Find out how online interactive simulations can help enhance your STEM curriculum, support student math achievement, affect growth mindset and more in our webinar series. Frax, Gizmos, Reflex, and Science4Us enhance students' success in K-12 math and science. With each product, ExploreLearning also provides professional development to teachers to build their own success in the classroom.
ExploreLearning was founded in 1999 by educators looking for new ways to inspire students and help them succeed. We make innovative math and science online solutions that are fun to use and really work. Gizmos®️, Reflex®️, Frax®️, and Science4Us®️ are used in classrooms in every state and over 50 countries worldwide.
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ExploreLearning Webinar Series
Join Suzanne Saraya as she explores a range of math and science topics with educational leaders from around the world.
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STEM Inquiry Teaching Practices and the Effect of Mindset
Science and math educators dream of classrooms where teachers encourage scientific inquiry and exploration, letting students draw their own conclusions rather than guiding them to an answer, and where teachers are facilitators that foster independent and creative thinking and exploration.
In this webinar, you will discover how STEM educator mindsets can impact the adoption of more open and authentic forms of inquiry in classroom instruction and how STEM leaders’ feedback can support a growth mindset and develop a true, concrete understanding of math and science.
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Subject: Math and Science
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Teaching for Understanding: Enhancing STEM Curriculum with Interactive Simulations
When students use online interactive simulations—such as Gizmos—to explore topics in Algebra, Biology, Physics, and more, their conceptual understanding soars, and math and science come to life!
Gizmos are a perfect solution for teachers looking to enhance their STEM curriculum and strengthen 21st-century skills in the classroom or online. Gizmos help teachers take advantage of research-proven instructional strategies and allow students of all ability levels to develop deep conceptual understanding. Teachers can supplement and enhance instruction with powerful visualizations of science and mathematics concepts while students manipulate key variables, generate and test hypotheses, and engage in extensive “what-if” experimentation.
Join us for this complimentary webinar designed to train educators on proven teaching strategies and help drive instructional change in STEM.
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Subject: Math and Science
Interactive STEM Cases: An Effective Tool to Support Student Academic Success and Engagement
The most effective classroom instructional strategies use inquiry-based methods that connect course content with real-world applications to demonstrate the relevance of the curriculum and support academic success.
Join us in this webinar to discuss how Gizmos interactive case studies allow students to apply content in a meaningful context. These real-life experiences deepen students' understanding of what they are learning, strengthen their problem-solving and critical thinking skills, and make the subject matter more engaging and easier to master for all learners.
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Subject: Math and Science
Intégration des concepts d’équité, de diversité et d’inclusion (EDI) dans les classes de sciences et STIM avec Gizmos
Au cours de cet atelier en ligne, nous examinerons comment "Gizmos", des simulations virtuelles interactives en Mathématiques et Sciences, basées sur le questionnement, peuvent aider les enseignants à promouvoir les concepts d’EDI en STIM, tout en permettant le développement des compétences scientifiques essentielles au 21è siècle.
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Subject: Math and Science
Session conducted in French
Empowering All Students with STEM Simulations
How do you harness the superpowers of STEM learning to accelerate your students’ learning while strengthening their 21st-century skills?
In this session, we will discuss proven pedagogical approaches to STEM teaching and learning using online interactive simulations. Gizmos are inquiry-based, virtual math and science simulations that help students of all abilities develop a deep understanding of challenging science and math concepts through active, hands-on exploration.
Subject: Math and Science
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Using Simulations to Support Assessments in Math and Science
How do we know if our students are learning what we want them to learn? Discover how you can use STEM simulations, such as Gizmos, to evaluate students' growing success in math and science through triangulation of assessment. Learn how simulations allow you to incorporate the product, observation, and conversation components of assessment into your multiple entry-point math and science lessons.
Subject: Math and Science
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Early STEM Education: The Foundation for Academic Success
High-quality, early learning environments provide children with a structure to build upon their natural inclination to explore, build, and question. Research confirms that early STEM skills are a great predictor of later academic success overall. If unaddressed, science achievement gaps can form by kindergarten and continue until at least the end of eighth grade.
Join us in this webinar to discover how Science4Us, a K-2-focused program, can help you teach and promote STEM early on while integrating English literacy through short stories, hands-on and digital activities, and much more!
Guest Speaker: Jenna Mercury
Subject: Math and Science
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Fostering a Blended STEM Education in the Post-Covid Era
For educators, the COVID-19 pandemic was a quintessential adaptive and transformative challenge, one for which no playbook existed to guide them. Today, math and science educational leaders must find flexible solutions to accommodate current circumstances and ensure their students’ continued academic success and progress.
Join us to discuss how STEM and the blended learning approach can help your students stay on track while developing critical 21st-century skills through a combination of K-12 online solutions.
Subject: Math and Science
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STEM Projects Using Simulations
Simulation-based design and inquiry-based learning can be embedded in any STEM course to enhance the delivery of the material and help balance the time devoted to theory, problem-solving, and skill development.
Join us to learn how interactive online simulations can be used as a virtual laboratory to complement or substitute your hands-on school labs, as the foundation for project-based learning activities, or for a virtual school science fair. During this session, we will unpack a few examples and provide teachers with concrete activities they can use right away in their classrooms.
Subject: Math and Science
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Promoting Inquiry, SEL, Student Well-being, and Success Through STEM Simulations
In this webinar, we will examine how Gizmos interactive virtual math and science simulations can help teachers promote social and emotional learning concepts in STEM while enabling skill development essential for scientists in the 21st century.
Subject: Math and Science
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Upcoming 2023 Webinars
Each webinar is approximately 45 minutes long. Registration is not limited, and you can forward this invitation to your colleagues as well.
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Blended Learning: What You Need to Know
Blended learning has become a de facto form of schooling across educational institutions worldwide. However, there is a misconception that blended learning is simply a combination of online instruction and classroom work. Take a deep dive into blended learning with a focus on STEM.
During this webinar, we will discuss the key elements that need to be accounted for, best practices for using blended learning effectively–whether with students, teachers, or parents–and ways to avoid common pitfalls. We will finish by modeling a lesson with Gizmos.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Matt Harris
Subject: Math and Science
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Challenge-Based Learning
Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) provides an efficient and effective framework for learning while solving real-world problems.
Join us for this webinar, where we will review the main ideas behind this framework that support essential 21st Century skills such as collaboration, investigation, inquiry, and problem-solving to help learners understand complex concepts and the skills necessary to thrive in an ever-changing world. We will also show the application of this framework through Gizmos.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Matt Harris
Subject: Math and Science
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Transformational Leadership
As schools have progressed and changed so drastically in recent times, the needs and actions of leaders have shifted. Every school across the globe needs a leader who can be transformational: creating a shared vision for school-wide improvement and executing a well-thought-out plan.
In this webinar, we will discuss the tools and characteristics used by transformational leaders to create strategy and build support. This session will be geared toward every level of school leader, from school and district leadership to those leading groups of students in the classroom.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Matt Harris
Subject: Leadership
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Guest Presenters
Cynthia Bolton
Cynthia Bolton has been an international educator for over a decade in Europe, most recently as the Head of Gifted Education for the Qatar Foundation. She frequently speaks about innovative educational programs that support and develop gifted and high-achieving students and the importance of providing STEM opportunities for ALL students. Cynthia is now the ExploreLearning Area Director for Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
Jenna Mercury
Jenna Mercury received her Master of Science Education (K-8) from Lesley University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. In addition to teaching Maths and Science for over 15 years, she served on her District’s Science Curriculum Review Board to evaluate and redesign their curriculum in alignment with national and state expectations.
Jenna, a frequent speaker at US-based conferences, has developed new curriculums aligned to standards for the past seven years and designed and implemented PD experiences for global educators. Jenna was also instrumental in the development of the Science4Us program. In 2019, Jenna joined ExploreLearning as a National Educational Consultant to support and guide schools' worldwide STEM endeavors.
Dr. Matt Harris
Matt Harris, Ed.D., is an international educator and edtech consultant. Currently living in Asia, Dr. Harris works as an administrator in international schools in addition to being a speaker and author. Dr. Harris has committed his work to helping international schools use technology successfully to improve learning, communications, and operations.
As an ICT and mathematics teacher, Dr. Harris has taught at all grade levels, from preschool to university graduate school. He is a frequent conference speaker focused on educational topics, professional development, and change management.
Gizmo-fy Your Google Classroom
Do you use Google Classroom to support your students? Gizmos and Google are a natural fit. Learn strategies for supporting your paperless classroom with digital interactive activities. Gizmos easily connect to all things Google – from Docs to Sheets to Forms. Learn how to create engaging resources for your classroom that can support varied types of learning.
Subject: Math and Science
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The Student-Centered Classroom
Personalized technology allows us to create learning experiences centered around the students rather than the content. However, all teachers do not fully understand the tools and methods available for creating such learning.
In this webinar, we will use technology to create an inclusive classroom, differentiate learning, and create personalized learning experiences.
Through a combination of instruction and using Gizmos to show the concepts in action, teachers will come away with a rich understanding of student-centered learning through technology. We may even jump into the world of flipped learning.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Matt Harris
Subject: Math and Science
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Back to Basics: Building a Strong Foundation with Math Fact Fluency
Students who automatically recall math facts are more capable problem solvers, learn new math skills more quickly, and are more likely to succeed in future math courses. Unfortunately, many students still spend too much time and brainpower on fundamental facts.
Join us in this webinar to learn how to help students build a strong numeracy and acquire the essential skills for math success, including math tests and more advanced math skills. You can also learn about upcoming grants available to you.
Subject: Math
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How to go from 😐 to 😊 with Fractions … in a Fraction of Time!
Do your students struggle with fractions? Are they still having difficulty with fractions in late elementary, middle, and even high school?
Join us for this webinar, where we will review why fractions are so challenging (yet so essential) and share the ExploreLearning solution that you can use at every grade level to help your students master fractions in a fraction of the time.
Guest Speaker: Jenna Mercury
Subject: Math
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Teaching Real World Math with Simulations
How do you bring math to life for your students? In this webinar, we will explore how you can use inquiry-based, interactive simulations to provide your students with the opportunity to solve real-world problems with many variables and spark mathematical discussions.
We will provide a few examples to foster students’ mathematical thinking and develop their understanding and intuitive problem-solving approaches.
Guest Speaker: Cynthia Bolton
Subject: Math
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Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI
Artificial Intelligence is a game changer in modern society. It has moved into our teaching and learning in schools around the world. In this webinar, we will dive into the definitions and uses of AI for teaching and learning.
We will give examples of how teachers can leverage AI tools to differentiate and individualize instruction and feedback. We will talk about the benefits and challenges of AI in education while highlighting powerful AI tools teachers can use in their classrooms. We will finish by showing you how STEM Simulations can support and complement AI in your classroom.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Matt Harris
Subject: Math and Science
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