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Elementary STEM Con 2020 – Special Guests
We wanted to share more about the special guests joining us for Elementary STEM Con 2020. There are some amazing authors, educators and specialists joining us to share some really great information with attendees! You can still register April 25th at noon EST, and you’ll have access to the sessions for the next year! It includes 28 training sessions, a
Lesson Planning for Distance Learning
Last week, Dr. Yen released a series of videos to help teachers get started with distance learning. This video walks you through the differences between lesson planning for a physical classroom and planning for distance learning. You can grab our free lesson plan template from the Distance Learning Toolkit! The Toolkit is filled with tips and tricks for distance learning, as
Elementary STEM Con 2020: Virtual Professional Development
Fifteen subject matter experts, engineers, and teachers have put together for 28 wonderful sessions on elementary STEM education (and yes, Yen will be teaching some of those sessions). What’s better is that you get 10 hours of professional development certification through the University of Rochester (good for CTLE credit for NY teachers)! Grab your laptop and snuggle up with your
Readorium – Personalized Literacy and Science Lessons
It can be difficult to find gamified educational content that is fun and appealing to students while still maintaining quality lessons and monitoring tools for teachers. Readorium is one of those unique programs that does just that. It dives deep into the scientific subject matter it covers, while remaining highly engaging and challenging to students. The other awesome thing about
Your Teacher’s Distance Learning Toolkit
We shared this in our newsletter, but we wanted to make sure everyone has access to this resource! If you’re new to distance learning (many
Simple STEM Activities from Home with Kerry Tracy
Right now, there are tons of educational resources being shared about distance learning and we are spending our time going through some of this content.
15 Online STEM Activities At Home
As more districts have started closing, we’ve had a lot of parents and educators looking for “home STEM” distance learning ideas. Here are 15 resources,
Elementari Walkthrough – Create and Code Interactive Stories
This week, we’re partnering with Nicole Kang, a co-founder and educational lead for Elementari, to walk you through how to get started with this awesome
3 Ways to Bring Up Test Scores with Reading Apprenticeship
Last week we talked about ways you can start using Reading Apprenticeship in your classroom. Today, we’re going to cover three instructional “plug-and-play” strategies you
Reading Apprenticeship and STEM: How to Get Started
Reading Apprenticeship focuses on elementary students’ comprehension and metacognitive conversation. The metacognitive conversation is the process of being aware of your own thoughts. When students
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