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Showfloor News: PBLWorks creates PBLWorks TEACH to help scale project based learning

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TEACH’s middle school curriculum units are currently available while curriculum units for elementary and high school will be available early in 2026. For example, in the “Community Recipes” project for sixth grade math, students explore proportional reasoning by scaling family and community recipes.

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

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Today’s modern liberal education typically encompasses a general education curriculum that offers extensive learning across various multiple disciplines and perspectives, paired with focused study in a chosen major. For this it is essential to introduce the concepts and principles of systems thinking (Figure 1).

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Bridging the Gap Between Classroom and Real Life: The Power of Applied Learning

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Steven Sgourdos has a passion for fostering intellectual curiosity and critical thinking in his students. Are they memorizing facts, or learning how to think, solve, and lead? This means scaffolding teamwork, building communication skills, and offering different ways to contribute.

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5 reasons why game design is the best way to teach STEAM skills

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These benefits translate well to STEAM contexts, where critical thinking, teamwork, and creativity are essential. Enhances problem-solving & critical thinking Game development forces students to think like systems engineers, breaking down problems, testing outcomes, and refining solutions.

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

Faculty Focus

Today’s modern liberal education typically encompasses a general education curriculum that offers extensive learning across various multiple disciplines and perspectives, paired with focused study in a chosen major. For this it is essential to introduce the concepts and principles of systems thinking (Figure 1).

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Creating a fun robotics lesson that addresses 4 ISTE standards

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This task encourages them to work together, communicate effectively, and share their ideas. This lesson integrates computational thinking, engineering design, literacy standards, and collaborative learning, while fostering creativity, critical thinking, and effective communication. ISTE Standard for Students 1.1

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Bridging the Gap Between Classroom and Real Life: The Power of Applied Learning

k12 Digest

Steven Sgourdos has a passion for fostering intellectual curiosity and critical thinking in his students. Are they memorizing facts, or learning how to think, solve, and lead? This means scaffolding teamwork, building communication skills, and offering different ways to contribute.

Learning 130