Thu, Nov 18, 2021 10:02 AM in STEM in the classroom
Oh Karen,
You have hit on a very important dilemma. How do elementary teachers find the time to teach meaningful, engaging science lessons when they have few opportunities built into their daily schedules? One of the ways is to integrate the science content with reading, math, and writing assignments and learner objectives. For example, when learning about different habitats ...
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Thu, Nov 18, 2021 9:43 AM in Virtual STEM projects
Hi Melissa,
Teachers across the country found themselves thrust into that virtual situation rather suddenly when the pandemic made it necessary to keep children home. The technology of the day was indespensible to provide teachers with a range of online tools to help keep students actively engaged whether at home or in a classroom. One of the things some school districts did ...
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Mon, Nov 15, 2021 11:10 PM in How to incorporate textbooks with hands-on learning
Hi Gianna,
You bring up an important concern that many elementary teachers have when they are given a science textbook and no professional development on how to incorporate the reading material with other resources that might be available either in the way of kits or online resources through the text book companies. There are a few online science textooks now that attempt to include a pl...
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