Sentences with phrase «own classroom lessons»

Peekapak is an award - winning educational product that helps elementary students learn social - emotional learning skills through a book series, online classroom lessons, and interactive games.

We know that kids learn better and retain more information when they are genuinely engaged in classroom lessons.

Pritchett School 3rd graders got a chance last week to walk away from their normal classroom lessons on the human body and explore such issues as disease research and the benefits of breast - feeding with real medical professionals as part of the school's health fair.

-LSB-...] Brian Wansink's consumer psychology to encourage better choices; and it most certainly means nutrition education at every possible juncture, from classroom lessons to school gardens to volunteer «food boosters» in the lunch -LSB-...]

Instead, let's try integrated food education in the form of school gardens, food tastings, cooking classes and demos, and classroom lessons.

That might mean a slower menu roll - out than LAUSD attempted; it might mean more menu - testing and student input; it might mean using Brian Wansink's consumer psychology to encourage better choices; and it most certainly means nutrition education at every possible juncture, from classroom lessons to school gardens to volunteer «food boosters» in the lunch room encouraging experimentation.

The educational tour included a special classroom lesson on marine mammals, a sea lion aquatheater show, and a look at the coral reef, freshwater fish, sea otters, penguins, sharks, and rays.

Tutorials and individual classroom lesson plans will be available for anyone purchasing the «bot.

Students learned several tenets from martial arts during a 12 - week long mentoring program which was integrated into students» regular classroom lessons for approximately one hour.

The review also showed that the most successful interventions tend to be low cost, easily implemented, are fun for kids, including training for teachers, and can be built in to classroom lessons on literacy and math, McClelland said.

The goal is for the pre-service teachers to learn how to incorporate activities and resources into their classroom lesson plans to motivate their students to pursue STEM studies and careers.

The Symposium will focus on the development of classroom lessons and laboratory activities that integrate «real world» applications of current research topics.

Teachers can search for GEON members in their area for help with a variety of outreach activities, including classroom lessons, science fairs, and field trips.

Her classroom lessons and discussions include social issues, global concerns, and examples from other countries, steps she takes to broaden her students» understanding and awareness of the world around them.

This entailed conducting field research on the Hudson River and using knowledge gained from the experience to inform a classroom lesson.

One of the most promising sources of free classroom lessons we've seen recently is Curriki, created by the computer giant Sun Microsystems.

The esteemed academic, currently serving as president of Morgan State University in Baltimore, is flooded with memories of hot summer days walking the long miles between the school and his home (often barefoot to save his shoes), of early classroom lessons taught by a strict but caring teacher, of his beloved family members who reside here in great number.

«The... policy logic of the decade - long reforms contains a fundamental assumption that creating new structures... will reshape teaching practices, and that those different classroom lessons will produce better student outcomes...»

This quickly lets teachers know which students completed the flipped classroom lesson, which ones have shown mastery and can move on, and which ones need to spend more time on the concept.

* Find ways to teach children about life within the structure of your classroom lessons.

There the whole staff will work in concert to connect classroom lessons with real - world situations, principal Les Potter told Education World.

The same planning that goes into a classroom lesson can also be applied outside, and involving the young people themselves in any planning for outdoor learning experiences is an excellent way to generate ownership and new ideas.

Want to flip your classroom or enhance traditional classroom lessons?

Each day consists of three hours of classroom lessons and three hours of athletics, and students spend at least six hours a week working with their hands in activities such as gardening and woodworking.

She coauthored Morningside Center's restorative circles curriculum, Building Belonging, and has written scores of classroom lessons for the organization's TeachableMoment website.

Have you incorporated NPS web content into classroom lessons or taken students on a trip to a National Park site?

The Apple Learning Interchange, from Apple Computers, is another site that offers an extensive array of classroom lessons and activities.

The school employs a curriculum integration specialist who helps museum staff and teachers incorporate exhibits into classroom lessons.

Online courses offer flexibility, unlike the conventional classroom lessons.

Too often, teachers have worked at home to identify and select Web pages for use in classroom lessons, only to find that a network filter prevents students from using those sites.

Lesson study is a Japanese form of professional development that centers on collaborative study of live classroom lessons, and it has spread rapidly in the United States since 1999.

Sylvia Martinez, president of Generation YES, says the platform enables teachers to design project plans and classroom lessons that are aligned to the Common Core.

Content: This resource for classroom teachers provides practical physical activity ideas that can be integrated into regular classroom lessons.

Once again, 450 elementary students in San Rafael, Calif., turned their classroom lessons into a school - wide celebration of learning in the first - ever Classroom Connections Festival.

The program is designed to increase students interest in science through activities that supplement classroom lessons.

Voice of Experience: Some Classroom «Dilemmas» Are Beneficial Max Fischer shares his experiences using moral dilemmas to bring classroom lessons to life.

Once aware of these programs, educators may struggle to integrate gardens and farms into classroom lesson plans.

Your students are sure to say thank you for a fun classroom lesson.

Those resources introduce more than 50 children's books that are useful for teaching math ideas and present vignettes of actual classroom lessons that use them, along with samples of student work.

Some of the pledges tie in with classroom lessons.

Often this means having low expectations of pupils in classroom lessons, but overly high expectations for extra-curricular groups.

As Craig Jerald described in a 2012 report, «inspectors observe classroom lessons, analyze student work, speak with students and staff members, examine school records, and scrutinize the results of surveys administered to parents and students.»

Some 400,000 teachers worldwide will be trained to apply computers and Windows - based software to classroom lessons, under a three - year philanthropic initiative led by Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp., both companies announced last week.

The book Something to Remember Me By, by Susan V. Bosak, has inspired many great classroom lesson plans, including the one paraphrased below.

They, too, used the online material, mostly to review and reinforce classroom lessons.

For ideas for integrating the book into your classroom lessons, you might take a look at the Start With the Story Web page.

«The premise behind lesson study is simple: if you want to improve teaching, the most effective place to do so is in the context of a classroom lesson.

This was highlighted by a classroom lesson that explored the recent control of infectious diseases, including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), spread during overseas travel.

Opportunities abound for integrating Turning the Pages books into classroom lessons in ways that can be both enriching and entertaining.

Service learning differs from community service in that the projects are tied to classroom lessons, while at the same time, students are encouraged to share their findings and implement their ideas in their communities.