As a modern administrator or educator, you probably clearly remember your childhood field trips that, while ultimately thrilling and memorable, were hard-earned through a complex series of hoops through which you and your teachers had to leap. Those challenges alone do not make field trips prohibitive, but when you add in your district’s budgetary […]
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3 Easy Ways to Teach Recycling in Your Classroom
Making kids environmentally conscious is important to helping kids be future members of society and to helping the environment. One of the easiest ways to accomplish environmental awareness is to teach about recycling in your classroom. Recycling can make a great study topic and an even better hands on topic for students to see […]
Tech on a Budget: Ways to Outfit Your Classroom Without Breaking the Bank
So, it’s the beginning of another school year, and you’ve been told that your school’s technology budget has once again been cut. While this might mean that your school won’t be seeing any fancy, interactive whiteboards any time soon, it doesn’t have to mean that you or your students have to suffer. In fact, […]
Teacher Tools to Defeat Summer Learning Loss
The summer learning loss is real. Research shows that it can cause students to forget 22 percent or more of what they learned over the school year, making a teacher spend a month of review at the beginning of the next year just to get students caught back up. This might seem like the territory of […]
Memorial Day in the Classroom
Memorial Day marks the remembrance of all US soldiers who died in service. We’ve rounded up some of the best Memorial Day facts, traditions, crafts, and activities so you can lead your classroom in honoring our fallen heroes on this special day. Memorial Day Shareable Facts Memorial Day Traditions There are several time-honored traditions […]
Explore STEM Careers with Your Middle School Students
Jobs in STEM — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — are on the rise. According to the National Science Foundation, science and technology jobs are increasing at a rate of 18.7%; the average for all fields is 14.7%. That translates to thousands more jobs in STEM than in other fields over the next decade. […]
Summer Enrichment: Be an Armchair Traveler with your Children
Pick a place — it doesn’t matter where — to learn about and explore virtually. A national park works just as well as an exotic foreign location. Learn about the flora and fauna, the language (or the accent), the kinds of sights a traveler would see, the foods available (from fast food to regional […]
5 Fun Summer Learning Ideas
School is over for the year, but that doesn’t mean learning, exploring, and teachable moments have to end for a child with the start of summer break. Summer is a great time for kids to relax, unwind, and play with their friends; at the same time, it’s also easy for kids to fall into an […]