The Scope, the Official STEMscopes Blog

Teacher Tip: Intellectual Risk Taking

Using Extended Vocabulary Instruction

All Students Are Created Equally and Differently: Addressing Diverse Learning Styles in the Science Classroom

STEMscopes Announces Exciting Fall 2018 Product Updates

What are NGSS Evidence Statements?

The Flipped Classroom

Accelerate Learning Releases STEMscopes NGSS 3D Curriculum to Help Teachers Engage Students in Three Dimensional Learning and Phenomena-Driven Inquiry

10 Careers that Use Math You Should Consider

10 More Careers in Science for 2018

10 More Careers that Use Technology

7 Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners

5 Resources for Teaching ELL Students in the Classroom

What Defines an English Language Learner?

Top 10 Science Jobs in the United States

STEMscopes Early Explorer Named CODiE Award Finalist for Best PreK/Early Childhood Learning Solution

Top 10 Ways to Thank a Teacher this Week

What are Cooperative Learning Strategies and How Do They Affect my Classroom?

How STEM Education Differs from Science Education Instruction

STEMscopes PreK-12 Digital Curriculum Named Finalist for EdTech Cool Tool Award in STEM Solution Category

Accelerate Learning Founder and CEO Honered as EdTech Leadership Award Finalists

STEMscopes Dive-In Engineering Named Finalist for EdTech Cool Tool Award

Mississippi Approves STEMscopes Digital Science Curriculum for Grades K-12 in State Science Textbook Adoption 

How Playing Outside Increases Science Understanding and Real World Learning 

How Performance Expectations have changed in the Last Ten Years

9 More Improvements to the STEMscopes Curriculum to Look for in 2018

5 Times Elon Musk Influenced the Future of STEM

4 Ways to Support ELL Students in the Classroom

Increasing Science Understanding Outside of the Classroom

How Makerspace Has Positively Impacted Student Engagement

How to Teach Engineering Concepts in the 21st Century Classroom

5 Project-Based Learning Activities That Will Actively Engage Students

2017 Political Influence in Education: A Brief Update

Ed Elements Reblog: Character Education is a Personalized Learning Experience as Well

STEM Worldwide - A 2017 Update

Ed Elements Reblog: 10 Tips for Creating a Culture of Innovation

5 Innovative Teaching Trends Catching Hold This Year

Ed Elements Reblog: 6 Education Leadership Challenges and How to Address Them

STEM— A Rebranded Idea of the Past

20 Updates to the STEMscopes Curriculum to Help You with a New School Year

How Many Years Before a Teacher Hits Their Stride?

Leveraging Mentors in Your First Year of Teaching: A Perspective

5 Famous Scientists Dedicating Their Lives to Discovery

5 Ways to Avoid the Summer Slump—Staying STEM Ready All Year Around

Changing Education Landscape—What Qualifies a Quality Teacher?

12 More Features, Updates, and Enhancements to Make Your Life Easier

Buzzword Alert: What is "Social-Emotional Learning?"

What is a "drop out factory" and is it still an issue in today's educational space?

Segregation in schools: a thing of the past?

Gifted and Talented Program—Where does it stand?

National Institute for STEM Education Hits 100th Graduate Milestone

School Choice—What is it?

March for Science - An Earth Day Celebration for Science Enthusiasts

5 STEM Leaders your Students Should Know About

Lesser Known Avenues to STEM Careers

Entrance and Exit Exams—A Thing of the Past for High School and Colleges?

Teaching Immigrant Students—A Brief History

How to Keep Your Classroom Neutral in a Diverse Environment

Bringing the Real-World into the Classroom—Enhancing the Future Workforce

Homework—Does it Get a Passing Grade?

7 New Features Added in STEMscopes Curriculum Makes Lesson Management Even Easier than Before

Inauguration Week—What Do Educators Anticipate with the new Trump Administration?

The science behind our nutrition: Should school-funded meals be a priority?

Charter versus Public Schools—Who Shows Better Academic Success?

Guest Blog: American Oarsmen: What Will it Be Like?

The Fight for Education Worldwide—The Impact of Malala Yousafzai

San Elizario ISD Raises Passing Rate on STAAR Grade 5 Science Assessment by 20 Percentage Points by Using the STEMscopes Digital STEM Curriculum

Spotlight On—David Alviar, Product Marketing Manager | Educator | Adventurer

The Power of Conversation and Collaboration

Bullying in the Classroom: When Do You Intervene and How?

Guest Blog: Ed Elements: Personalizing from the Perspective of Special Ed

The State of STEM in the United States

The Best Tools for 1-to-1 Classrooms

The Great Demand—How Do We Supply our Students with Quality Teachers?

Guest Blog: EdTech Digest: 5 Ways to Disrupt STEM

STEMscopes Asks: Year-round or Traditional Scheduling: What Works Best for Your Student?

How STEM Impacts English Language Learners

Teaching Across Generations—What Works Best?

STEMscopes Asks: When Should Social Media be Integrated into the Classroom?

STEMscopes Asks: What is "Grit" and Why Is It Important to Education?

STEM education—How has teacher training changed in the last decade?

STEM or STEAM: What's the Difference?

How STEM Is Improving Worldwide

Is It Time to De-Silo Learning in the 21st Century?

Spotlight On— Amanda McGee, Director of Curriculum Development

Guest Blog: Transitioning to the Next Generation Science Standards

NISE Awards STEM Certification to Its First Graduate

The Spread of NGSS—Who's Using It, Where, and Why?

Accelerate Learning, Leader in PreK-12 STEM Education, Raises $10M Series A from Owl Ventures

Outside the Classroom—How a Student's Home Life and Biological Factors Affect Their Education and Development

The Early Learning Crisis—Preparing Young Mind's for Future Success

Race for the Presidency: Where Do The Candidates Stand on Education?

How Digital Technology is Changing the Learning Environment

The Great Divide: Why Colleges Are So Reliant On Lecture Rather Than Hands-On Teaching

Engineering: It's a State of Mind

Spotlight On—Meet the Leader of Accelerate Learning

National Institute for STEM Education (NISE) Announces STEM Certification and Degree Programs for Districts, Campuses and Teachers

Top Ten STEM Careers for the Future

What's Trending in STEM Education?

Cooperative Grouping in the 21st Century Classroom

Guest Blog: 6 Risks to Avoid When Implementing Personalized Learning: Part 1

Investigating Phenomenon that Change Slowly

Guest Blog: Why Blended Learning Matters in Rural Communities

STEMscopes Spotlight— Meet the Founder of STEMscopes

STEMscopes Asks: Lightsabers—A New Possibility or an Item Strictly for Science Fiction?

The Every Student Succeeds Act is Here—Now What?

STEMscopes from Accelerate Learning named Reader's Choice Top Product Award Winner from District Administration Magazine

Elevate Student Results with  Three Ready-to-Use Resources

STEMscopes Spotlight — Meet Lisa Webber, VP of Professional Services

Fifth Graders in Texas School Districts Using STEMscopes from Accelerate Learning Achieve Higher Passing Rates on STAAR Science Test

The Weekend ForeCAST - An Overview of CAST 2015

Pasadena Unified School District Leads the Way in Improving STEM Education to Transition to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for California

STEMscopes Texas Releases New Impact Study

Common Core State Standards and STEM— A Brief History

Biology ReTEKS— Helping Your Students Pass the Texas EOC exam

Making a Case for Project-Based Learning

Time For Your New Year's Resolutions

STEMscopes Vacation Giveaway: Meet Aimee Lawson

STEMscopes Asks: Vacations—How Beneficial are they?

Help! 2 Tools You Need to Understand the Structure and History of NGSS

Top Five Places for Science Adventures according to STEMscopes

STEMscopes Announces New Agreement with Twig World Ltd.

Science Vocabulary Instruction

There's More than One Way to Be Educated!

What's in a Grade?

STEMscopes Asks: How do Vaccines Work?

Lessons in Medicine from the Ganges River

STEMscopes Asks: How does 3D Printing Work?

STEMscopes K-12 Digital Science Program Named Finalist by Association of American Publishers

Softway Solutions’ Developed STEMscopedia App Live for Download

Accelerate Learning + STEMscopes

STEMscopes Named Finalist for EdTech Digest Award

Unplug to Charge

Skimming the Ocean

Compass Pooping

Textbook Top 10

A New Logo for a New STEMscopes

When Honeybees Disappear

10,657 Errors Later

STEMscopes Named "Reader's Choice Top 100 Product"

Fly Me to Mars

CAST 2013 Recap

Who, What, Why of Common Core

Could Learninformatics Transform Education?

Nature: the Engineer

Take a Vulture Under your Wing

Impact of High STEMscopes Use on STAAR™ Scores

Building Strong Buckets

2.0 on the Horizon

Hyperloop: A to B Faster than Ever

Chat with Paul Eyler

Rice 360 High School Design Competition

Meet the Team on YouTube

Student Token System

KIPP and Rice work together to Empower Students for College Success

STEMscopes 2.0 Hits 100% Alignment

Flight 214: the Science of Safer Planes

Digging for Oil: the Science of Fracking

Infusing Science into Music

An Elevator into Space

STEMscopes Offers Coursera Courses

Backflip your Classroom

Archgineers: Design of the Gateway Arch

iudicium ex machina

STEMscopes Tours Europe

Taking out the Trash: Space Debris

Ratcheting Up Student Engineers

Socratic Circles

Vignette on Blended Learning

Oysters are off the Menu

SciFiWri Winners Announced

Perspectives on Game-Based Learning from the SXSW Edu Committee

Drone Science: How Quadrotors Work

New Features for K-2

Solar Power Slugs

2013-2014 Instructional Material Adoptions

Fresh Look at Alternative Energy

STEM in Preschool: Too Early or is it Just Right?

Stopping an Asteroid

STEMscopes™ Analytics

K-12 Tracker Posters now Available

TV Science: LCD and LED TVs

Sports Science: Football Helmets

2-Year Study Shows the Power of STEMscopes™

Looking back on a Year of Science

Free App Grab Bag

Going Mobile with SciRave Apps

Perry Joins Team XN

Tackling Poverty with STEMscopes™ Texas

A Day in the Hot Labs

Help with the ELPS

CAST Recap

Education Technology Pioneers Announced as Participants for SIIA Innovation Incubator Program

Using Embedded Vocabulary

STEMscopes Surpasses 1 Million Texas Users

Interview with Courtney Williams

Using the Speech Feature

The End of Textbooks

Source File What?

Interview with Founder, Dr. Reid Whitaker

Effective Use of the STEMscopes Toolbox

A Possible Future for Higher Education

Importing Students

Big Things have Small Beginnings

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