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Students work as materials and chemical engineers to develop a bouncy ball using a select number of materials. They move through the engineering design process. They first develop a plan of what materials they might need to design their product. Then, the students create and test their bouncy ball. Based on their tests, students then determine how to re-design and retest their creations to create the bounciest ball possible!
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Music: Milos
Students plant sunflower seeds in plastic cups, and once germinated, expose them to varying light or soil moisture conditions. They measure the seedlings' growth every few days using non-standard measurement (inch cubes). After a few weeks, they compare the growth of plants exposed to the different conditions and make comparative bar graphs that they analyze to draw conclusions about plant needs.
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Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod
Students investigate the weather from a systems approach, learning how individual parts of a system work together to create a final product. They learn how a barometer works to measure the Earth's air pressure by building a model using simple materials. Students analyze the changes in barometer measurements over time and compare those to actual weather conditions. They learn how to use a barometer to understand air pressure and predict real-world weather changes.
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Music: Payday - Jason Farnham
Students create and analyze composite materials with the intent of using the materials to construct a structure with optimal strength and minimal density. The composite materials are made of puffed rice cereal, marshmallows and chocolate chips. Student teams vary the concentrations of the three components to create their composite materials. They determine the material density and test its compressive strength by placing weights on it and measuring how much the material compresses. Students graph stress vs. strain and determine Young's modulus to analyze the strength of their materials.
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Music: Jazzy Frenchy - Bensound.com
Microcontrollers are the brains of the electronic world, but in order to play with one, you must first get it connected! For this maker challenge, students learn how to connect their Arduino microcontroller circuit boards to computers. First, students are walked through the connection process, helped to troubleshoot common pitfalls, and write their first Arduino programs (setup and loop functions, semicolons, camel case, pin 13 LED). Then they are given the open-ended challenge to create their own blinking LED code—such as writing Morse code messages and mimicking the rhythm of a heartbeat. This practice helps students become comfortable with the fundamental commands before progressing to more difficult programs.
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Music: Whatdafunk - Audionautix
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Mint candies aren’t just a tasty treat; they are useful in learning about engineering concepts! In this activity, students design, build and test model race cars made from simple materials (lifesaver-shaped candies, plastic drinking straws, Popsicle sticks, index cards, tape) as a way to explore independent, dependent and control variables. They measure the changes in distance travelled with the addition of mass to the vehicles. Students also practice the steps of the engineering design process by brainstorming, planning, building, testing, and improving their "mint-mobiles."
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Music: Jazz Apricot - Joey Pecoraro
In an activity that integrates science and art, students see, experience and harness the phenomenon of surface tension as they create beautiful works of art. Students conduct two experiments related to surface tension—floating objects on the surface of water and creating original artwork using floating inks. They also learn historical and cultural information through an introduction to the ancient Japanese art form of suminagashi. They take the topic a step further by discussing how an understanding of surface tension can be applied to solve real-world engineering problems and create useful inventions.
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Music: About That Oldie - Vibe Tracks
Students explore the phenomenon of electricity as they learn about current electricity and necessary conditions for the existence of an electric current. To make sense of this phenomenon, students construct a simple electric circuit and galvanic cell to help them understand voltage, current, and resistance. They also use the disciplinary core ideas of energy and electric current to better understand the crosscutting concept of energy transfer.
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Welcome to the 2024 K12 Innovation Challenge National Finalists’ Presentations!
This year, we invited students in grades K–12 to submit creative solutions for safeguarding our delicate ecosystems. In partnership with Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants, Clearwater
Marine Aquarium, and Ecology Project International, K12 challenged students to address environmental issues within their communities or globally. Students worked individually or in teams of up to three to design, submit, and present proposals in one of six theme areas: habitat restoration, ocean vitality, future farm, endangered species, animal welfare rescue, community engagement.
Today, we celebrate the final presentations from middle and high school students and crown our national winners! Congratulations to all the students presenting today—you’ve done incredible work, and the world needs your big ideas. We also extend our gratitude to all participants for sharing your innovative solutions with us.
Date: June 17th, 2024
Time: 8AM Eastern Time
Location: Live-streamed on Facebook + Youtube
Hosted by: K12
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Join Aliyah in the kitchen to witness her passion and joy for food and family. Then, gather at the table to hear about the benefits of K12-powered online school.
Aliyah loves doing her schoolwork from home and at her own pace. Aliyah’s parents appreciate that K12-powered school is preparing her for the future with a forward-thinking approach. And it’s clear they all enjoy the family vibes and culinary results.
As K12 celebrates 25 years of providing online school options for families, we’re savoring all the success K12-powered students have found through personalized, online learning. We can’t wait to see what the next 25 years will bring. Learn more at: https://bit.ly/4hEkJVY
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Welcome to the 2024 K12 Robotics Competition!
This year, we invited students in grades 4–12 to join the K12 Robotics League. Students worked in teams of two or three, with guidance from their instructors, and participated in two virtual qualifying rounds. Teams competed against others in their grade bands (4–6, 7–9, and 10–12) and skill levels (intermediate and advanced).
Today, we celebrate the top teams from the qualifying rounds as they compete for the national championship! Congratulations to all the students participating today—you’ve demonstrated incredible creativity, problem-solving skills, and coding expertise. Be proud of your achievements and enjoy this exciting culmination of your hard work!
Let the bot battles begin!
Date: June 19th, 2024
Time: 8:30AM ET
Location: Live-streamed on Facebook + Youtube
Hosted by: K12
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http://www.k12.com. K12 is the leader in online learning for grades K through 12 for two fundamental reasons: we develop our own curriculum, widely regarded as the highest quality available online, and we are devoted to fulfilling the promise of education for every child.
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TikTok: tiktok.com/@stridek12
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TikTok: tiktok.com/@stridek12
When an ambitious, hard-working animal lover sees the need for veterinary services in her own town, she plans to get the schooling she needs—starting with a solid, online education. Learning from the farm through her K12-powered school gives Ava time for practical hands-on skill development as she cares for more than 50 animals in her own sanctuary.
Ava has a clear vision for her future, and she knows the value of hard work. With the full support of her parents, she’s ready to begin fulfilling her vision of studying veterinary sciences and someday offering full-scale veterinary services to her community.
For more than 25 years, K12 has been heeding the call of families and students who asked for an alternative to traditional onsite education. We’re in awe of what Ava has done with this opportunity and can’t wait to see how the next generation of students will thrive. Learn more at https://bit.ly/40XuDKT.
At the Bronx Parent Center in New York, professors are training parents to play a more active role in their children's schooling, teaching them strategies for helping their children build academic, behavioral, and social skills. ____________________
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While the student population in America's public schools becomes increasingly diverse, the nation's teaching force remains predominantly white. The divide is especially prevalent in urban districts like Chicago, where nearly 90 percent of public school students are black or Hispanic and fewer than half the teachers are. Research suggests that these differences can impact student performance as personal biases and cultural misunderstandings get in the way of learning.
The Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline at Illinois State University takes a step beyond conventional cultural competency training by immersing their teacher candidates in Chicago's highest-need communities - part of a month-long intensive fellowship called STEP-UP.
Education Week Correspondent Lisa Stark followed some of these aspiring teachers through the program. Can STEP-UP truly bridge the cultural divide?
This video aired on PBS NewsHour on August 30, 2016.
More on this topic is available here http://www.edweek.org/ew/artic....les/2016/02/17/for-p ____________________
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The Supreme Court issued an important decision on LGBTQ rights in the workplace this week. Here’s how this sweeping decision could affect disputes over issues like bathroom access in schools and transgender athletes that are still boiling in the courts.
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Supreme Court Rules Job Discrimination Law Shields LGBTQ Workers: https://www.edweek.org/ew/arti....cles/2020/06/15/supr
LGBTQ Teachers Celebrate Supreme Court Ruling on Workplace Protections: http://blogs.edweek.org/teache....rs/teaching_now/2020
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The $660 million Local Food for Schools grant program was created in 2021 to give schools and child care facilities the opportunity to buy food from small farms and local producers.
For Pittsburgh public schools, the grant meant students enjoyed more fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as 100% beef burgers, in their school meals.
As of March, though, the program was abruptly canceled amid the Trump administration’s cost-cutting efforts.
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The abacus predates the alphabet and the invention of glass, but its use can help modern day students increase their math proficiency and understanding. Ulrich Boser, the author of Learn Better, studied how the abacus requires decomposition -- a way of thinking about numbers and their pairs -- that is included in the common-core standards. Using an abacus helps students foster a mind-body connection, utilize their short term memory, and grow their confidence, all which help kids learn better. In this video, Boser, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, challenges his daughters to solve math problems using a Japanese abacus. ____________________
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This is a replay of EdWeek's webinar, "Joining Forces: Tapping Teacher Specialists to Serve All Students." Adams 50’s Steve Sandoval—a 2016 Education Week Leader to Learn From—created an “interventionist framework” out of frustration that his district's talented education specialists were isolated by separate certifications, regulations, and funding streams. Learn how the Adams 50 school district in Colorado brought together an array of education specialists—who typically work only with select students—to use their teaching strengths to benefit all students. ____________________
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