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Excellent Free STEM Strategies from TGR Foundation and Discovery

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter STEM can level up and it must begin to include underrepresented communities of women and minorities. Every STEM educator should take a look at these resources and integrate them into their blended or online learning environment.

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Strategies To Help Students Retain What You Taught Them

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Sentence Stem-based responses Sentence stems are great because they’re like training wheels–or to mix a metaphor, tools to coach students into thinking and speaking in certain patterns. In fact, you can combine twitter with #6 for twitter exit slips. Rap Genius does a version of this.)

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How to Teach AI in the Classroom

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Michelle Zimmerman, author of Teaching AI: Exploring New Frontiers for Learning , talks about Artificial Intelligence and what we should be teaching kids in our classrooms today. Renton Prep has won multiple awards including FETC STEM Excellence.

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Design Thinking Process and UDL Planning Tool for STEM, STEAM, Maker Education

User Generated Education

If this is how the makerspace is set up in your school, then your kids may not have access to the resources, materials, and tools when they need them, especially for STEM or STEAM. Idea Generation: Learners, typically working in small groups, generate lots of ideas and questions to ask to solve the design thinking problem or challenge.

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25 Days of Making: When Educators Make, Create, and Have Fun

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Learning to make and create can be a challenge but hundreds of educators took the challenge. Bio as Submitted Aaron Maurer is the STEM lead for the Mississippi Bend AEA serving 21 school districts in Iowa in all things STEM, Makerspace, and Computer Science.

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How to Create Apps in the Classroom and Inspire Design Thinking

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Students can build apps and collaboration skills at the same time. Alefiya shares how app building can enhance STEM education and how it also teaches essential skills like teamwork, problem-solving, and passion-based learning. A group of kids came.

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5 Ways to Improve Relevance in Our Classrooms Now

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Denis Sheeran on episode 590 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Part of being remarkable is that students believe your class and content applies to their life. Teachers can download a FREE K-12 standards-aligned lesson plan on car design that includes STEM concepts and art.

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