Use these STEM challenges as the basis for science fair project ideas, or try them as in-class science activities your 3rd graders will love! 123 Homeschool 4 Me 17. Design a candy-delivery machine Difficulty: Easy / Materials: Basic Learn about inclined planes with this fun simple-machines ...
`The facility could provide valuable research for China’slunar exploration activities, according to scientists involved in the project. Located in the eastern city of Xuzhou, in Jiangsu province, the simulator is expected to be officially launched in the coming months. ` Lead scientist Li Ruilin,...
Shandong is one of the birthplaces of the ancient Chinese culture. The Yiyuan ape-man fossil proves there were human beings in the area some 400,000-500,000 years ago. The Beixin Culture, Dawenkou Culture and Longshan Culture found in the province prove that between 7,000 to 4,000 years...
By WANG Xin & LONG Yun As a prelude to the National Science and Technology Week 2023, the themed activity "Foreign Expert Science Class" was held on May 13 and 14, attracting over 260 on-site attendees. Professor Katsumi Tanigaki, a chief scientist at the Beijing Institute o...
hands-on environment. At more advanced program levels, students can tackle the challenges of pure IBL courses, where they are fully involved in research tackling professional problems. Equally, IBL can be adopted at a range of scales, from short within-class question-based activities to an entire...
Lang discussed in Small Teaching how using formative assessment as part of deploying activities in class can build student growth mindset; with proper implementation, the activities also foster metacognition by requiring students to do retrieval practice (Lang, 2016). Ellis, in his book Becoming a ...
Participants reported higher vigour and lower fatigue during the class when they exercised than when they engaged in control activities. These findings suggest the utility of incorporating a short exercise activity in university settings to enhance students’ classroom motivation....
Educational videos are increasingly used to let students prepare lesson material at home prior to in-class activities in flipped classrooms. The main chall
Minecraft is an inherently collaborative game, with teams often able to accomplish more together than alone, and often pursuing entirely intrinsically motivated activities (such as building the Taj Mahal). Support for collaboration was a key aim of the recent release of Minecraft: Education Edition,...
Student participation in pre-class learning is critical to classroom activities and overall learning and is also a key factor in the success of the flipped classroom [5]. Flipped classroom model can not only effectively improve students' knowledge and skills, but also increase students' active part...