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How to integrate environmental concepts into every subject

eSchool News

I wanted to see the impact of nature journaling, as a representation of interdisciplinary environmental literacy, on students. The activity I built required students to quietly journal outside, using prompts driven by ELA, art, and social studies standards. Students social-emotional needs were high, as was their eco-anxiety.

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Helping science-averse teachers integrate STEM and literacy

eSchool News

This understanding has deepened through my collaboration with Kathy Renfrew, whose journey from a self-proclaimed science-phobic classroom teacher to renowned STEM educator and leader illustrates the transformation that happens when educators break down traditional subject-area barriers and create truly interdisciplinary units.

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Elmwood School: Where Girls Rise with Confidence, Curiosity and Global Vision

k12 Digest

Its active, collaborative, and forward-looking. The IBs interdisciplinary structure plays a key role. The school is designing flexible, interdisciplinary spacesboth physical and digitalthat bring subjects together in unexpected, exciting ways. At Elmwood, learning is never static. Theyll be thinkers and doers.

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The state of K-12 makerspaces—and how to create one in your library

eSchool News

STEAM learning can help schools ensure students are combining creativity with critical thinking and other key skills, and librarians are uniquely positioned to take an active role in designing STEAM programs and maker spaces. Roughly 32 percent of maker activities are tied directly to the curriculum. What do maker spaces look like?

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12 lesser-known K-12 STEM education resources

eSchool News

Integrating STEM into K-12 curricula helps prepare students for a world that increasingly depends on interdisciplinary knowledge. Exploratoriums Learning Toolbox : Hands-on science and engineering activities, experiments, and videos that align with K-12 curriculums.

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Playing to win: The vital role of research in the future of esports

eSchool News

Over the last several years, schools and universities have realized that esports allows students who felt excluded from other extracurricular activities to finally find their “place” doing something they are passionate about within their scholastic environment.

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5 cool STEM grants for 2019

eSchool News

The STEM+C program supports research on how students learn to think computationally to solve interdisciplinary problems in science and mathematics.

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