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3 steps to rethink failure

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Failure can be a painful experience for anyone, but it is especially tough for teens who are still forming a sense of self. When people experience failure, they often report feelings of embarrassment, shame and depression. But, as many educators know, failure is an essential part of the learning process. Define failure.

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A surefire way to make science relevant to kids

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Want to really promote science to kids so they keep that interest? Here’s the kicker: if they aren’t able to create a working prototype in the allotted time, don’t see that as a failure. Where does the science come in, though? The science comes in by discussing why their prototype works.

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Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers now

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Im in my fifth year teaching science to fifth and sixth graders, but, like every other teacher at the K-8 charter school where I work, I also teach reading. All I remembered was trying not to sound like an idiot and feeling like a failure. It makes me proud to be a science teacher who teaches reading, too. newsletters.

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Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers now

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I’m in my fifth year teaching science to fifth and sixth graders, but, like every other teacher at the K-8 charter school where I work, I also teach reading. All I remembered was trying not to sound like an idiot and feeling like a failure. It makes me proud to be a science teacher who teaches reading, too. newsletters.

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Museum of Science, Boston releases equity-oriented engineering curricula

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YES draws on more than three decades of research and development by the Museum’s PreK-12 education division, under the leadership of founding director Dr. Christine Cunningham, senior vice president of STEM Learning at the Museum of Science. Each unit challenges students to address a significant real-world problem.

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Computer Science is Growing in K-12 Schools, But Access Doesn’t Equal Participation

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Computer science has a wider footprint in schools than ever before, but there are differences when it comes to who has access to computer courses and who’s enrolling. Girls, for instance, make up just one-third of high school computer science students nationally. They fail, but they learn something new out of that failure.”

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How mixed reality glasses can help struggling readers

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You feel like a failure, and you are starting to hate school. One day, your science teacher brings in a Microsoft HoloLens headset. You put on the mixed reality glasses and pick up the science article that the teacher wants you to read. Mixed reality science reading. Imagine you are a struggling reader.

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