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Design Thinking Process and UDL Planning Tool for STEM, STEAM, Maker Education

User Generated Education

If this is how the makerspace is set up in your school, then your kids may not have access to the resources, materials, and tools when they need them, especially for STEM or STEAM. The UDL Guidelines provide a deep dive into each of the principles to checkpoints that provide resources, examples, and research.

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K–12 Schools Work to Incorporate Computer Science into Curriculums

EdTech Magazine

The new guidelines encourage teachers to move beyond a lecture-style pedagogy to teach computer science, and instead find creative ways to show students how computational thinking can be used in vastly different ways across a wide spectrum of topics. However, computational thinking does not have to be confined to a classroom.

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Device Rollout in the Age of COVID-19

Digital Promise

While rollout events typically involve school-wide celebrations with speeches and STEM stations that are fun for the whole family, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced most schools to pivot to contactless curbside or “drive-through” events to comply with social distancing. But rollout looks a bit different in 2020.

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Math Problems that Unlock Student Thinking

The CoolCatTeacher

The “Open Middle” math problem format is NOT talking about middle school math, although it applies to middle, high school, elementary, and even college math just the same. Teachers can download a FREE K-12 standards-aligned lesson plan on car design that includes STEM concepts and art. However, math can be exciting.

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Creating Positive Learning Environments

The CoolCatTeacher

Teachers can download a FREE K-12 standards-aligned lesson plan on car design that includes STEM concepts and art. Go to www.ToyotaDreamCarUSA.com/CoolCat to download artwork guidelines, an entry form, official rules, and the lesson plan today. Encourage your students to create Toyota Dream Car artworks today.

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Celebrating Culturally Diverse Winter Holidays in the Classroom

Waterford

Guidelines for Inclusive Holidays Celebrations. Hoping to avoid controversy, many districts have created guidelines about how to appropriately celebrate holidays in the classroom. A milk jug igloo is a fun STEM activity using recycled materials and a lot of hands-on fun to make a cozy reading nook. Sources: U.S. January, 2020.

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5 Fast Ways to Give Positive Feedback

The CoolCatTeacher

Teachers can download a FREE K-12 standards-aligned lesson plan on car design that includes STEM concepts and art. Go to www.ToyotaDreamCarUSA.com/CoolCat to download artwork guidelines, an entry form, official rules, and the lesson plan today. Encourage your students to create Toyota Dream Car artworks today.

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