The promise of mastery-based testing for promoting student engagement, self-regulated learning, and performance in gateway STEM courses https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131525001551
Used the OLI chemistry course https://oli.cmu.edu/courses/general-chemistry-1-open-free/
"With mastery-based testing, students chose to repeat exams when they struggled.
Repeating tests was linked to an increase in use of online study resources.
Repeating tests was linked to higher final exam grades, especially for first-gen students."
#STEMeducation #EdDev #EdTech

STEM teachers, did you know that we have film-based lesson plans for STEM classes, too? Many of these lessons can work with showing just scenes of the film or without showing the film at all.

Check out:

Calculating Orbits for Space Travel - Hidden Figures

Chinese Number Rods - Please Vote For Me

Echolocation Class Activity - Whale Rider

Generating Electricity - The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind

Goldilocks Planets - One Strange Rock

Rainforest Ecology - River of Gold

(These are just examples, there are many more!)

Like all of our resources, these lesson plans are available free from our library. If you have questions about our materials our would like help finding something for your classroom, we're happy to help.

https://journeysinfilm.org/library/

@stemeducation @education @edutooters

Created this today on Trinket.io. Used my limited python knowledge to create this piece of artwork. @donwatkins #python #turtlepython #coding #computer_programming #stem #stemeducation #trinket #logo

Welcome to the first full day of #ASEEAC2025! We have a packed schedule today. These are the NEE Sessions. You can check out the full schedule here: http://nemo.asee.org/mobile/icp
#ASEENEE2025 #engedu #conference #engineering #education #STEMeducation #neweducators @academicchatter

It's freebie Friday!!

Hey teachers, I've just added to my free #MicroPython beginner learning activities. They're for my BEAPER circuits (https://mirobo.tech/beaper) but feel free to modify them for your own Raspberry Pi Pico or Arduino Nano ESP 32 projects!

Find the BEAPER Pico activities here: https://github.com/mirobotech/BEAPER-Pico

For World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, we're highlighting The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, the incredible true story of a thirteen-year-old boy who finds an unconventional way to save his family and village in Malawi from famine. Our free teaching resources for this engaging film explore desertification causes and solutions.

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind/

#ClimateChange #Education #Teachers #StemEducation #Homeschooling @education @stemed @edutooters

Today is Global Wind Day! Celebrate the incredible power of wind energy with The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. Inspire students with the true story of William Kamkwamba, a thirteen-year-old boy who finds an unconventional way to save his family and village in Malawi from famine. Our free curriculum guide includes a classroom-ready lesson plan about wind power.

Discover more about teaching the history and science of wind power with this engaging film.

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind/

#GlobalWindDay #TheBoyWhoHarnessedTheWind #EnvironmentalStudies #StemEducation #Education #Homeschooling #Teaching @education @edutooters @stemed

Teaching bioinformatics next semester?
Galaxy’s Learning Pathways offer ready-to-use project ideas perfect for the classroom or student-led research.

Step-by-step tutorials
Real-world datasets
No installation needed

Explore Learning Pathways: https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/learning-pathways/

Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops is a series of five short films, featuring twelve leading climate scientists, that explores how human-caused emissions are triggering nature’s own warming loops. Viewers learn why natural warming loops have scientists alarmed—and actions they can take. The series is subtitled in 20 languages and available to stream for free. This is a powerful, empowering classroom tool for teaching about climate tipping points.

Get our free lesson plans to use these films in your high school classes. 1/2

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/climate-emergency-feedback-loops/

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #TippingPoints #FeedbackLoops #Education #Homeschooling #StemEducation @education @stemed @film

https://www.europesays.com/2149659/ Maryland Science Center turns 50, plans year-long celebration #1970s #1976 #50thAnniversary #america #FamilyActivities #Festivals #history #learning #MarylandScienceCenter #MuseumExhibits #NewExhibits #nostalgia #planetarium #science #ScienceCenter #ScienceDemonstrations #ScienceEducation #SpecialEevents #StemEducation #technology #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA

Celebrate World Oceans Day with film! Explore the magic of echolocation and the world of whales through the captivating Oscar-winning film Whale Rider. This beautiful oceanic film is great for summer learning and kids love the echolocation learning activity.

Plan ahead: This is a great film to teach with for Matariki on June 28, too.

Get this activity and lesson plan for free:

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/whale-rider/

#WorldOceansDay #StemEducation #Education #KidsActivities #KidsCamp #ScienceCamp #Homeschooling #Matariki #Aotearoa #NewZealand @education @edutooters @film

Are you teaching Arduino or Microchip C language coding? Check out our free and re-mixable Introductory C Programming Reference Google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yp5hYdfk8DyOxsZMnK3hLx-SyQgwrTDfbLW6OnaLBF8/edit?usp=sharing