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Showfloor News: PBLWorks creates PBLWorks TEACH to help scale project based learning

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The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks ), a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), is launching PBLWorks TEACH , a web-based application with ready-to-use, standards-aligned, Gold-Standard PBL projects for middle school math, science, English Language Arts, and social studies.

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8 under-the-radar digital learning resources

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InqITS (Inquiry Intelligent Tutoring System) Subject areas: Science Best for: Developing scientific inquiry skills InqITS offers virtual science labs where students can conduct experiments, analyze results, and receive real-time feedback. The EDU version allows teachers to control content and track student progress.

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How to integrate environmental concepts into every subject

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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. Rather than treating environmental education as a separate content area, schools can weave it into existing lessons, curricula, and standards.

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Understanding and mitigating academic regression from summer learning loss

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Studies show that by the time students reach middle school, summer learning loss can accumulate to create an achievement gap of up to two years between socioeconomic groups. These can include visits to museums, science centers, and historical sites, which provide opportunities for experiential learning and critical thinking.

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Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

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Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. It also connects to other issues, such as the rigid class sequences that some experts warn block certain students from advancing in math and that exclude courses like data science that would be useful for students future careers.

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Explore 8+ STEM Activities for Middle School to Get a Reaction

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STEM isnt just the latest teaching topic: Its an innovative, cross-curricular way to strengthen problem-solving and critical thinking skills across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Check out STEM activities for middle school that are sure to catch teenagers attention and inspire them to learn more.

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Many states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?

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The senior at Washington state’s Toppenish High School first considered the career after he joined a STEM group in middle school. Brito’s experience is what state education leaders hoped for when they replaced the high school exit exam with multiple pathways to graduation.