eSchool News

MAY 3, 2018

Simulation has been around for more than 20 years, so what is compelling more science teachers and school districts to add it to their bag of resources? Here are some reasons why science teachers should use simulations. The most developed subject area for educational simulations revolves around the STEM fields.

Science

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2024

Crafting an effective teaching experience parallels the art of carpentry as both require a diverse and well-equipped toolbox. Not only do they simplify complex concepts but also significantly enhance teaching and learning (Chan & Fok, 2009; Onyeaka et al., 2022; Ouyang et al., 2022; Ouyang et al., 2006; Saxena et al.,

Laboratory

eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2022

The Computer Science professor has helped them discover the full potential of technology that surrounds them and learn to use it ways they never dreamed possible, changing their lives forever. At this year’s Commencement ceremonies, she was named the recipient of the 2022 Gladys and Raymond Pearlstine Award for Teaching Excellence.

Science

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Providing science and math content online can be relatively straightforward, but engaging students in true distance learning requires more than just transmittal of information. Related content: How collaboration enables meaningful distance learning.

STEM

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

So, I was alarmed when she came home one day and announced, “I don’t like science.” Surprised, I asked, “What makes you think you do not like science?” It was clear that she didn’t enjoy the work she was doing in school that was labeled “science.” I found Tinker Crate , which is essentially a science project in a box.

Learning

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 28, 2024

Crafting an effective teaching experience parallels the art of carpentry as both require a diverse and well-equipped toolbox. Not only do they simplify complex concepts but also significantly enhance teaching and learning (Chan & Fok, 2009; Onyeaka et al., 2022; Ouyang et al., 2022; Ouyang et al., 2006; Saxena et al.,

Laboratory

eSchool News

JULY 3, 2020

National K-12 science education experts contribute ideas and inspiring guidance for educators preparing to return to school and teach hands-on science during uncertain times. Three of the best national K-12 science education leaders offer their expertise and ideas to help guide districts during these uncertain times.

Science

eSchool News

MAY 25, 2023

It’s a key area of teaching worldwide and thousands of schools are now investing in learning spaces specifically designed to support STEM–called STEM labs. A STEM lab is a learning environment where students, irrespective of grade, can come together and actively participate in hands-on or practical STEM learning.

STEM

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

Who : Brittney Tarr is a PreK-6 STEM Specialist at Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School and a doctoral student at Illinois State University researching the development of STEM identities within elementary aged students and the benefits of play-based, exploratory learning. Lighting Up Your Classroom with Electrical Engineering

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eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2016

note : App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education , which helps educators find the best ed-tech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. Science Journal. Click here to read the full app review.

Science

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

At campuses that teach the subject, computer science is often offered as an elective at high schools in California. But now, for prospective University of California students, that course can count as a science requirement on college applications, too.

Science

eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This standalone data-collection platform takes the award-winning LabQuest interface and enhances it with a robust set of new features and functionality for middle school, high school, and college students to use during classroom, laboratory, or field investigations.

Science

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2020

The resources, which support students at both the K–12 and college levels, cover a wide range of scientific disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, and physical science. With these solutions, teachers can help students continue to form a deep understanding of key scientific concepts while outside the classroom and laboratory.”.

STEM

Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2019

That’s because researchers from the fields of psychology, education and learning sciences apply the tools of science to distinguish what works from what doesn’t. I am a cognitive psychologist, which means that I use science to study mental processes. Our research most often begins in the basic laboratory level.

Laboratory

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2023

When it comes to teaching science courses online, colleges are getting creative. Institutions are using virtual reality programs to immerse students in laboratory simulations. But for very good reasons, there’s still a limit to the kind of hands-on science coursework that colleges can, ahem , deliver remotely.

Science

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In contrast, AI centers, like the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, have largely focused on high-end, specialized training for graduate students in complex mathematical and computer engineering fields. Many of them struggle to hire and retain people who have the technical knowledge and experience to teach in these fields.

Teaching

Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

Think back to what you still remember from science class. Instead, consider the idea that spanned any science class from biology to physics: the scientific method, the five-step process for analyzing problems, collecting data and coming to a well-supported conclusion. we should teach it because it’s a utilitarian, useful thing.

Teaching

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2024

The commission will review research and industry data and hear from education experts as it develops recommendations for southern states around using AI in teaching and learning, developing AI-related policies, and preparing students for careers in AI. Smith, president of Marshall University (WV) and former Intuit CEO.

Skills

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of science lab materials and safety and STEM solutions for the K-16 education market, has added new digital labs to the award-winning Science2Go. Science2Go is a digital learning solution that offers a new approach to laboratory education for middle school and high school students.

Middle School

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2017

Jonah Firestone explores the future of education from a utilitarian laboratory. Firestone, an assistant professor of science education, wants to use the equipment to explore ways that virtual reality can help students, teachers and the education process. “The

Laboratory

eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2021

New videos, labs, assessments, and more to support biology, chemistry, environmental science, and physics teaching and learning. Students will now have access to new videos focused around a particular phenomenon, such as global climate change and forest fires, to help them better understand real-world applications of science.

High School

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The Museum at Chemical Heritage Foundation boasts more than 250 science kits gathered over 100 years to showcase these “miniature laboratories” for children. These kits are attracting real dollars, too: MEL Science , a company based in the UK, has just raised $2.5 A huge problem is [figuring out] how to teach it all.

Science

EdTech Magazine

MARCH 28, 2019

K–12 Teachers Use Augmented and Virtual Reality Platforms to Teach Biology. Growing demand for mixed reality content, to increase engagement, has sparked a wave of creativity in how immersive tools are used in the classroom, especially in traditionally abstract topics such as math and computer science. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

Teaching

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2018

“What everybody pretty quickly realized was that digital technology combined with medical imaging and our ability to make 3D models as biomedical illustrators, those three factors all combine to really make it possible to teach anatomy in this way,” Griswold says. That was not possible 10 years ago.”

Science

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Showing students that there are individuals just like them in these high-profile careers has never been easier,” said Tamille Wilson, Fourth Grade Math and Science teacher at Cobb County Schools. In 2022, the Coalition welcomed the following new members Charles River Laboratories, Cox, Inc., Nevada Gold Mines, and PepsiCo Foundation.

STEM

eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2016

Robotics programs drive interest and teach critical thinking. Having students create and work with robots offers them a range of skills, she said, noting that the district once participated in a regional tournament through NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena but that the program ended a few years ago.

Laboratory

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2017

I am a scientist—and I’ll be speaking at today’s March for Science in Washington D.C. Science is the human quest to understand. Science is a full contact sport. And something needs to—because science education faces a challenge. We know that kids love science. By making science as exciting to learn as it is to do.

Science

Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2018

Antonio’s mother had been in touch with his science teacher and was brave enough to allow her son to hatch praying mantis eggs in their basement as part of his research. Antonio was just one of the memorable students in my first science research class at Christ the King Regional High School, a parochial school in Queens, New York.

Science

eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2016

Despite tech explosion, schools are not seeing a boon in available computer science, coding courses. Yet the large majority of California’s public high schools don’t offer dedicated computer science or computer programming courses, according to a Sacramento Bee review of teacher assignment data from the California Department of Education.

Science

Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Marc Pedersen Paulding County High School Students At Paulding County High School in Dallas, Georgia, science classes are messy and alive. Tables are covered with high-tech laboratory equipment such as atomic absorption spectrometers, autoclaves, and laboratory water baths. That is my hardest class to teach.”

STEM

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A biology laboratory coordinator in an integrated science department at Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges, Kohn perceived the tool as useful. But more than that, it would be important to teach his science students how to interact with the tool for their own careers, he first told EdSurge last April.

Ethics

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Solving them may require training young scholars to be “ wicked students ,” to use a phrase from Paul Hanstedt, director of the Washington & Lee University teaching and learning center. Over the past two years, the College Impact Laboratory at The Ohio State University has surveyed incoming Ph.D. They sure do!

Interdisciplinary

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

–Michael Arquin, Founder, KidWind The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has presented districts everywhere with new teaching and learning opportunities. This new age of teaching and learning will be more integrated into the day-to-day, more interdisciplinary, and more based on the lived experience of the teacher and student.

Schools

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

When Melissa Hardy took over a biology laboratory class at Salt Lake Community College, she inherited a commercial lab manual that left much to be desired. What I’ve long said about OER is, it really makes the instructor think differently about their teaching and their courses,” Greenlaw says. “It It was out of date.

Textbooks

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Reflective teaching is examining one’s beliefs about teaching and learning and determining the alignment of those beliefs with what happens within your courses (Reflective Teaching, 2021). Reflective teaching defined Reflection has many definitions. There are many reflective tools and frameworks available.

Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 12, 2020

About two decades ago, the sciences were not so popular among younger generations. But, the importance of sciences and technologies has grown; that’s why professionals in certain fields have become headhunters’ “targets.” STEM is an acronym that stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

STEM

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Reflective teaching is examining one’s beliefs about teaching and learning and determining the alignment of those beliefs with what happens within your courses (Reflective Teaching, 2021). Reflective teaching defined Reflection has many definitions. There are many reflective tools and frameworks available.

Teaching