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Battle Physics League
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Nevermind the physics: it’s all about collaboration

April 22, 2019April 29, 2022 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Green Mountain Union High School, Leland & Gray Union Middle & High School, math, physics, proficiency-based learning, projectile launchers, The Dorset School, transferable skills, trigonometry

Battle Physics hosts first multi-school tournament That is just what Allan Garvin and Becky Bushey did to raise the stakes

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Action Research 

Voice + choice = a better math classroom

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018 Life LeGeros 0 Comments math, student voice, Warren Elementary School

Start by listening to students Elizabeth Tarno asked her students for feedback about their math class at the end of

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Project-Based Learning Real World PBL Stories from VT Students 

The student architects of Shelburne VT

October 27, 2017September 19, 2018 Audrey Homan 1 Comment architecture, civic involvement, Google Sketch-Up, math, school boards, Shelburne Community School

Making math real-world relevant Would you tell the school board how to redesign your school? Students at Shelburne Community School,

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Project-Based Learning 

4 ways to make math more relevant

October 11, 2017November 30, 2018 Katy Farber 3 Comments Edmunds Middle School, math, Williston Central School

Standard 3-part story-driven post: 1) what it is, 2) what it looks like in a school, 3) how to do it in your school

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Project-Based Learning 

Project-based learning and math

April 21, 2016April 22, 2022 Scott Thompson 10 Comments math

How much do you want to change the world? As project-based learning gives students a way to tackle authentic problems

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Planning Pi Day activities

March 9, 2016April 22, 2022 Scott Thompson 3 Comments math, pi, Pi Day

More than just math? Let’s be honest, there’s not many days dedicated to the celebration of math or its concepts.

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Science Saturdays 

Sugaring and the community part 2: Students become teachers

April 25, 2015April 15, 2022 Mark W. Olofson 7 Comments #ScienceSaturdays, community engagement, math, Science, STEM

Last week we looked at the sugaring operation at Essex Middle School. The students at the Edge Academy built a

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Science Saturdays 

The backlash to STEM education

March 28, 2015March 28, 2015 Mark W. Olofson 16 Comments math, Science, STEM

There is a lot of conversation about the importance of STEM education – in the media, in politics, and among

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Technology in the math classroom

February 23, 2015November 30, 2018 Mary Beth Limanek 12 Comments flipped classroom, Flubaroo, Google Docs, Google Forms, math, YouTube videos

When we first started our work with the Tarrant Institute I was hesitant. I am a math teacher; unless using

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Celebrating Pi Day with your students

February 20, 2015February 28, 2016 Meredith Swallow 3 Comments math, Pi Day

The most epic Pi Day ever: 3/14/15 9:26:53 am and pm Math enthusiasts of all ages are anxiously awaiting the

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Project-Based Learning 

Project-based learning at Essex Middle School: algebra and songwriting

January 30, 2015April 29, 2022 Audrey Homan 4 Comments algebra, community schooling, math, music, PBL, student voice, The Edge @ Essex Middle School, Vermont
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Making math and music at The Edge We were lucky enough to get to sit down with three groups of

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Reflecting in the math classroom

January 15, 2015 Susan Hennessey 3 Comments math, reflection

Keeping your resolution to reflect My colleague, Meredith Swallow, recently shared a post about the importance of reflection in her

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Transferable Skills 

On middle school math and picking favorites

August 18, 2014February 28, 2016 Meredith Swallow 1 Comment code camp, math, pi

Pi, Code Camp and other irrational things

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Edugaming 

Digital credentials, quests and middle school math

June 23, 2014April 14, 2022 Audrey Homan 5 Comments badgestack, digital badging, math

Because 102 years of Girl Scouts can’t be wrong New this morning on the blog, Harwood Union Middle School math

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First look: Google Glass in education

May 30, 2014April 14, 2022 Audrey Homan 6 Comments augmented reality, geometry, Google Glass, math

I can’t recommend highly enough Mrs Pepe’s Google Glass Adventures. Courtney Pepe teaches high school in New Jersey, and has

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Math, middle schoolers and real-world relevance (infographic)

May 1, 2014April 13, 2022 Meredith Swallow 7 Comments infographic, math

I consider myself an infographic enthusiast, and as a former middle school math teacher when the infographic below was passed on

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iPad management in the classroom: Did this educator do the right thing?

March 21, 2014 Audrey Homan 12 Comments classroom management, iPads, math

From our tumblr, an unusual iPad management situation with one educator who confiscated a student’s iPad during class and added

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Geometry, aliens and ARIS at Edmunds Middle School

November 25, 2013 Audrey Homan 2 Comments ARIS, Edmunds Middle School, geometry, math, STEM

Pop quiz, hotshot. What do geometry, aliens and the augmented reality gaming platform all have in common? A: All were

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