Science Lesson About Elephant Whiskers
There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found.
Weekly Student News Quiz: Dubai, College Protests, Caitlin Clark
Above is an image related to one of the news stories we followed this past week. Do you know what it shows? At the bottom of this quiz, you'll find the answer.Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
Summer Reading Week 9: ‘On Used Clothes Ban May Crimp Kenyan...
WinnerLianna Paglia, 16, from Natick High School in Natick, Mass., chose an article headlined “Used Clothes Ban May Crimp Kenyan Style. It May Also Lift Local Design.” and wrote:Almost all of the clothes hanging in my closet are thrifted. This makes sense, seeing as I virtually only shop secondhand, a habit I’ve adopted over the…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
If the Government Gave You $350 to Spend on Culture, What...
How much money do you spend on arts and entertainment — books, movies, music or video games — each month?If your government were to give you the equivalent of $350 to spend on culture, do you think you would buy more of what you know you like — or do you think you might use…
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Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
On-Demand Webinar: Teach With Graphs From The New York Times
Teaching students how to read, interpret and question graphs, maps and charts is a key 21st-century skill. In this 54-minute webinar, recorded live in March 2019, join educators from The Learning Network, the American Statistical Association and Desmos, as well as guest teachers and students, as we discuss ways to teach and learn with the…
LTUK23 – Vendors to Check Out
It’s London. It’s eXcel. It’s resturants and places that will overcharge because eXcel is out there away from all the good places in Central London. Trust me, three miles is about 45 minutes. LTUK always has challenges with finding the vendors’ booths, because of the way they show the avenues on the floor – I…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
The world’s higher educational paradigm is unsustainable – what can we...
Sadly, it remains a fact that only a privileged percentage of the world population has access to university level education. Just 1% of people in many countries complete any kind of higher education, and higher education achievement rates over 10% are rare outside of the Northern Hemisphere. On a personal level, access to higher education…
Word of the Day: facile
facile ˈfa-səl adjective1. arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth2. performing adroitly and without effort3. expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively_________The word facile has appeared in 41 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 3 in “A ‘Rent’ Reunion Measures 25 Years of Love and Loss” by Maya Phillips:Is…
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Your Learning Space
Has your school shifted to remote learning in response to the coronavirus pandemic? Do you have a dedicated space for learning in your home? What does it look like? What things have you included to help you learn and make your space comfortable? Do you like working there? Why or why not?What would your ideal…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Data science career guide: Everything you need to know to get...
Data science is all about turning data into action, and we create more data now than ever before. As a result, more and more companies are looking for data science professionals to analyze their data. According to LinkedIn, the job market for data science specialists grew by 35% this year — both data scientists and…
Word of the Day: pedantic
This word has appeared in 24 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Film Club: ‘The Dispossessed’
What responsibility do we have to help those around us? “The Dispossessed” is a seven-minute film that touches on themes of healing, faith and helping others. It profiles Mohammed Shafi Hazari, a traditional faith healer in Kashmir, who exorcises patients who believe they’ve been possessed. But amid the backdrop of violent conflict, he more often…