5 ways teaching science with probeware promotes 3D learning

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This blog post originally appeared on Vernier’s blog and is reposted with permission. Key points: Are you looking for effective ways to integrate three-dimensional learning into your science classroom? Our most recent white paper, Exploring the Data: A Comprehensive Review of Research on Probeware and Three-Dimensional Teaching, explores the latest research that highlights how probeware supports active, student-driven learning. Probeware […]

How I came to love phenomena-based science instruction

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Key points: I was terrified, to be very honest, when my district switched to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and I had to begin using phenomena-based instruction. If you look at the standards, they’re a scary, giant book! Once I set my mind to jump in, however, it was exciting to see my students […]

Quantum test shows cause, effect need not follow a set order

Quantum systems like atoms or electrons can exist in superpositions: a particle can be in two states at once until it is measured. Causality itself can be the same way. | Photo Credit: Valeria Saggio/University of Vienna In everyday life, cause always comes before effect. A window won’t break before you throw a ball at […]

Putting the ‘E’ in integrative STEM instruction

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Key points: STEM learning essential, helping students develop skills such as critical thinking and problem solving–skills that will help them be successful in college and the workforce. Though many teachers tout the importance of STEM learning, many also shy away from the “E” in STEM. But engineering and the engineering design process, when incorporated into […]

Animals that show intentional communication is not just human

The elephant named Suvarna engages with her calf ‘Sudha’ at Bannerghatta National Park, 2020. | Photo Credit: File photo All living beings communicate. In honeybees, communicative signals in the form of a wiggle dance transmit information on the location of flowers. Recipient bees decode this information and use it to guide their behaviour. Human language […]

How to use PBL with makerspaces across your curriculum

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Key points: Project-based learning (PBL) has many definitions, but at its core, it is a teaching method through which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge. Combining PBL with makerspaces (also called maker education) gives educators […]

Mpsc Recruitment 2026: MPSC Recruitment 2026: Registration begins today for multiple Group A and B posts, know how to apply

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The Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) has opened the registration process for multiple Group A and Group B posts under Advertisement Nos. 004/2026 to 009/2026. The application window begins today, March 20. Candidates can apply for specialised roles across legal, healthcare, and administrative departments of the Maharashtra government.These notifications are part of a separate recruitment […]