Third-grade science students from Incline Village, Calif., planted approximately 30 sugar pine trees as part of a conservation and restoration lesson. Teacher Debbie Kadziauskas said the students learned about the life cycle and planting needs of the trees before the outing, and will return to the area to monitor the growth of the trees.
Teachers can help middle- and high-school students think critically to determine whether websites have credible information, writes Amie Weinberg, teacher-mentor program director. In this article, Weinberg shares questions to help students evaluate a website, determine its qualifications and identify its purpose.
Students with autism learn STEM skills such as coding and programming in an environment tailored to their needs at the Science Prep Academy in Arizona. The school, considered to be the first of its kind, is intended to nurture neurodiverse students and help them leverage their skills in fields such as physics, says educator and founder Kenneth Mims.
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Less than 4% of construction workers are women, according to federal data, but cement mason Liz Nichols and her colleagues are encouraging change through outreach efforts with a caucus of the Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association. Women are an asset to construction crews, panelists noted in a recent World of Concrete session, but often find their level of expertise challenged by male coworkers.
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Scientists say they can determine a person's biological age by looking in their eyes and calculate their risk for early death by comparing their biological age and their chronological age. Researchers used a deep-learning model to examine images of the retinas of people and found that many participants had significant differences between their two ages, according to data in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
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Fourth-generation Pennsylvania dairy farmer Brad Biehl is also president of robotic milking company AMS Galaxy, which he runs from his Corner View Farm. The company's Astrea 20.20 robotic milker is able to milk two cows at the same time, and the farm also boasts other high-tech innovations including a bedding robot and an automated feeder.
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Cardona and Rep. Joe Courtney highlighted Conn. manufacturing programs
On Jan. 14, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., visited Ella T. Grasso Technical High School and Thames River Magnet School in Groton, Conn., to highlight each school's manufacturing program. Read more.
ACTE Key Legislation Blog series: JOBS Act
This blog post explores the JOBS Act, one key piece of legislation that will be a focus of ACTE's 2022 advocacy efforts. Read more.
