Helping make #STEM part of every day for every kid! Teacher at a bilingual school, Speaker, Podcaster, & author of #DailySTEM: How to Build a STEM Culture!
Grand Rapids, MI
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Here it is...the brand new "77 MORE Simple STEM Activities for Families"
Find a PDF at dailystem.com/resources
(thank you everyone for suggesting ideas!)
#RemoteLearning #STEM #parenting #COVID19
Just learned about @caddixcleats today, & their SmartStuds cleat design that helps reduce injuries in athletes
Definitely going to show them to my STEM students
Learn more about the science: caddix.com/pages/science
No matter who is at “fault” it’s most important to see this child is now getting the tutoring & help he needs to get caught up.
NYC public schools deceived me into thinking my son was a straight-A math student - but he can't do fractions, basic algebra trib.al/pWwmbHR
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NYC public schools deceived me into thinking my son was a straight-A math student - but he can't do fractions, basic algebra trib.al/pWwmbHR
Future growth depends on today’s efforts.
For a good garden in spring, you need to prepare the soil in fall.
As a teacher I do the same thing with my students every year. Preparation & hard work now leads to advanced learning later.
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No matter what, get your kids reading.
Reading biographies.
Reading nonfiction.
Reading classics.
And not just for better test scores, it builds a love of learning.
I am speechless. Thomas Aquinas College just dropped a study on the rigor of the new SAT.
It compares the 1980/87 test with 2026. The findings should terrify every parent and teacher...
Vocabulary has collapsed.
Old SAT: 70.6% of questions tested vocab.
New SAT: 15%.
The old test forced students to know a wide range of words through analogies, antonyms, and sentence completions. The new test abandoned that. Most vocab questions now just ask students to fill in one blank from context.
Reading passages also got radically shorter (average ~97 words vs 300–340).
The new test uses short expository passages and hands you the necessary background knowledge inside the text. The older tests leaned much more heavily on argumentative and persuasive writing, assumed far more historical, scientific, and cultural knowledge, and penalized students who lacked it.
This is a redefinition of what "college readiness" means.
If you believe that kids should develop rigorous vocabulary, be capable of sustained reading, and possess background knowledge, I have bad news for you. The SAT no longer measures these.
If you want a future where children can actually read difficult texts and construct complex arguments, the SAT must be replaced now.
This cannot go on.
dailySTEM Chris Woods retweeted
Cool story about a local school opening a coffee shop for their autism spectrum students to work in & build some skills
woodtv.com/news/kent-county/…
No matter what, get your kids reading.
Reading biographies.
Reading nonfiction.
Reading classics.
And not just for better test scores, it builds a love of learning.
I am speechless. Thomas Aquinas College just dropped a study on the rigor of the new SAT.
It compares the 1980/87 test with 2026. The findings should terrify every parent and teacher...
Vocabulary has collapsed.
Old SAT: 70.6% of questions tested vocab.
New SAT: 15%.
The old test forced students to know a wide range of words through analogies, antonyms, and sentence completions. The new test abandoned that. Most vocab questions now just ask students to fill in one blank from context.
Reading passages also got radically shorter (average ~97 words vs 300–340).
The new test uses short expository passages and hands you the necessary background knowledge inside the text. The older tests leaned much more heavily on argumentative and persuasive writing, assumed far more historical, scientific, and cultural knowledge, and penalized students who lacked it.
This is a redefinition of what "college readiness" means.
If you believe that kids should develop rigorous vocabulary, be capable of sustained reading, and possess background knowledge, I have bad news for you. The SAT no longer measures these.
If you want a future where children can actually read difficult texts and construct complex arguments, the SAT must be replaced now.
This cannot go on.
dailySTEM Chris Woods retweeted
I am speechless. Thomas Aquinas College just dropped a study on the rigor of the new SAT.
It compares the 1980/87 test with 2026. The findings should terrify every parent and teacher...
Vocabulary has collapsed.
Old SAT: 70.6% of questions tested vocab.
New SAT: 15%.
The old test forced students to know a wide range of words through analogies, antonyms, and sentence completions. The new test abandoned that. Most vocab questions now just ask students to fill in one blank from context.
Reading passages also got radically shorter (average ~97 words vs 300–340).
The new test uses short expository passages and hands you the necessary background knowledge inside the text. The older tests leaned much more heavily on argumentative and persuasive writing, assumed far more historical, scientific, and cultural knowledge, and penalized students who lacked it.
This is a redefinition of what "college readiness" means.
If you believe that kids should develop rigorous vocabulary, be capable of sustained reading, and possess background knowledge, I have bad news for you. The SAT no longer measures these.
If you want a future where children can actually read difficult texts and construct complex arguments, the SAT must be replaced now.
This cannot go on.
We were concerned that the SAT has become a less reliable measure of student preparedness for a rigorous college curriculum.
So, we commissioned a study from Johns Hopkins University. What does this study tell us about the state of higher education?
The results are shocking. thaq.co/4iLThZ0
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Just blogged 🐈 Explicit Vocabulary Instruction: How to Make Words Stick - Cool Cat Teacher Blog coolcatteacher.com/e1018/?ut…
Hey literacy teachers…yes, books can be a STEM & art challenge too
Here is the finished ‘Book Train’ created by the boys from the Marchant Holliday School over the last two days. Thanks again to Danny and his amazing team of staff, and of course the lads themselves who have certainly risen to the challenge. 🤩
darrellwakelam.com
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This is an amazing Hagia Sophia marble run! I am super impressed, and they are not done yet! They are still winding the marble run around, inside, and back out of the structure. – at Bartlett, TN
One of the games my students helped middle schoolers play yesterday was a version of the card game “war” with fraction cards
Could easily be used for 3-5 minutes in any math class where kids struggle with fractions
Cool story about a local school opening a coffee shop for their autism spectrum students to work in & build some skills
woodtv.com/news/kent-county/…
Amazing engineering.
Kids, this is why you’re learning coding & circuits & STEM design skills.
Every time we have my 11th graders mentor some 8th graders with their math lesson it has 3 big impacts on my students
#NewSchoolCulture
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Hey teachers, if you’re looking for a few “scary stories” for Halloween, this is my favorite (because it’s math)
(full video here: youtu.be/CiN5AzMPX80?is=soJo…)
