If you’re an American schoolchild, you’ve probably spent much of your recent life alone at home in the mesmerizing glow of a screen, twitching between Google Classroom and innumerable online distractions. Perhaps you’ve been lucky enough to spend most days in an actual classroom with two-thirds of your face wrapped up, trying to make yourself heard and hear others, taking 30 seconds to shove your lunch down. Your schedule is often unpredictable; some days there’s no one to teach you at all. During the pandemic, you’ve lost at least three months of instruction—or nearly twice that, if your family is poor—as well as the steady company of people your own age. The grown-ups around you fret incessantly about your “mental-health...
One of my favorite ways to touch on multiple learning standards at once? A thematic unit with a book at the heart! This post outlines how to use the book, Super Storms by Seymour Simon to teach the author’s purpose, main idea and details, build content vocabulary, and so much more! Oh, and you know there’s going to be a fun craft in there, too! Keep reading to check it out! One of my favorite units to teach around this time of year is weather- and to be more specific: superstorms! Here in Florida, we are no stranger to intense thunderstorms, tornadoes, and the occasional hurricane, so learning about how to be safe during inclement weather is one that hits...
There’s electricity within you. The human body, at rest, contains around 100 volts. Our bodies are not alone in generating a charge. In manufacturing and production environments, integrated circuits can generate a charge around 200 volts. These two values comprise the human body model (HBM, 100 V) and the charged device model (CDM, 200 V). Their comprehension is essential for protecting electrostatic discharge (ESD) susceptible equipment through an ESD control program in accordance with ANSI/ESD S20.20-2021: Protection Of Electrical And Electronic Parts, Assemblies And Equipment (Excluding Electrically Initiated Explosive Devices). What is Electrostatic Discharge? According to the ESD Association, the ANSI-accredited standards developing organization that publishes ANSI/ESD S20.20-2021, electrostatic discharge (ESD) is: “the rapid, spontaneous transfer of electrostatic charge induced...
AdvertorialThere is a common trend among my 3 monkies - Mandarin is clearly not one of their strengths. For that, the wifey and I have to bear most of the blame as we have not been disciplined enough to foster the culture of speaking and learning Mandarin at home in the beginning. So yes, we have to outsource... in the form of enrichment classes which from my experience, can sometimes be a struggle if the child dreads going for the lessons.Well, not so for LingoAce as Ale found out last year.Ale first attended Madarin lessons with LingoAce last May (you read about her experience HERE) and she clearly enjoyed the lessons. I followed up with another review a few months...
Ph.D. students presented their research in a high-speed challenge during the fourth annual CCAS Three-Minute Thesis Competition. The 3MT winners included (from left) Systems Engineering's Anthony Henning (third place), Chemistry’s Dustin Abele (first place), Economics' Ruoyu Chen (second place) and Anthropology's Ferhan Guloglu (People’s Choice). (William Atkins/GW Today) Tuesday, March 8, 2022 2:10 p.m. By John DiConsiglio For Ph.D. candidates, completing their thesis is a culmination of years of grueling research and personal sacrifices along with hours of stressful dissertation defenses. Now imagine summarizing all that work in just three minutes. That was the seemingly impossible challenge for a group of George Washington University Ph.D. students participating in the fourth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition on Feb. 24. The contest, which...
