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May 17, 2023 Turn Students into Disaster Detectives

It’s an unfortunate fact that natural disasters are a common part of our world. Many of us have firsthand experience with the damage a bad…

May 11, 2023 Celebrating Teachers of Excellence

The poet and educator Taylor Mali once delivered a poem that’s become incredibly popular in education circles. The poem, What Teachers Make,…

May 3, 2023 Celebrating AAPI Month in the Classroom

In 1964, Patsy Mink became the first woman of color and the first Asian-American woman elected to the United States Congress. Mink was a third-generation…

April 26, 2023 How to Beat ChatGPT

In 1950, the brilliant British mathematician Alan Turing proposed a test that would determine whether a machine could be considered to possess true…

April 20, 2023 4 Strategies for Building Student Collaboration

One of the biggest myths in our culture today is probably that of the “lone genius”. We tend to believe that science and innovation are…

April 13, 2023 Bring the Earth to Your Students

I’ve always found Spring to be a fascinating time of year. There’s a certain energy to the season which makes you stop and take notice.…

Science
April 5, 2023 Making Room for Science in a Busy Classroom

Some time ago during an educational Q&A, Van Andel Institutes’ Chief Scientific Officer – Dr. Peter Jones – was asked why it’s…

Teaching Style
March 29, 2023 Who Are You? Discovering Your Teaching Style

It’s the mistake that runs the world: we assume that everyone else is more like us than they really are. That mistake creeps…