Remove students-competitive-nature
article thumbnail

Engineers Week Feb. 18-24

Ask a Tech Teacher

By pursuing a career in engineering, students can contribute to meaningful projects, solve complex problems, and make a positive difference in the world. Looking for resources for your students? What is Engineers Week?

STEM 310
article thumbnail

Halloween Displays: A Perfect STREAM (Science, Technology, wRiting, Engineering, Art, Math) Lesson

User Generated Education

My students finished their displays in time for Halloween after spending many, many hours working on them. I love Food Channel’s competitions and Halloween Wars tops my list. Needless to say, I was thrilled to bring it back this year allowing a new group of students the opportunity to experience it. Wow, wow, wow!

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Really Happened in Hybrid Classrooms This Year

The CoolCatTeacher

We all need to help be realistic about a very unrealistic, unusual year as we help meet students where they are and we move forward. in Natural Resources/Wildlife Management from The Ohio State University. Her words reflect the honesty of a hard year of teaching – what many of us would say is the hardest years of our careers.

Classroom 393
article thumbnail

Money Matters: How to Equip Students for Financial Success

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we're diving deep into a crucial topic for every student but often overlooked in the curriculum: financial literacy. And if you do everything right, you're taking out a loan for college, you're paying off those student loans.

How To 356
article thumbnail

Competition Can Motivate, Encourage and Inspire Students. But It Can Also Harm Them.

Edsurge

Competition is a critical element of our society. It exists in nature and it is a cornerstone of our economy, but there’s a lack of consensus among psychologists as to whether competitiveness is learned or if it’s instinctual and part of human nature. Personally, I have always enjoyed competition.

article thumbnail

How to set up a classroom gamification level system

Neo LMS

Competitions, leaderboards, and awards are important gamification elements. This type of system allows teachers to easily walk students through their classes and evaluate them in a fun way. The purpose of gamification in the classroom is to boost students’ interest and motivation. Increase student motivation.

article thumbnail

How to Become a Citizen Scientist

Ask a Tech Teacher

From pondering over simple natural processes such as the transitions between day and night to complex genomic studies , science has come a long way. Scientists are often strapped for time, they are cognitively overloaded and stretched thin due to the already demanding nature of their professions. This is where citizen science comes in.

How To 239