Sentences with phrase «student teams have built»

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Earlier this year, Musk announced a Hyperloop pod competition that would enable students and independent engineering teams to design and build a subscale pod for the train.

Students would function as teams under the guidance of faculty members, and the intention and expectation would be to build on the work done in previous years and produce papers that would be of use to the public.

Join the Challenge Success School Program as a returning team, and build upon the work that you have initiated to improve student well - being and academic engagement in your school community.

Australia - based RMIT University has been awarded first place in the Chartered Institute of Building's Global Student Challenge competition, fending off opposition from five other teams from leading international universities.

Team Saltire from Glasgow Caledonian University have won the second annual Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Global Student Challenge competition.

«We applaud this latest achievement of our many Penn State scientists and students who have helped to build and are helping to develop this innovative new technology and its system of international collaboration among many research teams worldwide,» said Nicholas P. Jones, Penn State's Executive Vice President and Provost.

There has always been small progress that we built on step by step,» says fourth - year engineering student Anders Kalør from the AAUSAT5 team.

Vijayvargia's team of master's degree students recently designed and built a DNA gel electrophoresis unit with power pack and ultraviolet illuminator that would cost as much as $ 2000 commercially; their version cost about $ 35.

Before getting into team work, students might do a team builder to set the tone — have them do the human knot activity as a fun way to demonstrate collaborative problem solving, or have them each give a brief «weather report» on how they're feeling that day as a way of building trust within the community.

The schools and classrooms where I've seen the strongest relationship - based cultures are ones where students have input on establishing norms and processes, where team building happens throughout the year so that students and teachers know each other well, and, on the teacher level, where teachers have regular opportunities to collaborate to design meaningful PBL experiences for students and discuss student supports.

While half of the teams are building the towers, have the other half of the students stand around them in a circular «fishbowl» as silent observers.

Having teams of students build their own waterwheels gave them the same opportunity the early colonists had at the Saugus Iron Works — to learn to harness the power of water through trial and error.

Integrated curricula, team teaching, and technology tools have built up the academic achievement and self - esteem of these rural Louisiana middle school students.

By March 2009, at the initial pilot program's halfway point, the Crenshaw students had completed their assigned game, so, working in teams, they chose new games to build.

Combining their desire for an extracurricular computer activity students would enjoy and the need to alleviate some of the demand for their technological assistance, Cousins and Terry McNitt, another technology educator in the building, hit on the idea of a «tech team.»

Julie's leadership had a lot to do with that, as she built a talented team that remained focused on each individual student — not a batch of them — at all times.

Indeed, many schools that embrace technology to drive personalized learning have actually moved in the opposite direction: extending the school day to build in time for students to do more project - and team - based learning, meet one - on - one with teachers and advisors, and even just access on - site wireless Internet.

Eve Waldron and her team have been able to consult with all parties involved with the building, not just school executive staff and teachers but also with the end - user, the students.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

«I would like to thank all our staff, our students and their parents for the contributions they make every day towards our school being so good - this is a real team effort and I am looking forward to seeing us build on this excellent Ofsted report over the coming months and years.»

I had my students team - up to see who could build the highest tower out of playdough and straws.

He has worked directly with more than 25 schools in Illinois, Maryland, Florida, and Texas, working directly with teachers in their classrooms and grade - level teams on capacity building, differentiated instruction, student learning outcomes, and data analysis.

The Team Building Escape Room has students walking around the classroom solving puzzles.

This Team Building Escape Room has students decode fun puzzles using teamwork and critical thinking while trying to beat the clock.

The students broke into teams and began assembling the building bricks into what would become the Lego - Space.

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For primary teachers, the team has developed guidelines for four «entries» that a teacher might place into their professional portfolio: Developing students» writing; Building conceptual understanding in mathematics; Inquiry skills; and Engaging colleagues in a project to improve teaching and learning in your school.

The key is making sure that schools and educators have the tools to provide students with the kind of education they need to clear the bar, including resources, the ability to build teams of excellent educators, and enough flexibility at the school level to adjust the length of the school day and year (among other things).

The project team also took inspiration from an unusual source to plan how students would interact with spaces: «We used the concept of a flock of birds to predict the movement of the (children) through the building...» The result is plenty of open plan spaces.

For secondary science teachers, the team has also developed guidelines for four «entries» that a science teacher might place into their professional portfolio: Building conceptual understanding in science; Conducting a whole class discussion in science; Engaging students in science investigations; and Engaging your professional community in a project to improve teaching and learning in science.

I'd like to establish one that includes a behavioral instruction support team and focuses on building relationships and helping students learn behavioral expectations.

Building on previous research that documented the impact of DGS on student achievement and problem solving (Christou, Mousilides, Pittalis, & Pitta - Pantazi, 2005; Isiksal & Askar, 2005; Reimer & Moyer, 2005), the project team conjectured that the inclusion of DGS into VMT and the ability to generate and explore mathematical relationships, constructions, and dependencies would enhance students» mathematical activity within VMT.

A cross functional team at RISE has developed innovative approaches to building students» positive self - concept and their critical consciousness.

The summer before school opened, these 58 new students had attended Tiger Pride Summer Camp, a two - week nonacademic team - building experience designed to develop a sense of belonging and introduce students to the traditions of their new school.

But because my school's teachers worked as a team to develop a community - building Circle of Power and Respect (CPR)-- a daily meeting with greetings, interesting sharing conversations, and high - energy activities — students have gelled into a cohesive and supportive community, leaving the divisions that characterize the community at large far behind.

Recognizing the challenges associated with use of student growth and assessment data in the high stakes evaluation of teachers and administrators, MASSP in collaboration with MASA has designed a one day institute April 25, 2018 for central office and K - 12 building administrators, teacher leaders, and others responsible for managing student data to come together as a team to revisit current practice, identify areas of strength and challenge within their system, and make plans to further address growth requirements for the future.

This is a great opportunity to have students tackle real - world challenges and problems in teams and build collaborative skills.

Students deserve access to quality services and the attention review team has a responsibility to build expertise and provide comprehensive support for sStudents deserve access to quality services and the attention review team has a responsibility to build expertise and provide comprehensive support for studentsstudents.

Team building is important at all grade levels, and the students had fun using their skills to attack the STEM challenges.

It centers on a desire to create from scratch a new school, to put their own stamp on education while having the ability to build teams free of divisions and distractions, and bonded by an almost obsessive student - focused vision.

Since 2006, New York City's schools have begun to assimilate new supports, from Quality Reviews in which outsiders carefully observe the school, to creating in - house teams of teachers and administrators focused on refining instructional practice based on data and results for students, to building relationships with peer schools and support providers through networks.

She committed to supporting the teachers in building collaborative teams, developing a stronger understanding of effective instructional planning and she explained to them that they would become much more evidence - based in their ability to meet the needs of their students.

And a final component to all this is that we need to have leadership within the building or within the district that will dedicate time to support intensive interventions, that will make it a priority that we need successful interventions for all students, and that will allocate resources for the teaming, and for the materials, and for the training.

Karns City now has the team and is building the infrastructure to realize a vision of better student engagement and anywhere anytime self - paced learning.

In my own school, I slowly figured out that building teams of teacher leaders would ensure sustainability, and inspiring every adult to feel invested in each student's success would make the difference.

We wanted a security team that would be present, build relationships with our students and other community members, and engage youth.

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Over the past few years, Poudre School District in Fort Collins, Colorado, has started a journey to focus on the learning of all students by building and sustaining high performing teams.

Taking that step enables school teams to have the conversations, do the learning, build the relationships, and create the empowering environments that allow black students to thrive.