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5 approaches that engage middle school students in STEM learning

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Teachers can then incorporate these topics into the curriculum or design small projects based on students’ inquiries. This gives them ownership of their learning and the freedom to follow their natural interests within the curriculum’s framework. Allowing students to vote on projects or learning topics can boost engagement.

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4 reasons to rethink middle school math acceleration practices

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In the past, it was common practice for students to “skip” grades, because there was redundancy in the middle school standards. Below are four steps to determine if – and how – your district should rethink its middle school math acceleration practices. With College- and Career-Ready standards, the learning builds.

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All-New Science Techbook for Middle School and STEM Connect

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Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms. The program consists of 16 modular units, allowing schools and teachers to choose the order in which to complete the units based on their preferred pathway.

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Blackbird Announces First-ever Purpose-built Middle School Coding Education Platform

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Created to Address the “Middle School Gap” – Blackbird Teaches Real-world Computer Science Skills, Aligned to Educational Standards. The Blackbird system and curriculum was a perfect fit to our mission,” said Endla Thornton, founder and executive director, The Girls’ Place Chicago. “As Blackbird Education Platform: ?

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CompTIA Spark introduces free high-quality technology curriculum for middle grade classrooms

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Responding to a critical gap in technology education, CompTIA Spark has launched free technology curriculum specifically for middle grade classrooms, grades 5-8. The nonprofit organization worked with educators across the country to develop the curriculum. Filling this critical gap is the mission of CompTIA Spark.

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How one middle school is closing the technology achievement gap

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s first computer science middle school last year in a struggling, historically black community to help bridge the technology achievement gap. One component of working with middle school students that continues to push my thinking around the work we are doing is the challenges and obstacles our scholars face outside of school.

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How to integrate environmental concepts into every subject

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My goal became connecting students to nature through their passions and connecting teachers standards-driven curriculum to nature through environmental literacy. 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.