Sentences with phrase «use in school environments»

The class involved discussion, demonstration and practice scenarios in safe gun use in school environments.

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«The Basics of Saving and Investing: Investor Edcation 2020» is an investor education and protection teaching guide that can be used in a variety of learning environments including college courses, workplace education, after school programs, seminars for adults and seniors, etc. «The Basics» is also a great DIY course for individuals.

, and by working to lower the occurrence of unwanted pregnancies in the first place — which means better sexual health education in schools, funding for birth control measures and education about using that birth control, promoting research into methods of safe male birth control, and creating an environment where the women in your life can come to you to discuss safe sexual choices.

Similarly, the USDA's HealthierUS Schools Challenge, launched in 2010 to encourage healthier school environments, is now called «HealthierUS School Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms,» and to qualify for bronze, silver or gold certification, schools must now demonstrate that they're using Wansink's techniques in at least six areas in their cafeSchools Challenge, launched in 2010 to encourage healthier school environments, is now called «HealthierUS School Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms,» and to qualify for bronze, silver or gold certification, schools must now demonstrate that they're using Wansink's techniques in at least six areas in their cafetschool environments, is now called «HealthierUS School Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms,» and to qualify for bronze, silver or gold certification, schools must now demonstrate that they're using Wansink's techniques in at least six areas in their cafetSchool Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms,» and to qualify for bronze, silver or gold certification, schools must now demonstrate that they're using Wansink's techniques in at least six areas in their cafeschools must now demonstrate that they're using Wansink's techniques in at least six areas in their cafeterias.

provides effective money - saving and revenue - generating tools for use in any school kitchen or cafeteria... [including] examples, diagrams, charts, and worksheets that unlock the financial secrets to scratch - cooking in the school food environment and prove that a penny saved is much more than a penny earned.

Additional Accountability Requirements: School Nutrition Policy, revised in 2005, requires «each school conduct evaluations [of the school health environment] using a nationally recognized, validated survey to identify strengths and weaknesses and prioritize changes as an action plan for improving student hSchool Nutrition Policy, revised in 2005, requires «each school conduct evaluations [of the school health environment] using a nationally recognized, validated survey to identify strengths and weaknesses and prioritize changes as an action plan for improving student hschool conduct evaluations [of the school health environment] using a nationally recognized, validated survey to identify strengths and weaknesses and prioritize changes as an action plan for improving student hschool health environment] using a nationally recognized, validated survey to identify strengths and weaknesses and prioritize changes as an action plan for improving student health.

Lunch Money is Adamick's effort to dispel «the myth that school food reform is cost prohibitive» by providing «effective money - saving and revenue - generating tools for use in any school kitchen or cafeteria... [including] examples, diagrams, charts, and worksheets that unlock the financial secrets to scratch - cooking in the school food environment and prove that a penny saved is much more than a penny earned.»

They use two broad sets of techniques that are especially powerful in creating environments in the classroom and in the school that tend to motivate kids to persevere, work harder, and feel connected to their work.

If a child is caught and disciplined for drug or alcohol use by authority figures outside of the league (parents, law enforcement, school faculty, etc.) in an environment not related to the league, then the league should not discipline the child.

GREENGUARD Gold Certification (formerly known as GREENGUARD Children & Schools Certification) offers stricter certification criteria, considers safety factors to account for sensitive individuals (such as children and the elderly), and ensures that a product is acceptable for use in environments such as schools and healthcare faciSchools Certification) offers stricter certification criteria, considers safety factors to account for sensitive individuals (such as children and the elderly), and ensures that a product is acceptable for use in environments such as schools and healthcare facischools and healthcare facilities.

To a packed room, they laid out a vision for a whole environment change approach to food in London, with examples of possible activities within the Flagships ranging from extending universal free school meals across all year groups and providing breakfast clubs during weekends, to using school facilities to run holiday cooking clubs for families, and creating «healthy high streets».

The bill's language also stipulates that «any possible educaitonal impact differences between the school environment and the child's home environment and family background» also be used as a factor in seeking tuition reimbursement.

Jennie Williams, a primary school teacher from Rhondda Cynon Taf, said: «Children as young as six are being forced to sit down in a totally alien environment for rigid and structured testing that they are not used to.

Many districts, including Syracuse city schools, have shifted from relying heavily on suspensions to using alternatives like «restorative justice,» which aims to keep students in the academic environment.

«Revise their codes of conduct and adopt policies intended to create a school environment free from harassment and discrimination; Adopt guidelines to be used in school training programs to raise awareness and sensitivity of school employees to these issues and to enable them to respond appropriately; and Designate at least one staff member in each school to be trained in non-discriminatory instructional and counseling methods and handling human relations.

We have people lined up, ready to go and we're going to use it as an opportunity to talk both about the democratic process and the real issues in this state: public funding of elections, funding for public schools, fracking, our tax code and the environment.»

But lead author Vincent Post of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training and the School of the Environment at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, said in a statement that the potential use of this vast water store must not be ignored in the face of coming water challenges.

«Essentially, we found that these elements have unique isotopic fingerprints, meaning we can use them as diagnostic tools to quantify mountaintop mining's relative contribution to contamination in a watershed,» said Avner Vengosh, professor of geochemistry and water quality at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment.

In Design for the Environment: Life - Cycle Approach Using a Newsvendor Model, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Gal Raz and research colleagues investigated which segments of a product's life cycle create the biggest environmental impacts and where firms should invest their resources in order to reduce those impactIn Design for the Environment: Life - Cycle Approach Using a Newsvendor Model, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Gal Raz and research colleagues investigated which segments of a product's life cycle create the biggest environmental impacts and where firms should invest their resources in order to reduce those impactin order to reduce those impacts.

In one study that confronts that idea, cognitive scientist Daniel Casasanto of the New School for Social Research in New York reasoned that if people use their physical perceptions and motor experiences to construct mental simulations, then physical characteristics that cause us to interact with the environment in systematically different ways should in fact send people down different mental pathwayIn one study that confronts that idea, cognitive scientist Daniel Casasanto of the New School for Social Research in New York reasoned that if people use their physical perceptions and motor experiences to construct mental simulations, then physical characteristics that cause us to interact with the environment in systematically different ways should in fact send people down different mental pathwayin New York reasoned that if people use their physical perceptions and motor experiences to construct mental simulations, then physical characteristics that cause us to interact with the environment in systematically different ways should in fact send people down different mental pathwayin systematically different ways should in fact send people down different mental pathwayin fact send people down different mental pathways.

In the current study, Yu - Shang Lee, PhD, of the Cleveland Clinic, together with Jerry Silver, PhD, of Case Western Reserve Medical School, and others, used a chemical that promotes cell growth along with a scar - busting enzyme to create a more hospitable environment for the nerve graft at the injury site.

The research project — based on the WHO Health Promoting Schools concept — focused on increasing the awareness of the importance of oral health among children, families, and schoolteachers in order to develop a healthy school environment, a healthy diet, regular dental care habits in young children and the use of effective fluoridated toothpaste.

«Pesticide use is leveling off in the U.S. but growing in much of the developing world,» said Emily S. Bernhardt, professor of biogeochemistry at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment.

Emma Dunne, from the University of Birmingham's School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, said: «This is the most comprehensive survey ever undertaken on early tetrapod evolution, and uses many newly developed techniques for estimating diversity patterns of species from fossil records, allowing us greater insights into how early tetrapods responded to the changes in their environment.»

Colleen Kamoroff, a former WSU natural resources graduate student, and her advisor Caren Goldberg, an assistant professor in the WSU School of the Environment, used eDNA to detect Bd one month before the pathogen impacted populations of mountain yellowed - legged frogs in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park in California.

Professor Alvaro Mata, from Queen Mary's School of Engineering and Materials Science, said: «The technique opens the possibility to design and create biological scenarios like complex and specific cell environments, which can be used in different fields such as tissue engineering by creating constructs that resemble tissues or in vitro models that can be used to test drugs in a more efficient manner.»

The group is developing a science curriculum for use in Malagasy high schools in which students learn about biology by exploring the rich environment right outside their school houses.

«We hope that other scientists will use these data to answer questions such as why, unlike humans, some plants do not deteriorate as they age, why some environments are better for agriculture than others, and how fast plant populations will move in response to climate change,» said Yvonne Buckley, professor of Zoology in Trinity College Dublin's School of Natural Sciences.

Many of these models are based on new findings in brain research and cognitive development, and they embrace a variety of approaches: using the arts as a learning tool (for example, musical notes to teach fractions); incorporating arts into other core classes (writing and performing a play about, say, slavery); creating a school environment rich in arts and culture (Mozart in the hallways every day) and hands - on arts instruction.

As the use of technology in schools grows rapidly — whether in blended - learning environments, for project - based learning, or just because it's the fad du jour — how much time students should spend learning on a computer is a point of contention.

It found that pupils who were schooled in a classroom environment which made creative and flexible use of design, natural light and noise, temperature, air quality, space and storage performed up to 25 % better than those in schools which didn't.

Ali Oliver, CEO of the Youth Sport Trust discusses the need for physical education to adapt in today's school environment and provides insight into Play Unified — a campaign using sport to break down barriers for young people with intellectual disabilities

Determine the computer energy consumption (from computer use and data infrastructure) in your school environment by using a calculator provided by the Consortium for School Networking, a nonprofit organization that advises K - 12 school district technology leschool environment by using a calculator provided by the Consortium for School Networking, a nonprofit organization that advises K - 12 school district technology leSchool Networking, a nonprofit organization that advises K - 12 school district technology leschool district technology leaders.

She currently uses the flipped classroom model with over 150 students, as well incorporating a blended learning environment in a 1:1 iPad school.

The term is most often used to describe kids who have emotional problems that interfere with school performance, come from dysfunctional home environments, have had some problem with the law, and / or have been frequent behavioral challenges in school.

«The school environment is critical in shaping a healthy lifestyle, which is why we are using the money from the soft drinks industry levy to double the PE and sport premium.»

Professor Becky Parker, director of IRIS said: «We're really looking forward to seeing the results from the MELT project, it's a great opportunity for schools to engage their students in work to impact the environment and use the latest satellite data.

A major innovation in the study is its use of information contained in NYC's Learning Environment Surveys to characterize the small school environment for those in the Environment Surveys to characterize the small school environment for those in the environment for those in the experiment.

In the most regulated environment, larger participants — those schools with 40 or more students funded through vouchers in testing grades, or with an average of 10 or more students per grade across all grade levels — receive a rating through a formula identical to the school performance score system used by the state to gauge public school performance, inclusive of test score performance, graduation rates, and other outcome metricIn the most regulated environment, larger participants — those schools with 40 or more students funded through vouchers in testing grades, or with an average of 10 or more students per grade across all grade levels — receive a rating through a formula identical to the school performance score system used by the state to gauge public school performance, inclusive of test score performance, graduation rates, and other outcome metricin testing grades, or with an average of 10 or more students per grade across all grade levels — receive a rating through a formula identical to the school performance score system used by the state to gauge public school performance, inclusive of test score performance, graduation rates, and other outcome metrics.

Similarly, it would be ideal to understand the intensity of use of blended learning in schools — for what percentage of the day are students in blended - learning environments or how many classes on average do students take that are blended — but the survey didn't get at these questions.

So, we wanted to have things like common unit lesson plans, we also wanted to develop more of a team culture so that there's more sharing of ideas and more collaboration... But we also wanted to develop resources that could be used within the school and beyond the school, because a lot of our students, we find when they leave us they don't return to any other education environment, they're sort of outside the education system... As part of our intervention we developed a suite of teaching materials around the Certificate I in Core Skills for Employment and Training that can be used widely.

If you are running out of space to do everything you would like to do within the classroom, then think about how other spaces in the school could be used or adapted to serve as learning environments.

As the use of technology in schools grows rapidly — whether in blended - learning environments, for project - based learning, or just because it's the fad du jour — the amount of time students should spend learning on computers is a point of contention.

The voice recognition of Yoostar allows for students to use the game in a school environment.

«When teaching about space, the biggest challenge is presenting the content in a way that makes it real for the students,» says Jamie Welebob, a science teacher at the Odyssey School, a learning environment for dyslexic students in Stevenson, Maryland, who has used Amazing Space resources.

«Least restrictive environment» is the magic phrase used in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the landmark 1975 law that requires schools that accept federal money to provide children with disabilities a «free, appropriate public education.»

The conference will feature plenary sessions (speakers include Carrie James, David Perkins, Ron Ritchhart, Shari Tishman, Daniel Wilson, and other Project Zero researchers) and a selection of small, interactive courses led by researchers and practitioners who are currently using Project Zero ideas in schools, museums, and other learning environments.

The Literacy Ambassador Create a unique system for student reading success using techniques developed and proven in real school environments.

In general, the opposition to Bush's proposal to give states increased responsibility for Head Start hinges on three arguments: 1) Head Start, as constituted, is an immensely successful program that should not be toyed with; 2) there is little evidence that states can do a better job than Head Start programs of improving children's school readiness; and 3) states, especially in the current budget environment, may try to reduce spending on Head Start in order to use the money for other purposeIn general, the opposition to Bush's proposal to give states increased responsibility for Head Start hinges on three arguments: 1) Head Start, as constituted, is an immensely successful program that should not be toyed with; 2) there is little evidence that states can do a better job than Head Start programs of improving children's school readiness; and 3) states, especially in the current budget environment, may try to reduce spending on Head Start in order to use the money for other purposein the current budget environment, may try to reduce spending on Head Start in order to use the money for other purposein order to use the money for other purposes.

Successful Implementations Looking at a school which is already using their learning platform, Chris Silverton, VLE co-ordinator at Ninestiles School, Birmingham summaries his view on how to achieve a successful implementation: «In today's multi-media environment it is vital to enrich each student's visual experience to stimulate their leaschool which is already using their learning platform, Chris Silverton, VLE co-ordinator at Ninestiles School, Birmingham summaries his view on how to achieve a successful implementation: «In today's multi-media environment it is vital to enrich each student's visual experience to stimulate their leaSchool, Birmingham summaries his view on how to achieve a successful implementation: «In today's multi-media environment it is vital to enrich each student's visual experience to stimulate their learning.