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If you're dreaming of getting into a top university, you know it requires dedicated preparation. Here are some strategic ways to enhance your application and ease your way into your dream school: 📄 The 1st Dimension: Who You Are on Paper Make sure to 'check the boxes' that colleges prioritize: high grades, strong SAT/ACT scores, and impressive AP/IB exam results are all crucial. 🎨 The 2nd Dimension: A Long-Term Passion or Commitment Whether it’s art, music, sports, or an academic subject, commit deeply. Find a niche within your passion and expand it to show dedication and growth. 📚 The 3rd Dimension: An Academic Center of Gravity Center your application around a significant research achievement. Surround this with activities that highlight your academic niche, establishing yourself as a serious scholar. By engaging in research, you are actively developing this crucial third dimension. And the stats back it up—research experience can significantly boost your college application! Ready to enhance your academic profile through research? Comment "RESEARCH" now to get started! #indigoresearch #research #researchproject #researchprojectforhighschool #indigoresearch #highschoolresearch #researchprogram #collegeapp

30 YEARS OF SCIENCE TEACHING 2024 marks my 30th year as a science teacher and I still love working in the laboratory and still love science! In the course of nurturing young scientists, I've encountered two inescapable truths:   Problems with Test Tube Drawing: No matter how carefully I approach the whiteboard, my attempts at drawing a test tube often result in what an ex-colleague affectionately termed "spontaneous phalligenesis" and associated giggles from pupils. A reminder that humour is as essential a tool in education as any textbook.      The Gastronomic Curiosity of Young Minds: "Can we eat this?", "What happens if I drink it?". Whatever the material, young scientists always ask these questions, with a blend of earnest inquisitiveness and mischievous bravado. But they do underscore an inherent aspect of learning: the desire to interact with, and personally relate to, the subject matter at hand. While these questions may be met with a laugh and a firm "no," they signify the students' eagerness to understand their world in the most direct ways possible! But in all seriousness, the reasons that I love being a science teacher are manifold and deeply fulfilling. At the heart of this is the opportunity to awaken awe and curiosity in young minds about the natural world. Watching students connect complex scientific concepts to their everyday experiences brings a joy that's hard to match. I am grateful for the chance to guide students through the process of discovery, seeing them learn not just facts, but how to think critically and solve problems creatively. Having said all of this, I have to add that it is great that school holidays start today!

If you are into innovation in academic institutions, as am I... then this webinar seems like an interesting date to put down in your agenda. Anne Keough Keehn, founder of Quantum Thinking, will discuss the findings from the Leading Academic Change National Survey 2.0, a collaboration between Quantum Thinking and the University of Michigan - Center for Academic Innovation. 138 academic innovation leaders across 117 U.S. institutions were surveyed, in terms of the critical changes they are driving in teaching, learning, and technology. The webinar´s panel of thought leaders will dive into the implications of the survey - should be plenty of food for thought, and action! #highereducation #k12 SEK Education Group SEK International Schools Universidad Camilo José Cela  

One of my most cherished memories while working in the USF Judy Genshaft Honors College was designing and teaching a course on “mashups” based on my 2021 MA thesis in the USF Humanities and Cultural Studies department. I was given complete freedom to build the course as I saw fit and to try out some novel pedagogy approaches, like having students create 1-minute Teams Chat “Hot Take” videos after each class and having “Stand Up” group discussions during class. I taught the course as an online capstone course in Summer 2023 and as a traditional in-person course in Spring 2024. I greatly preferred the in-person course for the more natural human interaction. I used every minute of the class time and sometimes a few minutes more. My students tolerated my poor time management skills. Sure, we spent a lot of time analyzing mashup music videos and their cultural significance, but we also spent a lot of time looking at the physical and digital worlds through a new mashup lens. Mashups are often the engines of not just entertainment but also of technical (and culinary!) innovation. In engineering, we break things apart to study them (fluids, solids, materials, dynamics, etc.), but we then put them back together to build something useful like a car. What I found in the humanities is the same academic desire to break things apart but the “putting them back together” part seemed a bit lacking to me. The mashup lens is an interesting way to see the whole anew. Considering the value and ubiquity of mashups in the human experience was my way of getting students to appreciate the increasingly mashed up physical and digital worlds they live in. It was a fun course and based on the course feedback my students seemed to enjoy it!

I am happy to share that I will present at the Annual Kaleidoscope Conference hosted by the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge. I am looking forward to discussing alternative methodological approaches, challenging the established understanding and teaching of Modern History. My poster is entitled: 'Rethinking Historical Narratives: Teaching History from the Sea'. https://lnkd.in/dFK8AcyK

Where did your students struggle this semester? Mastering foundational lab skills can help propel your students throughout their academic careers and beyond.🔬📝 Explore our lab skills library 👇 https://hubs.ly/Q02xXhqG0 #Labskills #CarolinaBio #CarolinaScience #labfoundations

Have you ever heard of Arizona State University? Or are you already planning to apply to ASU? Is this your dream university? Find out more about this reputable institution in this post, and let us know what you think in the comment section. #StudyinUSA #StudyAbroad

🔬 About the importance of purposeful #sciencepracticals. Scientists like @Brian Cox and Maggie Aderin-Pocock have raised the alarm that reducing practical science could cause students to feel disconnected from #STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects. Our latest blog shows the power of purpose when organising practicals in schools: ✅ It helps connect the dots between the theory they learn in the classroom and how that theory applies in the real world ✅ By engaging students in well-planned hands-on work, they develop important skills like observation, measurement, and critical thinking ✅  This is key to helping young people in future STEM careers At STEM Learning UK, we would love to discuss how to increase purposeful practical science in schools with #educators, #academics, #industry with a key interest in what is at stake. In the meantime: ⏩ if you would like to find out more about purposeful practical science check out this collection of resources, videos and CPD courses https://lnkd.in/epnZc68U ⏩ For a more in depth analysis on why purpose matters for practical science, check out my colleague Tim Bradbury CChem CSciTeach MRSC's blog: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eCDN_Duq

🎓 Want to secure a scholarship to your dream university? From early research to crafting standout applications—there are a few key tips that can make all the difference! Watch the reel to uncover the steps that helped me on my scholarship journey. #ScholarshipTips #AcademicGoals #University

Please RSVP to this FREE event. Locally sourced and prepared soups and bread will be available for dinner after the main presentation. You are welcome to add to the buffet table if you like, but there is no expectation for that at all. Following the short break for food, we will host a discussion about the future of education; how this curriculum can be used to assess every child's genius, passion and interests; and what we as a community can do together to close the gap among children's intellectual, socio-emotional and spiritual needs in the face of the current economic system. As we embrace the advent of Artificial Intelligence, it's critical that we delve even deeper into what it means to be human. https://lnkd.in/gP-AAwVs