…and glue Note: A complete kit of materials is available for purchase from Carolina Biological Supply Company. Minds-on Teamwork Sustained attention Perseverance Problem-solving Your Challenge Understanding how our…
Keep Your Students Engaged Virtually: When Life Hands Them Lemons, Help Them Make Batteries (…and Other Cardboard Engineering Ideas)
…educators from Microsoft’s Hacking STEM team, James Burke and Jason Ewert. Learn how hands-on lessons with low-cost materials can work in your virtual classroom. James Burke is a 20-year teacher…
Tech Integration Can Ignite Science in Your Classroom
…interactive materials that are available to any student with a digital device. Developing and Using Models: Gone are the days when students need large poster boards and expensive materials to…
Girls Invent! Meet Team Tactile – All Inventors!
…materials they could make things out of. Inventing a solution was a lot of work! They didn’t make their device in one day. They built. They tested their device. It…
Letter to Grades 6–12 Students
…common materials, and experience what an inventor would do by brainstorming an invention problem and its solutions. You can build a prototype of your solution with materials you find at…
Bitmoji
…materials, or pages in your learning management system (LMS). Technical Requirements Bitmoji must initially be set up on a smartphone through the Bitmoji app. You must install the Google Chrome…
Dash’s Gather and GO
…that you can gather at a grocery store. Materials to create your local grocery store layout – This can be a physical or sketch layout. Device to take photographs and…
Stepping into Invention Education
…time you may be spending at home. Gather your tools, re-usable materials and dive right into the activities we have on this site. The Lemelson-MIT (LMIT) Program located within the…
#12 – Collect, Reflect, and Recollect: The Power of eBinders and ePortfolios
…need to be intentional in teaching them strategies and tools for managing their digital materials. We cannot assume that students will figure it out for themselves, so we need to…
Support Student Reflection, Critique, and Revision in Project-Based Learning
…on how to support students searching and seeking information, consider reading the AVID Open Access article, Search and Seek Credible Information: Step 3 of the Searching for ANSWERS Inquiry Process….
Discover the AI Pedagogy Project
…you’ll find that all of the resources are available for free, and no login is required to access the site content. The site is divided into two main parts: AI…
Twitter is a free social-media platform that can serve as an excellent entry point for developing a Professional Learning Network (PLN). By setting up an account and “following” others, you…
Flippity
Use Flippity to create digital manipulatives, activities, and tools to support your online classroom. Flippity is a free website that allows you to turn Google spreadsheets into interactive digital manipulatives,…
PhET
PhET is a free website packed with over 150 online math and science simulations. Simulations are available in the areas of physics, chemistry, math, earth science, and biology. This project…
A SWOT Analysis of ChatGPT
Schools will ultimately need to determine how they will approach ChatGPT. Should it be embraced as a tool to improve writing and thinking—much like a web search, spell-check, or the…