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Classroom Management Tips for Elementary STEM Lessons and Labs
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Starting The School Year: Full STEAM Ahead!
Hey! We are still working on the next vlog in our series about the Next Generation Science Standards, which will cover crosscutting concepts, but we wanted to share some resources with you that might help you plan the start of your school year! Check out the links below for some easy ways to enhance your favorite elementary STEM lesson. Craft
How to Add Rigor to Your Elementary STEM Lessons
Hey! We are still working on our vlog series about the NGSS and crosscutting concepts, but we wanted to share a resource with you that might help you plan the start of your school year! We want to help you start your year out strong with great Elementary STEM lessons. Tips for Adding Rigor to Your Elementary STEM lessons has
How to Teach the NGSS in Three Dimensions: Understanding the How, What, and Why
This week, we have another vlog for you! If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the dimensions of the Next Generation Science Standards, have no fear, Yen is here to help! Transcript: Hi there! This is Yen, and my blog today is about how to teach the NGSS in three dimensions: Understanding the how, what, and why. And what I mean by
Evaluate – How To Use Evaluate In Your Classroom
The Evaluate phase of the 5E instructional model involves student self-reflection and peer evaluation. It is very common for the Evaluate phase to overlap with
How to Engage Your Students With “I think, I wonder”
Although the i5E model is typically used to teach science, the “I notice, I wonder” exercise can be incorporated into any subject to start an
The i5Es – How To Use Explain In Your Classroom
The Explain phase of the i5E instructional model has students synthesize and share the information and findings that they gathered from Engage and Explore phases.
The i5Es Explore – How To Use Explore In Your Classroom
Once you have engaged your students, there should be a natural transition into the Explore phase of the i5E Instructional model. At this point, introduce
i5Es Engage – How To Use Engage In Your Classroom
What is the purpose of Engage? As teachers, our goal is to get students intrinsically interested in learning — and this is what engage is
i5Es Overview – How To Use The i5Es In Your Classroom
Developed in 1987, the 5E instructional model guides students through the natural learning process. The i5Es is our own updated version of this model, and
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