Strategic play, also known as playful learning, is a powerful tool to use in the elementary classroom to help students connect and engage with their surroundings.
In this episode of Let's Learn GA!, Gwinnett County educators at Lovin Elementary School share ways strategic play can be utilized in the Kindergarten classroom.
Professional Learning | Science | Social Studies | STEAM | Grades 6-12
Directly addressing modern social issues that students care about can stimulate provocative conversations about the roles of research and science in society.
Georgia's top educators join Dan Willingham to discuss how background knowledge shapes a student's learning experiences. This panel also offers strategies to understand each individual's content gaps at the start of a lesson to create a baseline to build from.
Join cognitive psychologist, Dan Willingham, as he breaks down how understanding various levels of background knowledge can determine comprehension in the classroom and guide students toward critical thinking.
These practitioner videos connect the key concepts from "The Role of Knowledge," to Georgia classrooms in the 4 main subject areas and all grade bands.
How do engineers get their Mars rovers to go all the way into space and remotely conduct tasks? In this STEMonstration, we'll continue to investigate gravity, friction, and the physics behind launched objects, but make it a whole lot more challenging!
Biology students at Union County High School explore healthcare and anatomy concepts through STEM. Students participate in a health fair where they present their research on a wide range of healthcare topics, including air pollution, vaping, and high blood pressure.
Ever wonder how a zip line works? Wonder no more! In our first STEMonstration, we'll investigate gravity, friction, and the physics behind launched objects. Using simple materials, GPB educators will build and test a way to move a small ball down a zip-line string in less than four seconds.
Content experts at the Georgia Department of Education have developed learning plans for teachers and parents. The plans are easy-to-use and include both “plugged and unplugged” activities.
KQED Teach is a free, online professional learning community for educators to expand their media literacy skills by taking short courses. Participants will find courses, lesson plans, and activities for making their own digital media, developing lesson plans and sharing it with the communit
