eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Almost a third of both groups said that teachers should put more weight on tests–where AI cant be used–as opposed to homework and class assignments, to ensure student understanding of materials. How could or should the math teachers role change as a result of student AI use?

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

Understanding Student Resistance in the Digital Era Unpreparedness often stems not from laziness or disinterest, but from deeper psychological or contextual barriers that influence a student’s ability to engage. In-class activities should build directly on pre-class efforts.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

Understanding Student Resistance in the Digital Era Unpreparedness often stems not from laziness or disinterest, but from deeper psychological or contextual barriers that influence a student’s ability to engage. In-class activities should build directly on pre-class efforts.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 23, 2025

Assign each student in the group a station number. Then, split the students into small groups and assign each group a section of the mural. Their mission is to move their entire group across a designated area, but there’s a twist: They must move like their assigned animal the whole way.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 15, 2025

Build the sturdiest bridge in class One of the classic STEM activities for middle school , this team project uses elements of both mechanical and civil engineering, as well as teamwork. Use these easy STEM projects for kids that foster friendly competition and collaborative learning in a free class period or sub day.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

These easy science experiments for 2nd graders and exciting STEM projects for kids are perfect for igniting curiosity. Help students understand how wind, ice, and water wear things down by assigning group or partner investigations using simple foods like graham crackers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2025

Today, the Ask a Tech Teacher international team is exploring how flowers inspire students in STEM, art, and ecology, how a bouquet can enhance tech-driven education and classroom joy. They fuel curiosity in STEM experiments, add depth to creative assignments, and soften the hum of devices with natural charm.

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Cal Matters

JULY 10, 2025

He’d make her stay in the classroom at recess, or tell her to sit on his lap while other students were busy with assignments. Muñoz’s case is one of at least 1,000 lawsuits against California school districts and counties stemming from AB 218 , a sexual abuse reform law that took effect in 2020. No one knew.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 10, 2025

Between assignments, end-of-year projects, sports practices, and planning for summer, things can become chaotic quickly—not just for teachers and students but also for parents. Maybe your child wants to boost their math grade, read a certain number of books, or finish the year with fewer missing assignments.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

High workload: Besides teaching classes, grading assignments and exams, and providing feedback, full-time teachers must plan lessons, attend meetings and professional development programs, and organize extracurricular activities. This program has been a key solution in areas like STEM, special education, and language immersion.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Using live chats and video, they would engage with their teachers in real time, asking questions, participating in class discussions, and completing assignments from our home. They connected with teachers and classmates via live online sessions. Next page: How online school prepared my sons for the future).

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here are five strategies teachers can take to make STEM come alive in their classrooms. Incorporate hands-on activities and experiments Hands-on activities let students engage directly with STEM concepts, making learning tangible and memorable.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2024

Though many teachers tout the importance of STEM learning, many also shy away from the “E” in STEM. Many teachers have misconceptions that STEM is all about robots and coding, and that you have to use the latest and greatest technology available,” Neuman said.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In fact, Mercy was the first all-girls school in the country to earn a STEM certification. We became STEM certified in 2016 because we wanted independent verification of our program’s quality. Developing STEM learning partnerships Our focus on performance tasks is bolstered by a diverse community of STEM education partnerships.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 5, 2020

Their teacher is giving directions and assigning students to teams. The weather breaks. The sun is shining. Nature is in full bloom. Imagine a group of students gathering outside in a large grassy area. We can all benefit from the environmental learning opportunities right outside our door.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Their assignment: Design a cart to carry today’s tools for STEM learning — the teaching of science, technology, engineering and math — in Hampton Township’s three elementary schools. “We Each team also showed judges a miniature model of its proposed STEM cart. Every group had strengths.”.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2024

Innovative STEM programming requires a willingness to adopt emerging tools and technologies, as well as methodologies like project-based learning. Innovative STEM programming requires a willingness to adopt emerging tools and technologies, as well as methodologies like project-based learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As demand for professionals in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields continues to surge , a significant population of potential workers is being left out of these career opportunities: English learners. Rather, it stems from a lack of access to rigorous, age-appropriate instruction in the field.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The strength stemming from that connectedness empowers students to both survive and thrive. This is not a time for discussions of missing assignments, test grades, or behavior issues. Time matters : The power of belonging and being known cannot be overstated. Set aside time each week for an individual chat with your students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Our school was already using a learning management platform for quizzes, tests, and homework assignments, so we had a good starting point as we shifted to remote learning, yet there were still many lessons to learn. Related content: STEM education and hands-on learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2019

Moak’s goal is to ignite a similar passion in her students so that they can see the magic of STEM in their everyday lives—and thereby be motivated to pursue a job in a STEM field. In addition to time constraints, we’re limited in how much homework we can assign,” she recently told me. “We Why Care About STEM?

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2021

The strength stemming from that connectedness empowers students to both survive and thrive. This is not a time for discussions of missing assignments, test grades, or behavior issues. Time matters : The power of belonging and being known cannot be overstated. Set aside time each week for an individual chat with your students.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

My excitement about blended learning stemmed from the realization that learning, both inside and outside of my classroom, can take many different forms. Many middle school and high school teachers feel immense pressure to move quickly through the curriculum. I can group students randomly or by ability, interests, or learning preferences.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2015

In one recent project, student teams were assigned a region of the United States, and they were challenged to plan and design a self-sustaining restaurant in that area. Featured on eSchool News Innovation Corner STEM Top News Viewpoint entreprenuers PBL' Next page: What projects look like.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Growing up, I was the class vice-president; the de facto leader of every group project ever assigned; elementary and high school valedictorian; and the captain of my sports teams. Related : Powerful strategies to motivate girls in STEM Why girls need more STEM role models. I met all the stereotypes of a typical, Type A student.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2024

Adding monthly giving projects to STEM classes helps students learn important skills like problem-solving and teamwork while also teaching them to care about their communities. But what if we could also use STEM to inspire the next generation of philanthropists? However, STEM’s lack of diversity is still a major concern.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

This program also provides the educator with the ability to assign the same science article to students to read, but at their reading level. Gizmo is an interactive STEM learning experience for grades 3-12. Once the teacher assigns the STEM activity to a class, students can access it immediately.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

From cybersecurity and STEM learning to AI and professional development, every aspect of education is set to see new advances in 2024. This might include using an AI tool to add to a history assignment or having students use the Epson’s iProjection app to cast their work on the projector to share with the class.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

I typically assign a hefty 20-page final project in my STEM course, but I decided to take a more playful and hands-on approach for this group of students. This inspired me to incorporate KIBO into my STEM course for pre-service teachers.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Writing Assignments: Writing tasks, whether creative stories, essays, or research papers, require students to think critically, organize their thoughts, write a draft, and revise based on feedback. The depth and breadth of research can vary greatly among students, benefiting from a flexible timeline.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

As more students head back to school, we will continue to hear about how educators can successfully incorporate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education into curriculums from as early as Kindergarten. Let’s examine why the arts are such an important component to STEM curriculum: Because It Allows for Learning by Design.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

This new name reflects the company’s commitment to provide educators with the tools they need to engage all students with hands-on, socially relevant STEM education and build a STEM-literate society. However, many employers struggle to fill these high-paying jobs due, in part, to low rates of STEM understanding and proficiency.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2015

For a while now, schools have been slowly merging science and math lessons with visual arts as a way to add a hands-on component, and perhaps a dash of culture, to ordinary STEM curriculum. It won’t always be possible for STEM and art links to occur at the same point during the school year, and that’s OK.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2024

Having those resources, along with assignment and assessment options, made it possible for me to use the phenomena in the curriculum and see how I needed to rearrange things from the more traditional approach to science instruction I used to use.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

They could be implemented at the institutional level, but instructors should be given the opportunity to determine the level of generative AI tool use at the course or even the assignment level. In other courses, I restrict the use of generative AI tools to particular uses for specific assignments.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Numerade , the AI-powered online STEM learning platform, announced the company is offering a free year of access to its Numerade Plus subscription to all Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) K-12 students and teachers. Numerade Plus can also help them save time with lesson plans, quizzes and even grading assignments.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Barriers to Effective Transfer and Application of Learning Assigning the same task to all students without offering any choices can significantly hinder the effective transfer and application of learning. Can you suggest creative assignments for grade students to express their learning about ?

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