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Inquiry-Based Math

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December 1, 2021 Making Math Memorable

I never liked math growing up. As a student, I can remember sitting in math classes and wondering, “When am I ever going…

September 15, 2021 Kids Learn Better with PBL

On the shores of Lake Michigan, a group of middle-school campers was having so much fun that they almost forget they were learning.…

July 14, 2021 Helping Students Overcome their Fear of Math

“I’m not a math person.” How many times have we heard someone say this? Or, maybe we ourselves have mumbled this in our…

April 19, 2021 One Giant Leap for Students

We live on an extraordinary planet. Think about it, of all the celestial bodies orbiting our sun, Earth is the only one with forests, savannahs,…

January 20, 2021 STEAM Pioneers Your Students Should Know!

Recently, someone asked me who I believed were the most important pioneers in the fields of STEAM. It’s a pretty harmless question, but this person…

December 9, 2020 Start with Why: Finding Purpose in Project-based Learning

Why? It’s the biggest of the big questions. Bigger than what and who. Bigger than how or where. Why?

December 2, 2020 The Market and the Mission: Teaching with Purpose

Before the pandemic, I would pay $5.25 for a coffee; I would sit by the window to watch the people pass and to…

October 23, 2020 Keep it Spooky: Using Halloween to Teach Your Students

I’ve always loved Halloween. Sure, free candy is a nice get, but I mostly love it for the ambiance. The leaves change color, the wind…