by Donna Giachetti
Want to bring neuroscience, cyborgs, and mind control to your classroom? Watch our Backyard Brains webinar, Wire Me Up! Neuroscience in the K-12 Classroom.
Hey Now, You’re a Rock Star, Get Your Neuroscience On!
January 17, 2020
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The Data Game and Student Engagement
November 15, 2019
by Robert O. Grover
One of the great challenges we face as educators each and every time we work with students is engagement. What will it take to get a student interested in the topic at hand, whether it is computer science, social studies, math, science? We all share the same challenge: get them interested!
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Blown Away with Databot at ISTA!
October 25, 2019
By Robert O. Grover
Not too long ago, we traveled to North Idaho and the beautiful town of Coeur d’Alene where the annual Idaho Science Teachers Association (ISTA) was holding the great Idaho STEM Together! Over 300 educators and STEM enthusiasts showed up to partake in activities, professional development sessions, and field trips. Of course Team databot™ was there!
As advertised, we held a competition to see who could deliver the highest CO2 level possible. The prize for the highest level? A complete databot™ kit! Read the rest of this entry »
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Keep Your Shirt On Review Game
April 18, 2019
By Tami G. O’Connor
By far, my students’ favorite way to review for tests and quizzes was a game we called “Keep Your Shirt On.” I found that I was able to use this game for virtually any subject and any grade level. No matter what subject, my students’ scores increased dramatically! As long as your students can read, they can use this tool.
Keep Your Shirt On was a great review game before math tests (multiplication, division, addition, subtraction or properties), Social Studies (state capitals, explorers, landforms…) and especially Science!
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Engineering in the News
March 7, 2019
Engineering plays a prominent role in our lives, whether or not we realize it. Every day, someone creates something we never heard of before: a synthetic ice skating rink… a new form of cardboard that weighs less than a feather… a faster, lighter drone. So it’s no wonder we had a tough time deciding on articles about new engineering feats! Until it dawned on us that the engineers themselves, not their advances, are what really capture our interest.
Happy reading!
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