Math Homework is Difficult? -
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Mike Greaves
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Number Systems- Part-2 -
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chandrajeet
This article is a continuation of last week's article on Number Systems. This week, we’ll discuss Octal and Hexadecimal Number Systems. Octal System ‘octa’ means 8. The octal number system has a base of eight. It uses eight digits from 0 to 7, that is:...
Dolch Sight Word Bingo Cards -
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Sunil Tanna
Dolch Sight Words are a list of words that was originally developed by Edward William Dolch, PhD, in 1948, for his book, "Problems in Reading". Edward Dolch developed various lists of words by studying the frequency with which they occurred in popular children's books of...
Wooden Classroom Cubbies: Individual Student Storage for Every Class you Ever Teach! -
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Alycia Shapiro
Cubbies are an essential item in lower grade classrooms. Although expensive to buy, many have a lifetime guarantee thus making the long term value very inexpensive. Teachers are always on a budget and can get very creative with the items in their classrooms. Here are...
Classroom Organizational: Making Teaching Easier -
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Alycia Shapiro
An organized classroom is a well run classroom. Many students have trouble learning in a cluttered, unorganized setting. Parents, as well, like to come into a classroom that is well organized and where everything has a place. This is easier said than done in a...
Ditch the Homework! -
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James P Krehbiel
According to educator Alfie Kohn, author of The Homework Myth, multiple educational studies have found that contrary to our currently accepted thinking about schooling, “all empirical evidence dispels the notion that there is any causal relationship between compulsory homework and increased student achievement. And yet...
Blue Ribbon School Award Recognizes Some of the Best Schools -
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Jay Ruppel
The Blue Ribbon School Awards were originated in 1982 by Terrel Bell, then the Secretary of Education. As it was originally conceived, it was to honor exemplary secondary schools in the United States. But it was later changed to honor primary schools as well, and...
Looking for some magic want to do your homework? -
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Mike Greaves
Got homework, assignments? Are you scanning the pages of the book to find that elusive answer? Glancing at your watch every time, as you do not want to miss your favorite shows or fun time with friends and parents not permitting you until you complete...
The Group-13 Elements at a Glance -
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Dr.Badruddin Khan
The name Boron comes from the Arabic and Persian words for ‘Borax’ that is its principal ore. Although compounds of boron were known in ancient times, it was first isolated in 1808 by Gay-Lussac and Thénard and independently by Sir Humphry Davy (who has a...
The Nitrogen Family Elements at a Glance -
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Dr.Badruddin Khan
Nitrogen, which makes up about 78% of our atmosphere, is a colorless, odorless, tasteless and chemically unreactive gas at room temperature. It is named from the Greek nitron + genes for soda forming. Discovered in 1772 by Daniel Rutherford (and independently by others such as...
The Halogens at a Glance -
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Dr.Badruddin Khan
Fluorine (from the Latin fluere, for "flow") was isolated by Henri Moissan in 1886. It is a highly toxic and reactive greenish-yellow gas at room temperature. Because of its reactivity, elemental fluorine is never found in nature and no other chemical element can displace fluorine...
