of STEM Education Students’ prior knowledge – if this knowledge is robust and accurate it provides a strong foundation for building new knowledge. STEM education provides students with opportunities to activate and build on prior knowledge. How students organise information influences how they learn and apply new knowledge – when students make connections between pieces of knowledge they are better able to retrieve and apply new knowledge. STEM education provides students with opportunities to organise and connect knowledge for retrieval/use. Students’ motivation determines, directs and sustains what they learn – students gain greater autonomy over what, when and how they learn. Motivation plays a critical role in guiding the quality of learning that will take place. Goal-directed practice combined with effective feedback enhances quality of learning – STEM provides students with a specific design challenge and ongoing feedback from peers, teachers and self evaluations of their solutions.
Two Growth Mind-Set Activities to Help Motivate All Students and Teach Nature... If you want to start the year building relationships, engaging in inquiry, planting the seeds of growth mindset, and learning about the nervous system...this is for you!!! The inspiration for the first set of activities is based on the NPR story Students' View of Intelligence Can Help Grades while the inspiration for the second of activities is based on the research done at four urban high schools by researchers at the Teachers College, Columbia University. Here is a link to all of the slides. Here is a link to the science struggle stories lesson plan. If you have questions, please let me know.
Vem förvånas över att Barbie har rumpa? De senaste åren har populärkulturen dominerats av kurviga personer så som Kim Kardashian, Beyoncé och Nicki Minaj. Alltså utseenden som inte följer den vita, smala normfiguren som fått sätta idealen de senaste årtiondena. Fram tills nu, när nya kroppar och hudfärger tagit plats i rampljuset. De nya Barbiedockorna har andra former, men på de "rätta" ställena. Vilket också är en förutsättning för att de över huvud taget har producerats. Vad vi ser i de nya dockorna är en spegling av populärkulturen, inte verklighetens kvinnokroppar. Kim Kardashian är med sina 59 miljoner följare störst på Instagram.
Let's All Share What We Do As Future Ready Librarians In Each One Of The FRL Wedges! I had such a wonderful time with our team as we worked with administrators, technology directors, principals, coaches and of course, lots of very special Future Ready Librarians. On the second day, as we examined, dissected and shared ways Future Ready Librarians lead, teach and serve within our libraries, schools and communities, one of my new friends, Becky Ackermann, came up to me with an idea from the collaborating they were doing at their table. Even though we took the FRL Framework apart on the first day together by breaking into 10 groups and... ...providing more meaning and examples to each wedge, Becky and her table thought it would be super helpful to now come up with very specific examples, ideas, resources and more to help us be successful and creative within each. We started to do this with the sticky notes we were adding on Day 1, but it would be nice to have an online place where these ideas are captured and stored for everyone to use and share. Now, where the fun part begins!
Listening to Students Last week, my son's third grade teacher sent home what at first glance looked like a long homework assignment -- three sets of survey questions with many lines for his responses. After reading the directions, we learned that I was to ask him the questions and transcribe his responses. Each night we settled down for what turned into a thoughtful, reflective conversation about my child: his reading preferences, learning style, interests, likes and dislikes, fears and hopes. I thought I knew my kid, but I was surprised by some of his responses -- "What distracts you more -- sound or movement?" "What's one thing you're afraid of?" This was the best homework assignment my kid has ever received, at least from my perspective (and I've generally been an advocate of abolishing homework. Beginning of the Year Surveys My first years teaching were in elementary classrooms (I didn't survey my kids because I feared they couldn't write the kinds of lengthy responses I wanted).
Some Essential Components of True STEM Programs A MiddleWeb Blog I was listening carefully – and to be honest, with a degree of wonder – as some recent workshop participants described their current STEM programs or STEM programs they’d like to initiate. So many unique “looks!” • In one middle school the STEM program had students building and wiring robots, including robots that were controlled remotely by students and could navigate both steep hills and underwater. • Another middle school uses STEM to prepare students to participate in high-level math and science programs in high school. • Still another middle school engages professionals in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math to serve as mentors and instructors as students tackle tough real-world challenges. • Six middle schools in Mobile AL that are field-testing the Engaging Youth through Engineering (EYE) STEM modules involve all their students in coordinated and tightly integrated math and science lessons during the year. And then there’s the Air Force . . . 1.
Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files One account. All of Google. Sign in to continue to Google Drive Find my account Forgot password? Sign in with a different account Create account One Google Account for everything Google Gruppstärkande övningar Innan en grupp kan arbeta och lära tillsammans krävs att vi låter eleverna lära känna varandra och att vi ger tid till gruppstärkande övningar. Trots att det kan kännas som att detta tar tid från viktig kunskapsinlärning, får du och klassen igen det när det senare genom att gruppen kan arbeta mer effektivt tillsammans. En oerhört viktig uppgift vi som lärare har är således att skapa ett tillåtande klimat i klassrummet där varje elev får ta plats, vågar försöka och vågar misslyckas samt uppmuntrar sina klasskamrater att göra samma sak. Många strukturer som är bra för kunskapsdelning och fördjupning av förståelse kan också vara fantastiskt bra att använda just för att jobba ihop en grupp och skapa detta klassrumsklimat vi eftersträvar – vare sig det är en nyskapad grupp eller en grupp som inte riktigt fått till det. Namnlekar Det finns mängder av olika sätt att lära varandras namn på. Sitt i en ring. Hitta likheter Sitt i en ring. Mina ord, dina ord Hitta en kompis Berättaren Hör vi ihop