6 Resources that Engage Students in STEM Learning
There are many different ways that all teachers regardless of grade level or content area can bring STEM into the classroom. There are numerous benefits of incorporating STEM
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How PBL Empowers Learners
PBL or project-based learning is happening in K-12 classrooms in ways that incorporate a deep understanding of content while infusing creative and empowering opportunities for students. A third-grade
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PBL Champions Camp: One Tennessee Educator’s Perspective
It is my first full week back to work (with all students and staff masked up) in a new school, working in a new position, and I am
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Helping Students to Build Digital Literacy Skills
We have access to billions of resources in less than a second. With all of this power through technology, as educators, we must be able to sort through
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Developing Social Awareness Through STEM
The social emotional development of our students is more important as ever. We have navigated challenges and adjustments in education and may continue to do so in the
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How STEM Can Support Social Emotional Learning
As an educator and STEM advocate, I have always believed that it is important for young people to develop as thinkers, makers, and problem solvers.Those skills are
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STEM Apps for a Rainy Day
Sometimes a hot summer day gives way to a thunderstorm which may have you stuck inside for hours. While summer should be a time for playing outside and
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4 Ways to Help Students Develop SEL Skills
Throughout the past couple of years, it has become increasingly important to focus on the mental health and wellness of our students and ourselves. As educators, it can
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Announcing: Partnership with Tennessee STEM Innovation Network
Defined Learning has partnered with Tennessee STEM Innovation Network (TSIN) to offer schools STEM career awareness curriculum through project-based learning tasks for students grades 5-8 at no cost
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Where Performance Tasks Fit in the PBL Spectrum
Teachers often joke about the jargon in education—I’ve heard it called “edu-speak.” It can be mysterious to non-educators, and confusing and off-putting even to those of
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