eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Discovery Education is also launching an updated version of STEM Connect. An interdisciplinary K-8 resource, STEM Connect blends dynamic digital content with ready-to-use lessons and hands-on activities to enhance core curriculum and cultivate valuable design thinking skills that prepare students for the future.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2024

Now the STEM curriculum is poised to enter high school classrooms in the rural South. The collaboration, researchers from Michigan State and Alabama A&M say, is rooted in an equitable sharing of knowledge and best practices between the institutions. Other challenges seem to have set back STEM education, too.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2022

As a fourth-grade English/language arts and social studies teacher in an elementary collaborative learning magnet program–which is also a NASA Explorer School–I get the challenge of unlocking the minds of 9- and 10-year-olds who are more at home in the STEM subjects than in exploring literature or our country’s history.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The STEM Careers Coalition – the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by corporate leaders and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – marks its first anniversary by welcoming new members to the growing coalition and by offering educators, students, and families nationwide access to a host of new, no-cost digital resources.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2019

The student’s mental image of the subject is more than likely that of a textbook—dense, daunting, and dry—accompanied by a sigh exclaiming, “Please, anything but this!” Only the rare student, who already is passionate about the topic, would consider navigating a textbook alone or for pleasure.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Expressing their views about AI and math instruction, more than 64 percent of teachers say that its best used in coordination with human education from teachers to help students create a bridge between prior and new knowledge.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Following a comprehensive evaluation, the Oklahoma State Textbook Committee has unanimously approved the Elementary and Middle School editions of Discovery Education’s Science Techbook for statewide use as core instructional resources. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

In my previous post, I focused on strategies teachers can use before a lesson to assess prior knowledge. In addition to determining where each student is starting in terms of their content knowledge or skills, teachers should collect data during the lesson to gauge what students know.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2021

The following selection of no-cost digital resources connect families to continued learning in essential topic areas like STEM, financial literacy, health, and social-emotional learning: STEM Activities. The STEM Careers channel inspires students to dream big by meeting current STEM professionals from industry leading organizations.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

What we built in was a kind of project-based learning where kids not only have book knowledge, but also learn about real-life activities relevant to that profession and also meet professionals who do such work. When I first started, on July 28, 2014, the superintendent before me had ordered close to a million dollars’ worth of textbooks.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

He and his students happily use open educational resources for textbooks. So, the digital textbooks are free—or students can pay to print them; Lyryx prints well. Open Textbook Library (umn.edu) - Find reviews of available OER, and also visit Open Education Network (umn.edu). At Colorado State, we partner with Lyryx.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2021

The Be Vape Free initiative has at its core the proven-effective CATCH My Breath program which equips students in Grades 5-12 with the science-based background knowledge and practical refusal skills necessary to avoid risky behaviors like vaping. This virtual field trip is appropriate for students in grades 5-12.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2022

Integrating the 3D design process allows students to synthesize different pieces of knowledge and apply what has been taught to them by designing their own creations. In addition, students can bring objects out of textbooks and off computer screens to provide hands-on learning opportunities.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2015

The move to digital textbooks and resources is spreading as more companies partner with open education efforts. More than 100,000 teacher-created digital textbooks are now available online through the CK-12 Foundation’s free STEM content and tools platform. website traffic) to No.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Among the no cost activities are four new Virtual Field Trips open to students, educators, and their families, a professional learning event from the STEM Careers Coalition , and the Discovery Education’s celebrated Discovery Educator Network VirtCon. 11/10/2020 at 4 p.m. EST. Professional Learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

A diverse group of judges will evaluate entries based on creativity, scientific knowledge, and effective communication skills. The 3M Young Scientist Challenge encourages STEM exploration in students at all levels and continues to demonstrate that any idea, big or small, can help change the world for the better.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2022

Located in South Minneapolis, the Aim Academy of Science and Technology provides students in grades 6-10 a successful path to college and STEM careers through culturally responsive mentorship, integrated STEM education, and curricular connections with technology-based businesses and industries.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

This hands-on approach integrates science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) concepts, promoting problem-solving, creativity, and collaboration. These kits combine physical building elements with programmable components, allowing students to design, build, and program robots.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Students who took multiple community college courses that used only free or low-cost OER materials earned more credits over time than their peers who took classes that used traditional course materials such as textbooks, according to a new study. I had a very good student come to me and say, ‘I can’t afford this textbook.’

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

This can be everything from students asking good questions and sharing their thinking verbally to relating a new problem to prior knowledge and using a visual representation to illustrate their thought process. The teacher and textbook arent the sole authorities in the classroom. Give students a voice.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Conventional wisdom around when and where students learn, what knowledge they need to be successful, and who they are as learners is all rapidly changing, especially as technology becomes more prevalent in classrooms. It is difficult for the 1,200-student district to offer STEM, foreign language or Advanced Placement courses year-round.

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2022

Along with that, the curriculum supplement that came with our new textbooks was starting to replace some of the traditional paper-and-pencil work that we had been doing. chosen an answer) instant feedback serves to reinforce knowledge by correcting mistakes, affirming competence or debunking misconceptions on the topic.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

An industry-leading author, speaker, and educator, Fennell is widely published in professional journals and textbooks related to PreK–8 mathematics education. Offering resources for math, science, STEM, and literacy, our mission is to support teachers, inspire students, engage parents, and champion learning by doing.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

And what’s preventing that knowledge from making it into classrooms where students are falling behind? The focus is more on showing teachers how to implement curriculum rather than on growing teachers’ depth of knowledge or pedagogy, she says. and competing ideas about why so many kids struggle with this core subject. isn’t working.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This event occurs during Red Ribbon Week, the largest drug-use prevention campaign in the nation, and will debut to communities across the United States the newly announced Dose of Knowledge digital education resources. a Twitter chat focusing on the new Dose of Knowledge resources. Click here to register for the event.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

In my previous post, I focused on strategies teachers can use before a lesson to assess prior knowledge. In addition to determining where each student is starting in terms of their content knowledge or skills, teachers should collect data during the lesson to gauge what students know.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2023

Unpopular with students, the class didn’t seem to be preparing them for a career in STEM. A lot of those students are people who might not have stuck it out in STEM, according to the study. A Barrier to STEM? On the current trajectory, the Pew researchers argue, it’s unlikely that STEM degree attainment will alter this.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2018

Districts around the country are moving away from teaching models based on lectures and textbooks—but transition isn’t always simple. By allowing our teachers to take a step back, we put the students in charge of their own learning so they can discover for themselves the reason why certain knowledge and skills are relevant to them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Today’s students demand more than just traditional lectures and textbooks; they’re looking for an engaging, flexible, and personalized learning experience. Research indicates that students thrive in environments where teachers act as facilitators rather than mere dispensers of knowledge.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

In education, this is particularly harmful to students because it affects pacing guides, textbooks and how states measure who achieves—and who fails. In most states, textbooks are expected to be age-appropriate, but it just means designed for what the ‘average’ kid knows and can do.” Jaggedness" as it applies to IQ.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

He said the STEM classes allow him to design the curriculum, and he plans to utilize his real-world knowledge. “I’m going to bring 20 years of experience in here from everything I’ve seen that you don’t see in the textbook,” he said.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Science Techbook also includes valuable STEM resources including STEM Project Starters that encourage students to connect math, technology, and engineering to their understanding of science concepts to produce creative solutions to real world problems. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Using this Slideshow, educators can fuel student interest in space, build knowledge, and check for understanding about relevant topics. Space exploration has the unique ability to inspire students’ imaginations, especially in the fields of STEM,” said Mike Kincaid, NASA’s Associate Administrator for the Office of STEM Engagement.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

A diverse group of judges will evaluate entries based on creativity, scientific knowledge, and effective communication skills. The 3M Young Scientist Challenge encourages STEM exploration in students at all levels and continues to demonstrate that any idea, big or small, can help change the world for the better.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2021

The Be Vape Free initiative has at its core the proven-effective CATCH My Breath program which equips students in Grades 5-12 with the science-based background knowledge and practical refusal skills necessary to avoid risky behaviors like vaping. This virtual field trip is appropriate for students in grades 5-12.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2021

In fact, most school-aged students rarely learn about anything other than the accepted understandings in science that appear in textbooks only after years of debate, advances and consensus. School science gives students few insights into how science knowledge is created and how it progresses over time. Others may come in time.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

Rather than rush to catch up, he opted to move through the textbook at his own pace so he could truly understand the concepts. It also sparked his belief that textbooks could evolve from something static into more fluid resources that adapt to students’ readiness levels. Kintali’s answer to the evolution of the textbook is.

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