What are VARK Learning Styles?

What are VARK Learning Styles?

In education today we need to stay informed of the different strategies and resources that are available for providing more personalized learning experiences for our students. Being able to differentiate our instruction, relies on our […]

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Connecting Project Based Learning to Standards

Connecting Project Based Learning to Standards

A 3rd-grade class is preparing for an upcoming unit of study. The teacher envisioned a cross-curricular approach to connect content in social studies with English Language Arts (ELA) using project based learning. She mapped out some potential topics […]

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Building a Collaborative STEM Classroom

A high-school math teacher shares tips on building a collaborative high-school STEM classroom at the start of the school year.

Let’s set the stage… It’s the first day back from summer vacation at a high school. The students have missed each […]

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Establishing a Schoolwide STEM Focus

Establishing a Schoolwide STEM Focus

Learn how an AZ school used the engineering design process to successfully establish a schoolwide STEM focus.

Teachers are good at juggling all of the new each year — new admin, new standards, new curriculum, new students, new assessments, new […]

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Teaching STEM: The Dilemma

I remember a haunting conversation with a 7th-grade science teacher – I’ll call her Sara. Actually, I guess Sara was the one who was haunted – haunted by the possibilities of what STEM could mean in her classroom if she could just pull it off.

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