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How to integrate environmental concepts into every subject

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One of my earliest projects as the Director of Environmental Education for a public school district in New York was in a middle school English Language Arts classroom. I wanted to see the impact of nature journaling, as a representation of interdisciplinary environmental literacy, on students. The results were remarkable.

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How we use robots and art to make meeting computer science standards fun

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By doing so, we’ve been able to teach coding not in isolation, but as an integral part of our larger curriculum. This approach has allowed us to create interdisciplinary lessons that spark curiosity, imagination, and engagement. The lesson merged creative storytelling and art with technology, robotics, and engineering.

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Meet The Newest Liberal Art: Coding

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When coding shows up in the curriculum of a liberal arts program, its primary purpose is usually pretty obvious: help students get hired. Instead, coding is integrated to explore where it fits in “the broader idea of the liberal arts in the traditional Greek sense,” Anderson explains. In other words, coding isn’t just tacked on.

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Creating a fun robotics lesson that addresses 4 ISTE standards

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This activity emphasizes computational thinking and problem-solving, incorporating Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and utilizing differentiation strategies to support diverse elementary learners. I aim to demonstrate how technology integration can be purposeful and manageable by modeling this approach.

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

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Teachers regularly use technology, not just to teach, but to help students think deeper, ask better questions, and tell their own stories. The IBs interdisciplinary structure plays a key role. Critical thinking isnt something we teach once, says Ms. For students drawn to the arts, Elmwood shines just as brightly.

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6 educator predictions about teaching and learning in 2025

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We asked educators to share their views about teaching and learning in 2025 (find industry predictions for 2025 here ). By embracing interdisciplinary learning, NGSS weaves math, language arts, and social science concepts into the science classroom, creating a richer, more connected educational experience for students.

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Blending Art and Algorithms, Desmos Sets Out to Reimagine Math Curriculum

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It’s an art competition unlike most others. Her submission, titled, “Victim Turned Villain,” is intended to “be a teaching moment,” she says. Mashing the arts and math is core to Desmo’s belief that education is interdisciplinary by nature, and subjects should be taught as such.

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