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New Slate of Inspiring and Engaging Standards-Aligned Content Added to Discovery Education Experience for Back-to-School 2025

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“Meet the Magnets” Virtual Field Trip (Grades K-5) Hosted by Sesame Workshop and the National Science Foundation (NSF), this interactive experience takes young learners to NSFs Magnetic Field Laboratory, igniting their curiosity about the everyday applications of magnet science in our lives.

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How You Can Habituate the Circular Model of Reflection: Before-Action, During-Action, After-Action, and Beyond-Action

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However, we are often unaware of tacit knowledge that underlies our activities and actions, especially when things do not go as planned. In the above context, I saw my pandemic classroom as a laboratory to prototype and test new pedagogical moves, and where unexpected issues are expected to come to light. what we actually do).

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Using the ‘virtual’ to change the ‘reality’ of education

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Jonah Firestone explores the future of education from a utilitarian laboratory. The Virtual Integrated Technology for Assessment Learning laboratory opened recently with the help of a $50,000 grant from the WSU Tri-Cities chancellor’s office. Then, more developers are likely to write more programs for the technology.

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Online STEM Summer Camps for High School and College Students

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By taking our engaging STEM courses this summer, students will not only acquire foundational knowledge but also be positioned to excel next school year. SAT Prep—This course will cover in-depth what students need to know for the math, reading, writing, and essay portions of the SAT, including test-taking techniques and practice problems.

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A Surprising Approach to Science Labs for Online Students Boosts Access to STEM Fields

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Institutions are using virtual reality programs to immerse students in laboratory simulations. Students work in campus laboratories from 8 a.m. In summer 2021, while Osgood was still breastfeeding that baby, the time came for an experience she had long looked forward to: traveling to campus to learn in ASU’s laboratories.

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How Universities Can Grow a Culture of Academic Innovation

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See how we recently applied the principles to a writing tool called M-Write.) As a public research university with more than 40,000 students, U-M is one of the largest living laboratories for conducting experiments in academic innovation. Be impractical. Then consider constraints.

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Should Schools Teach the Scientific Method? New Book Says Maybe Not

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They said, students should work in laboratories and do science to learn science. That was the beginning of the laboratory method. But if you take away students from doing science, is there a risk of making it inaccessible, considering you write in the book that you still need a lot of public support for science?

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