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How to BLUR OUT Portions of a Video | Free in Canva

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Camp Invention ® is a weeklong summer adventure with activities that help you explore the connections between science, technology, engineering and innovation.

Camp Invention ® is an exciting summer enrichment program that provides children with opportunities to bring their biggest ideas to life while developing essential 21 st-century skills. Throughout the week, children rotate through hands-on STEM activities that encourage them to collaborate, build confidence and persistence, and invent creative solutions to real-world problems. Local district educators facilitate the experience and enthusiastic high school students serve as Leadership Interns.

You'll Get To...

Participate in fun, hands-on challenges that encourage creativity and curiosity

Collaborate with other students to develop innovative solutions to improve the world around you

Discover STEM concepts through imaginative, high-energy activities

Be inspired to innovate, dream, overcome obstacles and become a confident creator

Design and build prototypes, explore entrepreneurship and learn how to protect your intellectual property

Eligibility

Rising kindergarten through 6th graders are eligible

More Information

Need-based stipends are available at U.S. Army-sponsored Camp Invention program sites. Families wishing to apply for a stipend should contact Wendy Merket at wmerkert@invent.org.

Information for Volunteers

The National Inventors Hall of Fame offers a volunteer Leadership Intern program for high school and college level students, and would welcome AEOP alumni to participate. Participants get hands-on leadership experience, gain valuable communication skills and can earn up to 40 volunteer hours.

For more information contact Wendy Merkert at wmerkert@invent.org

Important Dates

Interested in This Program?

If you are interested in this program contact Wendy Merkert by email. We'd love to hear from you!

Click here for more info.

For Students

Camp Invention ON THE BLOG

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June 13, 2023

Read The Story

Program Locations

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For kindergarten through sixth graders, Camp Invention is an exciting, week-long summer adventure with activities that explore connections between science, technology, engineering and innovation. Throughout the week, children rotate through various modules that encourage them to work together, seek

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ABC Chart for Parachutes, Circles, and Pi

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ABC Chart for Parachutes, Circles, and Pi

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Math Sentence Stems and Corresponding Strategies for ELPS

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Sentence Frames | Learner Variability Project

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Learner variability is the recognition that each learner is a unique constellation of strengths and challenges that are interconnected across the whole child. Understanding these connections and how they vary according to context is essential for meeting the needs of each learner. It embraces both students’ struggles and strengths. It considers the whole child.

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by Terry Heick

Note: You can purchase a similar, classroom-ready version of these stems on printable cards, if you find that useful.

Meaningful conversation can make learning more personal, immediate, and emotional.

During meaningful conversations, students are forced to be accountable for their positions, to listen, to analyze opposing perspectives, and to adapt their thinking on the fly.

There are many popular strategies for these kinds of conversations, each with slightly unique rules and applications. Among them are Socrative Discussions, Accountable Talks, Debate, and Literature Circles. Whichever strategy you employ, students need support.

It is sometimes argued that these kinds of conversations favor students that are confident expressing themselves verbally, and that's hard to argue. But consider that academic writing favors gifted writers, traditional tests favor those comfortable with proving what they know, learning through technology favors students with a more diverse history of using technology, and so on.

And all can benefit from scaffolding so that students are given different levels of support-maybe unique tiers of index cards with easier to use or more natural stems-so that they can be successful on some level.

If you have any useful conversation stems, let us know in the comments so we can update the list!
26 Sentence Stems For Meaningful Conversation In The Classroom Clarifying
Could you give me your thesis in one sentence?

Is it your position that...

To be clear, you're saying that...

I'm confused when you say Z, Can you elaborate?
Paraphrasing
Put another way, you're saying...

So you're saying that...

Is it fair to say that you believe...

I hear you saying that...
Agreeing
I agree with Y because...

Z's point about X was important because...

The evidence for Z is overwhelming when you consider that...

X and I are coming from the same position.

Despite disagreeing about Y, I agree with Z that...
Disagreeing
I see it differently because...

The evidence I've seen suggests something different.

Some of that is fact, but some of it is opinion as well.

I agree that Y, but we also have to consider that...

We see Z differently.
Building On
Y mentioned that...

Yes-and furthermore...

The author's claim that Z is interesting because...

Adding to what X said,...

If we change Xs position just a little, we can see that...
Summarizing
Overall, what I'm trying to say is...

My whole point in one sentence is...

More than anything else, I believe that...
26 Sentence Stems For Higher-Level Discussion In The Classroom

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26 Sentence Stems For Higher-Level Conversation In The Classroom

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During meaningful conversations, students are forced to be accountable for positions, to listen, and to analyze opposing perspectives & ideas.

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A NASA site to easily navigate finding classroom resources

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Check out our latest knowledge articles that share NASA STEM content including activities, games, videos, educator guides, teacher toolkits, and much more.

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Deep Ocean Education Project | A Hub For Underwater Resources

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The Deep Ocean Education Project seeks to make available educational resources for educators, students, and the general public.

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Copy of 5th Grade_Integrated Planning Guide

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Students learned about varying art genres and artists, chose a genre and created our school logo in that style. Art was chosen to be wall paper on student devices.

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Jr. High students teaching 5th graders how to use Keynote animation

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Jr. High students teaching 5th graders how to use Keynote animation

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Students use text, notes, graphic organizers (story board), rubric, to create an tech-connected artifact of their understanding. (some did keynote animation, some a slide presentation, some an iMovie, some a video.

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Students used a rubric as a guide to include all necessary elements in their demonstration of learning.

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Learning about Ruby Bridges, students sponsored a walk-to-school event, created a program, including a logo that was student-designed

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Graphic Organizer information for compare and contrast

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 Global Academy of Phoenix IB Elementary and Middle School on Instagram: "🌎 Hispanic Heritage Month Showcase 🐺

Please help us give a huge round of applause to our 2nd, 7th, and 8th grade Lobos for an amazing showcase! Students engaged in inquiry-based research and product creation to share experiences with our learning community.

Our community was exposed to exciting cultural learning through innovative tech projects, musical performances, artwork, and phenomenal speeches. 

Thank you to Ms. Luden, Mr. Snyder, Mrs. Hernandez, and Mrs. McGuinness for facilitating this learning and this showcase event! What away to celebrate this heritage month! 

Click the link in our bio to learn more about our very special community and world class programs.  #GoingGlobal #internationalbaccalaureate #phoenixmoms #arizonamommies #arizonafamily #inquiry #inquirybasedlearning #loveourschool #stem #education  #learnspanish  #researchskills #create #celebrate #learn #amazingteachers #amazingstudents #amazingschool #publiceducation #ib #arizonaschools #phoenixschool #bestschool #hispanicheritagemonth #showcase #publicspeaking"

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Student choice of how to demonstrate their learning provides students with experiences that fit their needs.

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 Global Academy of Phoenix IB Elementary and Middle School on Instagram: "🌎 Hispanic Heritage Month Showcase 🐺

Please help us give a huge round of applause to our 2nd, 7th, and 8th grade Lobos for an amazing showcase! Students engaged in inquiry-based research and product creation to share experiences with our learning community.

Our community was exposed to exciting cultural learning through innovative tech projects, musical performances, artwork, and phenomenal speeches. 

Thank you to Ms. Luden, Mr. Snyder, Mrs. Hernandez, and Mrs. McGuinness for facilitating this learning and this showcase event! What away to celebrate this heritage month! 

Click the link in our bio to learn more about our very special community and world class programs.  #GoingGlobal #internationalbaccalaureate #phoenixmoms #arizonamommies #arizonafamily #inquiry #inquirybasedlearning #loveourschool #stem #education  #learnspanish  #researchskills #create #celebrate #learn #amazingteachers #amazingstudents #amazingschool #publiceducation #ib #arizonaschools #phoenixschool #bestschool #hispanicheritagemonth #showcase #publicspeaking"

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 Global Academy of Phoenix IB Elementary and Middle School on Instagram: "🌎 We Are Writers! 🐺

The phenomenal Mrs. Hernandez recently challenged our 7th and 8th graders to become children’s book authors! 

7th graders wrote about the value of taking risks, and 8th graders wrote about following a principled pathway. These scholars had the extra challenge of addressing the connection of character identities, experiences, and relationships. 

They celebrated the completion of their difficult task by reading their final versions to our 2nd and 3rd graders. In true GAPpie fashion, they not only read their stories, but they also engaged their audiences with questions and deep thinking. 

Please help us congratulate these amazing students and encourage them to keep going above and beyond!

Click the link in our bio to learn more about our very special community and world class programs.  #GoingGlobal #internationalbaccalaureate #phoenixmoms #arizonamommies #arizonafamily #inquiry #inquirybasedlearning #loveourschool #stem #education  #learnspanish  #researchskills #create #celebrate #learn #amazingteachers #amazingstudents #amazingschool #publiceducation #ib #arizonaschools #phoenixschool #bestschool #childrensbook #author #buddiesforlife"

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 Global Academy of Phoenix IB Elementary and Middle School on Instagram: "🌎 We Are Writers! 🐺

The phenomenal Mrs. Hernandez recently challenged our 7th and 8th graders to become children’s book authors! 

7th graders wrote about the value of taking risks, and 8th graders wrote about following a principled pathway. These scholars had the extra challenge of addressing the connection of character identities, experiences, and relationships. 

They celebrated the completion of their difficult task by reading their final versions to our 2nd and 3rd graders. In true GAPpie fashion, they not only read their stories, but they also engaged their audiences with questions and deep thinking. 

Please help us congratulate these amazing students and encourage them to keep going above and beyond!

Click the link in our bio to learn more about our very special community and world class programs.  #GoingGlobal #internationalbaccalaureate #phoenixmoms #arizonamommies #arizonafamily #inquiry #inquirybasedlearning #loveourschool #stem #education  #learnspanish  #researchskills #create #celebrate #learn #amazingteachers #amazingstudents #amazingschool #publiceducation #ib #arizonaschools #phoenixschool #bestschool #childrensbook #author #buddiesforlife"

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 Diane Hernandez on Instagram: "If we’re going to read The Outsiders then you better believe we are going to immerse ourselves deep into the 60s! The challenge was to take no more than 2 class periods to creatively compare and contrast their topic (music, cars, fashion, entertainment, & lifestyle) from the 1960s and present day. 

Challenge accepted 🙌🏽
Challenge nailed 🙌🏽
*singing *dancing *trivia *car demonstrations 

They never fail to impress!"

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 Diane Hernandez on Instagram: "If we’re going to read The Outsiders then you better believe we are going to immerse ourselves deep into the 60s! The challenge was to take no more than 2 class periods to creatively compare and contrast their topic (music, cars, fashion, entertainment, & lifestyle) from the 1960s and present day. 

Challenge accepted 🙌🏽
Challenge nailed 🙌🏽
*singing *dancing *trivia *car demonstrations 

They never fail to impress!"

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The SMART Scholarship Program provides STEM students with full tuition, annual stipends, & employment with the Department of Defense (DoD) after graduation.

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Connections to writing to a topic, STEM, and cash prizes!

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Naval Horizons | Navy, Marines, STEM videos, student essay contest, science

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Naval Horizons is a U.S. Navy and Marine Corps internship where students learn about Naval STEM challenges with scientists and engineers via a video series and essays.

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Text supports

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Transform static sketches into fun animations.

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In this new Private i History Detectives unit, Elementary students analyze primary sources to discover how Constitutional Amendments attempted to address slavery's wrongs, how the courts challenged unfair laws, and how individuals and groups fought for civil rights.

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In this new Private i History Detectives unit, Elementary students analyze primary sources to discover how Constitutional Amendments attempted to address slavery's wrongs, how the courts challenged unfair laws, and how individuals and groups fought for civil rights.

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Oh the things you (and the students) can do and create

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Intro to Sketchbook in 12 minutes - Quick Overview of Features

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Animation software (chromebook)

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Stop Motion Studio video tutorials to master the basics with step-by-step instructions and visual demonstrations.

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student choice as to how to demonstrate understanding of figurative vs literal

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Virtual directions and variations

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Students were provided with a structure, graphic organizers, video/text links to reference to learn about a chosen art genre then digitally created one of the following in that style of art: self-portrait, school logo, reproduction

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ready to use, complete STEM lessons for K-HS

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Naval Sea Systems Command > Home > Warfare Centers > NSWC Carderock > STEM & Outreach > Seaworthy STEM In-a-Box

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Official website of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the largest of the U.S. Navy's five system commands. With a force of 84,000 civilian, military and contract support personnel, NAVSEA engineers, builds, buys and maintains the Navy's ships and submarines and their combat systems.

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videos for science, technology, engineering, and math along with resources, lessons for Elementary -HS.

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Spark 101 Career Snapshot Videos ("Snapshots") are 1 minute introductions to high-opportunity career fields. Snapshots benefit from the same motivational science research as the full Spark 101 STEM Skills Video program. R...

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Forms and Functions with sentence frames.pdf

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Vocabulary, language

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Thousands of copyright free and copyright friendly images and photos for teachers and students.

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Language supports and strategies for accessible learning in science.

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Students can take charge of their own learning and needs for success. Post these or similar supports so students can ask for what they need to be successful.

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Language Supports for English Language Learners

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Language Supports for English Language Learners

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10 easy-to-use language strategies to use with language learners (and ALL learners) to make learning accessible.

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English Language Learners

Teachers of any subject can use these tips to help English language learners be more engaged and at ease in class.

While we bring the mental health needs of our students into laser focus this year, it's still crucial that we keep the social and emotional world of our English language learners (ELLs) front and center. Just like their peers, ELL students come to our classrooms with the burning need to be seen and acknowledged for their unique personalities, life experiences, and talents. But language challenges can obstruct all these amazing facets of their personalities. Additionally, the social pressures of suddenly being in person again and needing to communicate may make them feel anxious, isolated, and embarrassed.

Because of the often-obvious communication difficulties, grade-level and subject-area teachers understandably often rely on ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers to step in and help these students. However, even if you aren't an ESL teacher, there's a plethora of strategies you can use to help these incredible students feel comfortable sharing their strengths and unique perspectives on the world.

Helping ELL Students Across All Subjects

1. Closed captioning isn't just for the hearing impaired. If you're showing video content, turning on closed captioning supports ELL students' comprehension as well as everyone's literacy skills. According to a 2017 study, the simple act of using closed captioning improves learning, even for students without learning challenges.

2. Voice typing in Google Docs (under the Tools menu) provides students with a voice-to-text option that can help learners who have some oral language but struggle with spelling and writing. By clicking the arrow next to the language, students can even dictate a text in their native language, if need be, and then use Google Translate to translate it.

For older students, or for those who are somewhat more advanced in English but need material translated immediately, the Google Translate app also lets you hold your camera (on a smartphone/iPad, etc.) up to a document and instantly see it in another language, no typing required.

3. Offer choices of what students can say if they're called on and aren't sure how to respond. This helpful anchor chart, for example, offers students options other than the ubiquitous "I don't know."

4. Add gestures to reinforce communication.Remember that in order to communicate, we need to ensure that the sounds coming out of our mouth create a mental image or concept in our listener's mind. You can increase comprehensible input (the amount of language that's understood) by using good, old-fashioned gestures. If you want to take it a step further, TPR (Total Physical Response) is a method of teaching vocabulary that uses physical movements to react to verbal input, similar to how young children naturally learn language at home.

5. Draw or write key words frequently as they come up during instruction to help students further decode what you're saying. You can also use Google Image search to help students visualize what your words refer to and share the images.

6. Utilize a chart: A PECS (Pictorial Exchange Communication System) chart can help individuals with communication challenges to express themselves. By pointing to an image on a classroom-themed PECS chart, students can let you know, for example, that they need to go to the bathroom by pointing to an image of a lavatory or that they are thirsty, sad, or confused, need a pencil, and so on. You can give them a laminated copy to tuck into their desk or hang one up on the wall for little learners. You may want to encourage students to say the words aloud as they point to the images to decrease their dependence on the chart. Try searching Google for "PECS chart for classroom" to find a chart that fits your needs.

7. Add images: A picture is truly worth a thousand words, but for ELLs, images are worth exponentially more. Document cameras provide ELL students with much-needed visual input of texts, worksheets, books, and other printed materials or realia. Project pages from a novel or picture book as the students follow along, display handouts and student writing samples, or use math manipulatives to solve a problem together. Document cameras make a world of difference in showing ELL students exactly what you're talking about rather than trying to explain it.

8. Pair up: If you want to pair an ELL newcomer with a bilingual student to help them, ask the ELL student to choose a student or two whom they'd prefer to work with, if possible. This prevents you from inadvertently pairing them up with someone they don't feel comfortable asking for help or with whom they really don't get along.

9. Give students a "language toolbox," a notebook full of pages of illustrated vocabulary words organized by theme that students can use as a reference. This is like a simplified version of an illustrated dictionary that younger ELLs can look through by theme to see vocabulary related to the colors, days of the week, classroom items, family members, and so on. In my classroom, I put these pages in plastic page protectors inside a binder for each student to flip through quickly. They can pull it out to help them fill in missing vocabulary when they write or as an easy reference whenever they need it.

10. Use a microphone or voice amplification system, which can help ELL students hear the nuances of your voice more clearly and understand you better. Record the lesson (if permitted), and digitally share the resulting video or audio with ELL students who might benefit from hearing/watching a replay. Similarly, ELLs have a hard time producing sounds correctly when the speaker's mouth is covered by a mask. Consider sharing posters of mouth formations or videos of you unmasked, creating some of these sounds.

Think about trying these strategies to help alleviate the communication difficulties that can prevent ELL students from becoming fully engaged in their learning and sharing who they are and what they can bring to the classroom.

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10 Strategies That Support English Language Learners Across All Subjects

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Teachers of any subject can use these tips to help English language learners be more engaged and at ease in class.

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Activities to explore Earth science and conservation

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Thursday - Earth Science for Everyone Day!

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Earth Science Week, founded in 1998 by the American Geosciences Institute (AGI), is an annual international event held during the second week of October to encourage better public understanding of and appreciation for the Earth Sciences and Earth stewardship.

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Experiences, information, text connections and more help learning come alive.

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Lots of things are in AR now- check out the full list here!
Does a mammoth fit in your living room? How would you look playing Charlie Parker's saxophone? Answer these questions and more by bringing Smithsonian objects into your space through augmented reality on your mobile device. Please try one of the objects below and help us to improve and expand this beta experience.

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Experience learning in 3D!

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This site is one of many ways to access the Smithsonian’s 3D content which covers an array of topics such as sports, portraiture, fashion, and outer space. You’re welcome to freely explore or check out one of our curated collections. While you’re here, don’t forget to stop by the Labs page to play with some of our latest experiments!

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Dr. Allevable's Lab

Mobile app that provides games that explore topics related to regenerative medicine, including stem cells, growth factors, and regenerative medicine technologies.

The Human Body Molecules & Cells Scientific Tools & Methods

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Mobile app that provides games that explore topics related to regenerative medicine, including stem cells, growth factors, and regenerative medicine technologies. The Human Body Molecules & Cells Scientific Tools & Methods

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Explore Earth and Space with NASA Science

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Explore Earth and Space with NASA Science

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Games, Quizzes, and Videos about the Environment | US EPA

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Games, quizzes, and other fun stuff for students and educators.

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Math - problem of the week - holiday/time of year focus

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Do you have a STEM background and love writing math problems?

Volunteer to write a Problem of the Week! You can feature your STEM career or area of study...or write a just-for-fun POTW about a holiday or event! Click the volunteer button below to learn more about how you can support MATHCOUNTS resource creation.

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AspireIT Toolkit | National Center for Women & Information Technology

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STEM Information text - build background, vocabulary, ELA reading skills

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Science News Explores publishes news from all fields of science for students and other curious individuals from middle school and up, with resources for parents and educators.

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Although this is listed as a STEM activity, it is a great vocabulary, background building activity.

After students list things (vocabulary) they see, hear, feel, etc..., they can share a few (buliding oral language). Provide frames for them to use. "I hear a____________", "I see a _____________", etc...

Using their same word bank, notebook pages, add to it another time outside....repeat the partner sharing.

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STEM Unplugged lesson takes viewers on an "Outdoor Exploration"

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About Canva and how to sign up for a FREE Canva for Education account

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Welcome to Canva for Education | Getting Started with Canva for Education course

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iMovie Tutorial for Beginners 2023 - Everything You NEED to KNOW!

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Resources & opportunities for students and instructors - Kinder through university

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USAEOP provides students and teachers a collaborative, cohesive, portfolio of Army-sponsored STEM programs that effectively engage, inspire, and attract the next generation of STEM talent through Kindergarten through college programs and expose them to Department of Defense STEM careers.

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Educator Opportunities

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Research Experiences for STEM Educators and Teachers (RESET) provides teachers with summer research experiences and enhanced content knowledge at participating Army laboratories.

RESET provides educators with summer research experience at participating Army Laboratories. The goal of this enriching program is to reinforce teachers' content knowledge through research experience and interactions with Army and Department of Defense scientists and engineers. Selected teachers will participate in online learning as a cohort, with a subset of the cohort selected to conduct research on-site with a mentor Army scientist or engineer. At the completion of the program, teachers will be able to translate this knowledge and experience into enhanced STEM research curricula and enriched learning for their students.

Eligibility

RESET is designed for High School and Upper Middle School teachers of science, math, and/or career technical education (CTE) including engineering, and other topics closely related to STEM.

Important Dates

November 15
Teacher application period opens

March 1
Teacher application period closes

March 15
Selected teachers notified of Level I and Level II cohort status

April
Cohort work begins as Level I and Level II cohort members participate in on-line Module 1

June-July
Level II cohort members participate in on-site research (dates vary by site location)

August
Level I and Level II cohort members participate in on-line Module 2, Cohort completed

Interested in this program?

If you are interested in this program email us. We'd love to hear from you!

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Research Experiences for STEM Educators and Teachers (RESET)

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For teachers, Research Experiences for STEM Educators and Teachers (RESET) provides an opportunity to get summer research experience at participating Army Laboratories. This enriching reinforces teachers' content knowledge through research experience and interactions with Army and DoD scientists and engineers. Teachers can translate this knowledge and experience into enhanced STEM research curricula and enriched learning for their students.

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Resources, Lessons, Information, Opportunities & PD (students and instructors), K-University, and more!

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instruction, mangagement, tools, resources, and more. A wonderful resource.

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George Lucas Educational Foundation

The benefits of movement in the classroom aren't limited to younger students. Pairing new words and concepts with gestures or dance moves locks in understanding-and active brain breaks prime students to learn even more.

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A free source of information, inspiration, and practical strategies for learning and teaching in preK-12 education.

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Video Storyboard Plan & Example Graphic Organizer

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Make art, science, & ELA connections with this meaningful contest.

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Rubrics are a time-honored tool in the classroom. They identify the goal of a particular lesson, communicate clear expectations to students in regard to their work, and spell out the criteria for success. With a rubric in place, you can assess how well your students understood and learned the lesson, and if you need to reteach certain concepts.

Think of the rubric as a road map for each lesson or concept you are trying to teach. Teachers who use rubrics have a clear path for instruction and a means by which to assess student progress.

How rubrics help teachers:

Provides focus on the desired outcome of the lesson

Helps to eliminate distractions related to the lesson topic

Allows for faster and more accurate grading

Clarifies lesson elements that may need additional attention

How rubrics help students:

Defines the goal of the lesson for students

Specifies the elements that make up the lesson

Allows them to check their work against the rubric to determine if they meet all criteria

Sets up expectations for fairness in grading

But creating a rubric takes time and careful consideration of the lesson you want to teach. Do you want to assess each element of the lesson separately? Do you want to evaluate all the lesson criteria together as a whole? Will you be grading each task individually or will your assessment cover the family of tasks as one?

Creating Rubrics Online

In today's technology-driven world, creating rubrics online is a way to simplify the process. There are numerous rubric makers to be found online, for practically every need - Common Core, Project-Based Learning, custom and premade.

Online free rubric makers

Rubrics for PBIS
Can you use rubrics for your PBIS program?
Teachers have been creating behavior charts for years, so using a rubric for PBIS isn't much of a stretch. A rubric will help spell out exactly the behavior you want to see from students and allow you to award points based on those behavioral goals. Rubrics can be used schoolwide to focus both students and staff on desired behavior.

In the classroom, using a rubric can provide clarity to your lessons and help you to become a more efficient educator. By having clear goals for each lesson you teach, you know exactly what to assess when you're grading the assignment. Your students know the purpose of that assignment. They are able to plan their work based on the criteria contained in the rubric. And at the completion of the lesson, you'll be able to clearly see if any concepts need additional instruction.

How do you use rubrics in your classroom?

Here are some related articles you may find interesting:

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Learn about the lifecycle of satellites and the Falling Stars probes.

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Matt:
Hello SEL education community, my name is Matt Pearsall. I am the community manager here in the SEL and education community and I am really excited to be able to share with you today at the beginning the inauguration of our of our new speaker series when we start- we're having a regular series of community members and other people coming in and talking to us giving brief talks around various different topics on social emotional learning and I am not only excited to be kicking off this event but also really excited to be able to kick off at this event featuring somebody who had a chance to meet here before A long time SEL champion in the SEL education community, Lynn Thomas. And so we're gonna be talking about supporting learner variability and without further ado I wanto kind of introduce you all to Lynn Lynn can you tell everybody a little bit about yourself before we jump in?

Lynn:
Hi I'm Lynn Thomas I'd love to Matt. I'm really happy to be here. Really excited about speaking to everybody I'm an ed secondary school english teacher from dunville ontario and I'm also an HP Teaching Fellow and I really advocate for mental health support and mental wellness and social emotional learning. I'm really excited to be here today.

Great! And so this topic of supporting learner variability one of the things on it that I really appreciated when I heard that you wanted to talk about this was that this is something that we all, we, every educator deals with every single day and so kind of hearing how you this connection you found in a little bit you were telling me about it before we started got me really excited. So can you tell us a little bit more about about this this this tool that you've been using and and why it's so exciting?

Well yes definitely. I'm really excited to share it with you so um it's a tool that was introduced to me through being an HP Teaching Fellow and it's something that has been created by Digital Promise who are a non-profit organization who research and try and fill the digital learning gap. And the wonderful thing about it is like learner variability as we all know our kids come to school with all kinds of stuff in their backpack and everybody learns different and we try to adjust and do everything in our programs to try and support all those students and that's a real feat how do you do it for you know 30 odd kids in a room and that kind of thing and a lot of times it can be overwhelming when we try and think about well but how do I account for trauma? How do I account for social emotional learning? how do I account for any cognitive issues? How do I account for background knowledge? You know English language learner, there's so many things that it can feel overwhelming.

And how do you put all that together so the really cool thing about it - and it's called the Learner Variability Navigator - is that it does put all those things together and I love the fact that a lot of times we often think about when we want to do a social emotional learning activity it's very explicit and what I love about this is it offers strategies that are based on research to support any of the different variables or factors that affect learning. And it gives you teaching strategies and methodologies that support those things so you can build it as a thread throughout your program, like every single day and every single lesson without feeling like you're adding more. You know it's switching to how you teach something as opposed to teaching one more thing. And I think that sometimes can really you know it's it's a hard thing to figure out how to do. And you know what are those things it supports so well.

Matt: I think we got you got muted there Lynn there we go you're back

Lynn: okay so I'm having trouble picking which screen I want. That's the one. I got it. Okay sharing. Okay is it right can you see the Learner Variability Navigator? Yep okay.

So this is the Digital Promise's Learner Variability Project. As I said, Digital Promise is an independent nonprofit and their mission is to accelerate innovation and improve opportunities for learning. So basically, what they've done is they've taken research and put it at our fingertips. This is open source and free for all educators. So, you can see as we move down through their research, they've defined basically four pillars that are the main areas that they look at.

So you know here we have social emotional learning, and but we also have content cognition and student background. And then what they did is created looked at those pillars and looked at them in these different models. So they've broken it down basically into kind of numeracy and literacy, which basically they can hit on every single subject. Right, so for ease and because it's the one I'm most familiar with. So you know we'll have a look at the grade 7-12 model and explore the factors. So the first time I saw this, I was blown away by this part so here you can see the four pillars divided in the columns and you can see the factors that they discovered affected learning the most what's really marvelous is when I hover over any one of these factors you can see how some fade out and highlight and it shows automatically right there visually how they're interconnected. And I thought that was just brilliant because sometimes we would forget like you know I wouldn't have thought reading fluency would be affected that much by social emotional learning right and it really emphasized the importance of integrating everything together to support the whole child. And you know you can see like hearing is a factor you know it. I thought it was marvelous, but it gets better.

So on any one of these I can click on and it will take me to a summary page. And then basically outlines what the factor is here it can go it goes into a little more deeper explanation about those connections you know critical literacy so it talks about why is emotion why does critical literacy get affected by emotion you know why does competition get affected so those it really helps. It's, it's like the best teacher PDA out there, I think also.

And again explains all the main ideas so in emotion and if you continue down the page it gives you lots of opportunities to learn more. And I like this - the view measures and references. And it's a little different on for each of the factors, but what's wonderful is one you could dig into the references if you wanted to, but it also gives you measures. So sometimes, these are specific sorts of assessments that you could use in the classroom sometimes they're more specialized where it might be your school psychologist or something like that would deliver and interpret these sorts of assessments but there's a lot of them that the classroom teacher could utilize to then give themselves a better base of understanding so then if we go back and as I said sometimes there's a couple of different measures in there and and then you can see it goes into what are the strategies for this factor and before we get into there I will go back up to the top and you'll notice here we have strategies. So I'll show you that and again here we can see all the different areas down the left hand side and on the right hand side we see all the various strategies again that have been extensively researched and you can see just by the color coding what ones support each of the different factors and for example we can look at annotating. And again like before when I click on annotating I'm taken to a summary page that gives me an overview of what is this strategy and what is it like. But it's really awesome because it then gives me a perfect like a lovely example of it in action in a classroom. It also on the right hand side gives me an example of a technology tool that does a really good job in supporting this specific factor, so you know if you want to need to want to etcetera integrate technology you can find out what ones are really good at supporting that factor.

And as before you there's a ton of examples so you can really learn how are people using this strategy in their classroom and find something that really works for you and learn about it better and even dig into more research if you want to go down rabbit hole, which I have you know so and you can really find out different strategies and what they look like and how successful they can be and work in the classroom.

And finally up here in explorers what's really cool is you can create your own workspace and I'm just gonna show you directly the workspace that I created and what it does. Basically, it's you can go and select five or six factors that maybe you want to focus in on. You know, your class needs etc and that's what I did with this where I was given a new course to start this year our whole board is shifting our grade english courses to indigenous literature and so looking at that coming into coming back to school this year obviously I had a lot of things that I had to think about so I selected specific factors that I thought were going to be really important. So background knowledge because it's kind of lacking critical literacy always important in the english classroom but I also looked at given the emotions and adverse experiences and it's great because this workspace you can give annotation notes so you know I thought okay there's a lot of things that might be triggering just because of the subject matter this year emotions are probably going to be a big factor because of coming out of you know isolation etc and you can share the workspace so you could collaborate with colleagues wow you can just share it straight as a view viewing piece and the strategies that it came up with now it gives me a really great panorama I guess strategies that I can use and build on in my classroom so I know I'm supporting those different factors throughout what I'm teaching, no matter what the content material is.

This is really cool. This is, it's amazing yeah - the depth and breadth has just been phenomenal and the learning possibilities like as a teacher to see how those things are connected and learn the strategies that can support so many different things at the same time is just phenomenal. Yeah I think I mean one of the most powerful things I think from this is I hear a lot, I hear people saying "Well how do we move social motion learning into the classroom?" and I think there's a lot of real there's a lot of high level ways that we talk about that a lot but this really makes it very concrete it's like here's this teaching strategy that that probably most educators will recognize They'll say "oh I already do that, yeah like a gallery walk." How many of us do gallery walks all the time? Well now it's like, "Oh look at that, it supports emotion and it supports motivation. Wow, I wouldn't have thought that." Yeah right - or a guided inquiry. Like, "oh it didn't occur to me that that could be a social emotional learning tool."

Lynn: Yeah and and when when when when we kind of are aware of that then we can be a lot more intentional about how we're approaching it and saying that I'm not just doing this as an academic exercise I'm doing it as a social emotional learning exercise at the same time.

Yeah. Yeah, and I thought it was really cool you know obviously we still need those explicit times where you know maybe we're looking at the vocabulary and the social emotional word wheel or you know and that check-in and that kind of thing but to then carry it throughout the day in the various ways that you teach I think is just phenomenal. Yeah, wow. I really appreciate you you sharing this with us. I think I'd like to ask just one one question here at the end before we before we wrap up and say that that for people approaching this for the first time, what's the what's the where should they start? What's the what's the what's the first place they should go to, you know, What I - just again - it's pretty straightforward how they have it set up is just go to the Learner Variability Project, and I believe you put that n the chat for people to grab and I also gave you a link to a slideshow. Oh yeah let me put that I I made surrounding the learner Navigator Yeah sorry the Learner Variability Navigator and there's a ton of links in there and one specific link at the end resources is basically kind of a one-pager of how to get started and how to create your own workspace. And it's like a one-pager and there's a ton more examples of workspaces that are really really helpful to see how people have utilized it like one teacher used it and sent the link home of her workspace because it explained to the parents all the different strategies and factors

That is a really cool yeah really neat idea because I feel like that's that's something that that's often a real that's a it's a gap in communication between families and educators about about why are we doing things what are the what are the reasons what are the reasons that we do this why does education look different than it used to that sort of those sort of conversations though yeah exactly exactly. So you know there's a wide array of ways that you can use it you know for for your own learning to improve your own practice but also to reach out and make connections with your parents and community

Matt: Well thank you so much for sharing this Lynn, I know the thing I'm going to dig into in this as soon as we get off of here is I'm going to go look at the assessment tools that are laid out in there because that is something that I come that comes up all the time about what are some different ways that we can assess things that are that are they can be done alongside academics. This would be is going to be really useful to a lot of people. That's where I'm headed, yeah for sure.

Lynn: And like I said you could get lost going down the rabbit hole in this Navigator, but it's well worth it.

Matt: Cool! Well again Lynn, thank you so much. I really appreciate you joining us, and for those of you watching at home, I just wanna remind everyone that this is the this is the first of our of our social emotional learning kind of speaker series we're having in the SEL and education community you can continue the conversation right here you see the link to our group. We'd love to see you there. We'll be doing more of these. We've got another one coming up a week from from today with JV Johnson talking about emotional motion management. So, without further ado thank you very much, and we will see you all next week take care everybody. Thank you, Lynn.

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There’s a saying among climate scientists: What happens in the Arctic doesn’t necessarily stay in the Arctic. That’s especially true when a sudden warming of the polar stratosphere -- the layer of the atmosphere just above the layer where we live -- in winter causes the Arctic jet stream to slow and wobble, spilling frigid air and extreme weather south over North America and Europe, often for weeks at a time.

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The Redlands Mesa area outside Hotchkiss, Colorado, is particularly at risk to wildfires, but with funding from NOAA’s Environmental Literacy Program, local high school students are taking action to tackle their community’s vulnerability to this hazard.

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Read an interview with Ariane Arias-Ortiz, a 2019-2021 NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California Berkeley’s Biometeorology Lab. Ariane studies carbon storage in coastal saltwater and freshwater wetlands. Her work holds significant, immediate implications for reducing global carbon emissions through wetlands restoration.

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