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Pivot Interactives Named Best of STEM by Science Educators

eSchool News

MINNEAPOLIS, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Minneapolis, Minnesota Pivot Interactives, a phenomena-based, active learning tool for science teaching, has been honored with three Educators Pick Best of STEM awards, an EdTech program judged solely by science and STEM educators.

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Researchers looked at how early STEM stereotypes begin for kids. They found them every step of the way.

The Hechinger Report

That stereotype can impact girls’ willingness to participate in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) classes and activities, and even affect career choices down the road. By first grade, many children already believe boys are more interested than girls in engineering, the study found.

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Top STEM Schools in Georgia Host High-Tech Personalized Classes Without Hours of Screentime

Edsurge

Back in 2012, we didn’t have an autoclave, so we were crushing bouillon cubes to make microbacteria media and being creative with microwaves, and it worked. In 2012 when the magnet program was created at Paulding, Pedersen established the high school’s first biotechnology class. That usually happens in Chemistry.”.

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Teen Genius Says “I Learned Nothing from Lecture”

The CoolCatTeacher

I also want to give a shout out to some educators who shared – Rawn Bolden and Laura Synder each played “bear salmon mosquito” in their classrooms from our 5 More Easy Brain Breaks Episode with Rob Donatelli – educators who care share, and as they shared others starting joining in the conversation.

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How Math Education Can Catch Up to the 21st Century

Digital Promise

This pathway still serves science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors reasonably well. These students are stuck on largely the same path, but many end up terminating their mathematics studies at an earlier point along the way. Regardless of pathway, all students can benefit from active engagement in the classroom.

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4 Research-Based Reasons Students Should Learn Science Through Play

TeachThought - Learn better.

As an early elementary science educator, I’ve advocated for years (to anyone who would listen) about the increasing need for high-quality science teaching in Kindergarten and Grade One classrooms. ‘Better’ science means students having many opportunities to do what scientists do and think like scientists think (NRC, 2012).

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

Their work is a version of what educators call project-based learning, which means gaining knowledge by solving problems rather than by studying textbooks. Garcia and the scientists wanted to study conditions on the 300-foot-deep lakebed where the frogs live to see if changes there were responsible for the species’ dramatic decline. “We

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