These data visualization can help your students better understand facts, figures, and stats at a glance.
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Data Visualization Examples: How to Up Your Lessons

Data is a firm fixture of daily life and classrooms – it’s how we quantify, track, and learn from processes, and it’s also useful in developing research skills and critical analysisHere’s how to leverage data visualization in your lessons, including good data visualization examples and how to replicate them with your own unique educational touch. 
These data visualization can help your students better understand facts, figures, and stats at a glance.
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Data Visualization Examples: How to Up Your Lessons

Data is a firm fixture of daily life and classrooms – it’s how we quantify, track, and learn from processes, and it’s also useful in developing research skills and critical analysisHere’s how to leverage data visualization in your lessons, including good data visualization examples and how to replicate them with your own unique educational touch. 
A boy builds a littleBits Doodle Wizard invention in his classroom.
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STEM Teaching Resources

STEM teaching is the hands-on exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics concepts, and it’s becoming an increasingly important part of modern-day education. STEM skills grant students the 21st-century abilities needed to perform a wide range of both essential and highly-skilled jobs.
End-to-end encryption helps keep your personal information safe when using online messaging.
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What is End-to-End Encryption?

When communication is encrypted end to end, digital conversations are kept private. Let’s take a look at a few of the advantages digital privacy can offer your students.
How to Start a Robotics Club in School
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How to Start a Robotics Club in School

Starting an after-school robotics club is a great way to unite students and spark interest in STEM. But, if you’ve never started a club, you may not know how to get the ball rolling or what activities to offer. Sphero is here to help. In this article, we’ll explore how to start a robotics club as well as a few fun activities to keep kids engaged.
Guide to Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs
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Guide to Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs

If you want your students to master complex STEM concepts, it is helpful to establish clear learning objectives to guide progress. Without these objectives, it is tricky to evaluate your students’ progress. However, you may not know what learning objectives to set. Using Bloom's Taxonomy verbs as a framework for lessons, educators can implement new methods to establish clear goals for their students.
7 Ways to Use Scaffolding in the Classroom
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7 Ways to Use Scaffolding in the Classroom

The scaffolding theory is something most educators do a bit of naturally. But, when planned purposefully, this strategy becomes an empowering tool to help unlock students' capabilities. One of the primary benefits of scaffolding techniques is that it creates a supportive learning environment. Scaffolding encourages students to ask questions, support their peers, and think independently— all of which help students take ownership of their education.
7 Teaching Strategies to Bring Learning to Life
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7 Teaching Strategies to Bring Learning to Life

Teachers don’t need to keep to just one strategy. A blend of approaches works well to serve the diverse needs of children and the different ways that they absorb information. In fact, teachers can incorporate strategies that welcome students into the teaching process, helping to communicate instructions and goals more clearly.

It’s indi’s First Birthday! Let’s Party.
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It’s indi’s First Birthday! Let’s Party.

September 2022 marks one year of Sphero indi bringing play-based learning to the classroom for the earliest learners. A lot has happened during indi’s first year—it was named one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2021, made its way into thousands of Pre-K and elementary classrooms across the world, and filled our feed with kiddos having so much fun learning! We’d love to celebrate this milestone with all of you, so here’s a free printable activity for indi’s first birthday party!

Universal Design for Learning and Its Place in the Classroom
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Universal Design for Learning and Its Place in the Classroom

Universal Design for Learning is a teaching framework developed by Massachusetts-based education nonprofit CAST that caters to all students regardless of their personality type or academic ability. Based on scientific insights into the learning process, UDL provides guidelines for all forms of learning, both inside and outside the classroom.
How to Use Inquiry-Based Learning in the Classroom
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How to Use Inquiry-Based Learning in the Classroom

Inquiry-based learning is a method of learning where students are asked questions based on real-life experiences. By contextualizing the questions, students explore how they think, rather than simply being told what to think. At its core, inquiry-based learning encourages students to be more curious about their learning and to reflect deeply on how they arrive at conclusions.

Incorporating the Socratic Method While Teaching STEM
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Incorporating the Socratic Method While Teaching STEM

Teachers can facilitate thought-provoking classroom discussions in a variety of ways. If you’re looking for a unique strategy to build your students’ critical thinking skills, the Socratic method is worth exploring. As we dive deeper we’ll discuss the Socratic method and how teachers can use this philosophy while teaching STEM.
Tips to Find STEM Internships for High School Students
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Tips to Find STEM Internships for High School Students

A survey conducted with over 11,000 students showed that the majority of respondents are planning to embark on a career in STEM. This is not surprising, considering workers in STEM occupations experience lower rates of unemployment and higher salaries than those in non-STEM occupations.

There are many reasons why you should consider pursuing an internship in a STEM field while you’re still in high school.

Electrical vs. Mechanical Engineering
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Electrical vs. Mechanical Engineering

Electrical engineering and mechanical engineering are dynamic areas of study that are similar, yet different in scope. If you’re interested in the applied sciences, you might be wondering which area of engineering is best for you. Here’s a look at the differences between electrical vs. mechanical engineering to help you make your choice and set you on the right path.