Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

Check out STEM activities for middle school that are sure to catch teenagers attention and inspire them to learn more. Construct a thermal insulator device Concepts to Cover in Middle School STEM Prepare for the future with STEM activities for middle school 1.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 15, 2025

With low-prep setup, challenging concepts, and the coolest finished projects ever, these class projects for middle school engineering classes are sure to inspire the next generation of future engineers in your class. Study cause and effect with a Rube Goldberg machine 7. Table of Contents 1. Make a solar oven that cooks 9.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Available within Discovery Education Experience, the essential companion for engaged K-12 classrooms, this new content supports instruction in a variety of disciplines including ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Careers Exploration.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

At the Human Computing Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, McLaren develops digital learning games to study how effective they are in the classroom and beyond. Its a middle-grade math game in which aliens come to Earth to learn about decimal fractions. One such game is called Decimal Point.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Not only do these courses offer students a jump-start on credits once they get to college, but they also equip them with skills like time management, critical thinking and study habits that researchers say encourage them to enroll and stay in college. Students in these courses enroll in college at higher rates, according to the study.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Phase 3 Live Finale: Elementary, middle and high school teams competed in a 30-minute esports showdown, held at the Levan Center of Innovation at Nova Southeastern University, to design climate-resilient schools. Esports becomes more than a game when tied to academic content. Focus on teacher support.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

The Creativity Challenge in Computer Science Education Creativity often declines as students progress through school. A 2021 OECD study found that 15-year-olds consistently show lower levels of creativity and curiosity than 10-year-olds globally.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

A nonprofit organization for career and technical education (CTE), SkillsUSA serves more than 413,000 middle school, high school, and college students and instructors nationwide.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

“I think Montessori has been around for a very long time, and there have been all kinds of waxes and wanes, with generations discovering Montessori again and again for very different ideas,” Mira Debs, director of education studies at Yale University, says. “As Lillard, who studied play and cognition during her Ph.D.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Editable ELA Word Wall for Middle School By Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom Grades: 5th-8th Standards: CCSS CCRA.L.5, Provide relevant reading materials It’s no secret that 8th grade ELA teacher essentials include the middle school literary canon. Explore middle school resources

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

What middle school class has been your favorite so far? Describe your study process or homework routine. 10 8th Grade Social Studies Writing Prompts Stretch 8th grade writing prompts across the humanities with short social studies writing assignments. Do you like making things, such as models or desserts?

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

National Science Foundation, aimed to solve that problem with a drone-focused curriculum for rural middle schools. It seemed “touchy feely” to the digital learning specialist who works in a rural New Hampshire middle school and is known as the “drone lady.” Take Flight, a research project backed by $1.5

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

Challenge your advanced writers with writing prompts for middle school that go beyond 7th grade expectations. You’ll also get three customizable covers perfect for group assignments, novel studies, and independent projects. They also complement cross-curricular themes in middle school sociology discussions.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Hispanic Heritage Month Teaching Slides by forkin4th Grades: 2nd-5th Subjects: Character Education, Latino and Hispanic Studies Standards: CCSS SL.2.3, Hispanic Heritage Month Biography Project | Google Slides by Teaching with Aris Grades: 2nd-5th Subjects: Latino and Hispanic Studies, Social Studies Standards: CCSS RI.2.1,

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

At the high school level, financial literacy curriculum is often delivered as a separate course within social studies, consumer science, or business. In elementary and middle schools, there is often debate over which traditional subject should incorporate the standards.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Fun Debate Topics Persuasive Speaking Activity Middle School, High School By Lindsay Ann Learning Grades: 6th-9th Subjects: English Language Arts, Speaking & Listening Standards: CCSS SL.9-10.4, 15 Quick High School Debate Topics Sometimes you only have enough class time for a quick debate. 8; CCRA.SL.4

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

A 2007 study led by Robert Balfanz at Johns Hopkins found that chronic absence in middle school and high school is often a leading predictor of dropping out. In short: Schools were not designed to solve a problem like chronic absenteeism. It has lasting effects through the upper grades, too.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For example, while studying engineering principles, teachers can incorporate art by challenging students to design aesthetically-pleasing yet functional structures, blending engineering and design thinking. Cross-disciplinary connections can help students see STEM from new perspectives and understand its relevance.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Longfellow Middle School students are using green screen technology to transport themselves and their classmates to new worlds of learning. They also used the green screens for social studies lessons, taking an epic selfie with the whole class.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2015

An NSF study will examine how computer science shortages can best be addressed. A team of computing education experts will study how students—and teachers—learn mathematics and computer science, and how those ways of learning can influence each other. The study, funded by a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $1.5

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2024

I was a student at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and came to Philip’s Academy as a part of a work-study program to tutor. Due to all of these factors and a lot of thinking, I decided to change my career path to become a middle school mathematics teacher. It has been the best decision.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Thus, thanks to funding from The Bullard Family Foundation, Sligh Middle Magnet School – a premier Medical Studies and Explorations program in Hillsborough County Public Schools – now has one of the most impressive audio setups in the Tampa area located in its gymnasium.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

.– K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA released today a new study that takes a deeper look into instructional practices driving high academic growth. NWEA’s new study followed that research to answer the next, necessary question: what can be learned from high growth schools about teaching and learning?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Derby, Kansas – Derby North Middle School (DNMS) in Derby, Kansas, has found a unique and effective way to build culture and increase student engagement with the help of Rise Vision digital signage software and Class Intercom. ABOUT RISE VISION Rise Vision is the #1 digital signage software solution for schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2016

For one week in October, students in Boston’s public middle schools—6,500 students in 36 schools–set aside their regular lessons and participated in Boston STEM Week , a hands-on, in-depth program connecting students with real-world examples of STEM in action.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2021

Recent research from Gallup and the RAND Corporation shows that BrainPOP is already one of the most widely used digital learning tools that elementary and middle school educators turn to for teaching students science. In the last year alone, more than 3.1 said Yigal Rosen, PhD, SVP of AI and data science at BrainPOP.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Sign up for our free New York newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. The day before my first day of teaching middle school in 2018, I decorated my Brooklyn public school classroom with quotes from famous people reflecting on the importance of reading. And those who didn’t?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

With school back, let’s talk about the most efficient ways to study. With increasing coursework and extracurricular activities, a structured approach to studying helps manage time effectively, reduces stress, and boosts learning outcomes. These resources can complement your study plan and provide additional support.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2019

As a middle school Spanish teacher, my #1 goal is to have my students fall in love with learning a language the way I did in middle school. and even like making their own to use as study tools. When learning a second language, it’s important to teach reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2022

I remember fondly the book recommendations that my elementary and middle school librarians would give me. I sought to bring that same joy of reading to my high school history and English students. But how could I inspire them if the room was dusty and the books old, tattered, and mostly irrelevant?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Key points: Virtual reality offers learning beyond just verbal communications 3 AR/VR resources that nurture student curiosity Reaching the 4Cs with 3D and virtual reality For more on VR in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Multilingual students face unique challenges that can hurt their performance in school.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The insight comes from the 2024 AI in Academia Study by Copyleaks. Key findings from the study include: Frequent AI usage Thirty-four percent of educators use AI very frequently to draft or review assignments, showing high adoption among educators. The report offers a comprehensive look at AI’s role in education.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2023

The report entitled “ The Youths Relationships Study ” was conducted by researchers at University of Illinois Chicago and published last fall. Researchers reported that Big Brothers Big Sisters mentees in the study were 54 percent less likely to have been arrested and 41 percent less likely to have engaged in substance use.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Click To Tweet In my role as a coach, I had the opportunity to facilitate an articulation day with a group of middle school English language arts teachers. English Language arts teachers might want to create 5 ins and outs for reading, writing, language, and soft skills/study skills.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

The findings come from a new study from K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA. Led by Dr. Chase Nordengren, principal research lead for Effective Instructional Strategies at NWEA, the study zoomed into two schools that have historically shown high growth for diverse populations of students, including through the pandemic.

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eSchool News

MAY 22, 2023

Empowering girls to excel According to a recent Microsoft study , 31 percent of girls in middle school believe that jobs requiring coding and programming are “not for them.” In high school, that number rises to 40 percent. By the time they’re in college, 58 percent of young women disqualify themselves from STEM jobs.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2024

Cyberbullying, increasingly more common, occurred at least once per week in 37 percent of middle schools, 25 percent of high schools, and 6 percent of elementary schools. Attendance and achievement predict students’ probability of graduating high school, which in turn predicts lifetime earnings.

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