Vital Chemistry

Vital Chemistry'Oh My Glob' Vital Chemistry is an online science fair project with high-level abstracts on human sciences. It includes work on earth sciences, medical science, geology, astronomy, paleontology, chemistry, as well as various physical sciences. Students work in teams and must complete assignments in their selected areas.Vital Chemistry seeks students with exceptional and creative minds, motivated and enthusiastic to learn and interested in having interesting, challenging, and learning experiences. The activities for Vital Chemistry are designed to encourage the students in general to come up with some original ideas that they could use to serve their future. This project, together with other activities, will help your child to find his/her own future, different from the others.For Vital Chemistry, students will have to choose a topic on which they will write an essay or report. They should write about four different areas. The four areas are physical sciences, biologica l sciences, physical geology, and social sciences. The student will have to check whether the chosen area has already been covered or not.Vital Chemistry and the other activities that you are taking part in, are all interactive. If your child wants to take part in a computer game, he/she can, as long as it does not affect the course of the project. Participating in the science fair will be enough, but if they want to earn the best results, a good and fun science project is the best answer. For the kids who have never taken part in a science fair, this can be an excellent opportunity for them to know how to do this kind of projects and for them to understand how a science fair works.Vital Chemistry is one of the few science fairs that are based on the idea of providing students with their choices of themes for their paper. The activities that you have to complete will be themed based on your choices of themes. There will be deadlines for each theme. In addition, there will be events and posters for the theme.The first task of Vital Chemistry will be to prepare a profile. It is important that the student should remember his/her key attributes so that he/she can participate in the activities and do well.For Vital Chemistry, your child will have to complete one or more activities that will depend on the theme of the competition. These activities may include list making, problem solving, writing reports, writing presentations, presenting, and so on.

Taking Your Tutorials Outside

Taking Your Tutorials Outside Where Can You Teach Outside the Home? ChaptersPrivate Tutorials: Why Teach Outside?Different Places to Teach Private TutorialsThe Advantages and Disadvantages of Teaching Outside“Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.” - Dalai Lama XIVPrivate tutors are the new way to learn. In fact, private tutors have been gaining in popularity over recent years. The market’s estimated at around £2 billion and 40% of children in London have already taken a private tutorial.Whether it’s IT for secondary schoolers, exam prep for GCSE and A Level, or group physics or chemistry tutorials, almost every subject can be taught at either the student’s or the tutor’s home. However, sometimes the home’s not a suitable place to be taught in.That said, there are other options. You could teach your private tutorials elsewhere. If you find a place that works for you and your student, you could easily teach them in public places, such as the library.While we often call it home tuition or home tutoring, there's nothing stopping a private tutor from taking their one on one tutoring services to a public place. After all, when a student decides to find a tutor, it's so that they can get one to one instruction from a qualified, experienced, and gifted educator, not just so they can chat to someone at home or see the inside of a stranger's flat.Private tutoring is about giving students the confidence and study skills in a one on one environment to improve in a given subject so that when they find themselves in a small group or large class, they can apply the academic coaching they received in order to perform better academically.Whether they're helping a student with their biology homework, preparing for their mathematics algebra exams, or helping them get their heads around calculus, the best tutors will have carefully planned their tutorials to ensure that everything, including where the lesson takes place, works for the student.If there’s one place for learning languages or doing private tutorial s, it’s obviously the home. Sitting on your own sofa in the warmth can make both the teacher and the student feel relaxed and is conducive to conversation.The teaching environment is just as important as the teaching approaches and resources you use. (Source: PourquoiPas)However, as we saw before, you can’t always have your private tutorials take place in the home and you’ll need to find somewhere else for you and your student. You may feel a bit lost with so much choice or worried that you won't be able to find somewhere to calmly study concepts.The following are good places to teach private tutorials:A cafeA libraryAn empty classroom in a school or universityA parkA field or picnic area, especially if you live in the countryCoworking spacesAnd many othersOf course, this isn’t an exhaustive list of the places you can teach private tutorials but it should give you a few ideas and show you that it’s not the end of the world if you can’t have your tutorials in the house. T he most important thing is to be able to transfer knowledge to the student and build a good relationship with them.The Advantages and Disadvantages of Teaching OutsideTeaching outside isn’t impossible. However, it’s not a decision you can take lightly as there are a number of things you’ll have to consider. It’s not all fun and games taking your private tutorials out of the house, but there are a number of pros and cons to doing it.A good private tutor will use all the resources they have at their disposal. (Source: Pexels)The AdvantagesBy taking your lessons out of the house, you’ll be safe in the knowledge that you’re free from any of the regular distractions you have at your  homes such as your roommate or pet. Additionally, you won’t be distracted by things you have lying around the house such as personal effects and ornaments.Academic support outside of the home is also useful for those that need help concentrating in different environments.The DisadvantagesTeachi ng classes outside of the home also has its disadvantages and things that stop us from teaching. One of the biggest disadvantages is that you can’t shut yourself off from the outside world when you’re in a public place, which can distract students and make things harder to learn. That said, a teacher and a student mightn’t work more effectively in calm environments.Whether it’s intensive classes, a one-off tutorial, or even maths tutorials, you need to make sure you don’t lose your patience due to outside distractions that you can’t control. At home, you know exactly what will and won't come in the way of your teaching and that you'll have a better idea of distractions and how to control. Outside of the home, tutorials can be affected by the opening hours of public places or the weather.Similarly, music and singing tutorials or chemistry and physics lessons aren’t the easiest things to teach safely outside. You need to decide upon the method that makes your tutorials a s engaging and educational as possible.Certain subjects require a lot of equipment. For example, piano tutorials or guitar tutorials will require a piano and a guitar respectively. These are things that you can't necessarily take with you to a public place. Additionally, you probably won't be welcome playing the piano or guitar in a library, for example.Follow these guidelines for choosing locations for giving lessons!There are also technical and scientific subjects that require a lot of equipment. You can't really teach woodwork in a cafe.  These are the kind of tutorials that are better taught in the tutor's home where they can convert part of their home into a classroom, lab, or workshop, for example.Art is a great subject to take outside. You and your student could study landscapes, for example, and sketch things as research for a bigger painting that they can complete at home.Languages and the humanities are also great subjects for teaching in public places as they normally req uire the student and tutor to talk to one other, don't require a lot of equipment, and can be taught with just a few books and an exercise book.You no longer need to be in a classroom in order to learn. (Source: Wokandapix)Of course you can teach outside of the home! While we normally see the home as the ideal spot for teaching private tutorials, you should keep in mind that teaching outside of it isn’t impossible. For certain subjects, teaching outside of the home is even better as it can keep students engaged and motivated.Don't forget that if you can't teach at your home, the student's home, or in a public place, online tutoring is also an option. An online tutor teaches their students via video conferencing, all they need is a computer, webcam, microphone, and a decent internet connection.Whether you're teaching grammar, economics, geometry, you can work flexible hours and save money on transport costs by becoming an online tutor. You can also charge those being tutored less, making finding tutor jobs and your accounting much easier.

How to Adopt a Growth Oriented, Ownership Mindset

How to Adopt a Growth Oriented, Ownership Mindset Improving Academic Performance Most people tend to have one of two mindsets: fixed or growth. Those with a growth mindset believe they can always improve and change their personality or level of intelligence through feedback and hard work. They believe, accurately, that the brain is a muscle that can be built up over time. Those with a fixed mindset believe your personality and intelligence is more or less given to you at birth, and you can only tinker around the edges. You want to adopt a growth mindset. Developing a Growth Mindset Why is the growth mindset important? First, because the research suggests it’s true, and second, because adopting this mindset leaves to whole host of behaviors that have been shown to lead to academic and other types of success, most notably “grit” and the willingness to stick with things when the going gets tough. People with a fixed mindset tend to think their abilities, personalities, and intelligence is given at birth, and can’t be changed. They may tend to avoid activities at which they fear they’ll fail, since this will expose a lack of ability which of course, can’t be changed. This creates a truly unfortunate cycle. Because the student believes they simply, for example, aren’t good at math, but recognizes that it would be nice if they were good at math, they avoid situations in which their poor math ability will be exposed. They make the choice to avoid raising their hand, for fear of looking dumb. So, they don’t ask questions to clarify their understanding in class. They may even avoid doing their homework, since it’s somehow easier mentally to do poorly because you didn’t study than to try your best and fail, thus confirming your belief that you may just not smart. Ultimately, and over time, a student with a fixed mindset starts to try far less hard, do much less homework, falling farther and farther behind, until the evidence seems to confirm that yes, other people “have it” and they don’t when it comes to math (or, insert any other common skill). People with a growth mindset believe that abilities and talents are built up over time through hard work, persistence, feedback, and ultimately learning. They’ll ask a question in class in the honest pursuit of feedback and learning, without being too worried about sounding dumb. They have no fear of being exposed as lacking math skills, because they believe they can and will just build up their math skills if they lack them today. Growth vs. Fixed Mindset There are a variety of interesting studies which support the importance of the growth vs. fixed mindset distinction. For example, in one long term study, Dr. Dweck interviewed and analyzed and ultimately placed 7th grade students into one of two categories: a) those that seemed to have a fixed mindset and those that seemed to have a growth mindset. At the beginning of the study, both groups had earned an average grade of 74% in math. Over the course of two academic years, however, the average math grade of the fixed mindset cohort steadily declined, while the opposite occurred for the growth mindset group. In sum, a 4% point change in math grades was attributed directly to having a growth vs. fixed mindset over the course of two academic years (C â€" average vs. C+). Why do we see positive results from adopting a growth mindset? I think there are likely three related reasons: 1) the most common explanation is the brain really is like a muscle that you can build (see next chapter). As you try harder and ask questions, you learn and become smarter. 2), knowing that it’s possible to learn and grow, you work much harder, displaying more grit, and stick with difficult tasks for a long time. 3), what is discussed less but is very important, in my view, is that the growth mindset also leads to a sense of accountability, ownership, and control over your education or academic or professional performance. If you truly believe you can learn and grow, then you feel responsible for making positive changes happen. What can you do to encourage a growth mindset in yourself and others? The answer here is relatively simple. Place value and praise on displays of effort and learning, not natural intelligence and talent (whatever those concepts might actually mean). How to learn more about building a growth, ownership oriented mindset? To learn more about the Growth mindset - Visit MindSet works, the company Carold Dweck co-founded Read Dr. Dweck’s book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success â€" How We Can Learn to Fulfill Our Potential To learn more about the Importance of grit and persistence â€" How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way hbspt.cta._relativeUrls=true;hbspt.cta.load(215486, 'ec7de4d5-7dbc-47df-88fd-67e762d72f81', {});

HEART Tutors and Paul Toughs Who Gets to Graduate - Heart Math Tutoring

HEART Tutors and Paul Toughs Who Gets to Graduate - Heart Math Tutoring HEART Tutors and Paul Toughs Who Gets to Graduate? HEART Tutors and Paul Toughs Who Gets to Graduate? June 2, 2014 Paul Toughs Who Gets to Graduate? makes me excited about HEART tutors role. Emily Elliott We tell our tutors, Your job is 50% delivering the curriculum and 50%  being  a positive influence.   Paul Toughs  description of  self-doubts around  ability and belonging as obstacles  preventing low-income students from graduating from college has been great food-for-thought on how HEART tutors can help.   In addition to the high-fives and explicit messaging around hard work and growth, our tutors have the opportunity to share their own experiences in a way that inspires students perseverance and confidence.    For some it is, I was in your shoes.   This was hard once for me, too.   I know you can do it.   For others it is, I know this is difficult, but when you keep trying and growing, look at my path as an option for what you can become. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/magazine/who-gets-to-graduate.html?_r=1 Ultimately a person has within themselves some kind of capital, some kind of asset, like knowledge or confidence. And if we can help bring that out, they then carry that asset with them to the next difficulty in life.” About two-thirds of all community-college students are placed into one or more remedial math classes, and unless they pass those classes, they can’t graduate. More than two-thirds of them don’t pass; instead, they often drop out of college altogether.

Vision International School

Vision International School Vision International School Vision International School is a PK through Grade 12 American curriculum international school situated in a modern, spacious and beautiful educational facility in Al Wakra, Qatar, a close suburb of Doha. This relatively new school opened in September 2014. Classes are coed in Pre-K, KG1, and KG2. Grades 1 and higher are single-gender and there are three divisions, Early Childhood, Boys and Girls. VIS is looking for teachers who are adventurous, creative problem-solvers who want to make a difference while shaping local leaders and global learners! Qatar is the richest country in the world (according to Forbes Magazine)and was ranked the 10thsafest as well. A little bit about Vision International School: We are in our 5thyear. We are accredited by the Qatar Ministry of Education ~ Qatar National School Accreditation (QNSA) program. We are members of the Council for International Schools (CIS). We are preparing for and anticipate becoming accredited by the Middle States Association for Colleges and Schools (MSA) in March of 2020. We have mostly Qatari nationals as students. We have more American educators than any other nationality. There is a good spirit among our faculty and we have many good people in support roles as well. Returning administrators include: myself, our Girls Division Principal, and our Curriculum and Assessment Director. Both of these administrators are top-notch in my opinion and I am looking for equally top-notch counterparts to lead both the EC and Boys Divisions. We are a Positive Behavior Intervention Systems (PBIS) school and this is relatively new for us. We have been challenged by some behaviors across the school which have brought us to launching an all-out school-wide effort. We have had some great beginning success and have had a number of celebrations in all three divisions to reinforce those academically, socially, and emotionally desired behaviors in individuals, classrooms, and grade levels too. As our school is still growing, developing and establishing systems, we are focusing our search on experienced educators who are solid in their understanding of children, curriculum and accreditation requirements as we continue to document all that is required in order to become locally and internationally recognized. We are owned by a well-respected and established Qatari family who is proud of our school. We are well resourced and in a beautiful purpose-built facility. Our staff housing is good and we generally take good care of our staff. Our ideal teacher candidates are native English speakers who are single hires with no dependents. Preference is given to teachers who are western educated, trained and/or credentialed. We are an ISS developed school. Thank you again for reading and reviewing this information. If after you have reviewed all, you are still interested in being considered, please send me a follow-up email andI will take a close look at your dossier.

Learning a language can increase your brain size!

Learning a language can increase your brain size! According to Swedish scientists, learning an additional language can increase the size of your brain. The study focused on a control group of hard working, Medical and Cognitive Science Students from the US. By measuring their brains before and after the language training, a group of researchers had the unique opportunity to observe what happens to the brain when a language is learnt in a short period of time. The Swedish MRI study, showed that students who had learnt or were learning an additional language had considerable brain growth in comparison to students who were not bilingual having unchanged brain structures. According to The Telegraph, learning an additional language can improve the functionality of your brain by challenging it to recognise, negotiate meaning, and communicate in different language systems. Educators often liken the brain to a muscle, because it functions better with exercise, improving overall memory- making language speakers considerably better at remembering lists or sequences. Studies suggest it can also build your multi-tasking skills, reduce your chances of developing Alzheimer's and can enhance your perception. If you want to increase your brain size or just want to master an additional language - regardless of the scope of your linguistic ambition, First Tutors: Languages is a great place to start: we have language teachers catering to all knowledge levels across the whole of the UK.

The difference between traveling and living abroad

The difference between traveling and living abroad As an international teacher recruitment agency, we receive many questions about moving overseas - what will it be like to move overseas to teach, what new customs will I have to get used to, what about my day-to-day life will change? These are all very valid questions. One thing - the main thing - we try to stress when we get these sorts of questions is that living and working abroad is very different from traveling abroad. Why? When moving abroad, you immerse yourself in the day-to-day of a city instead of just the whimsy of travel - you see more, both good and bad. Moving abroad does allow you to get that much more familiar with a new culture and a new city. But read below as we elaborate on the differences between living and traveling abroad: You’ll have obligations - and challenges Moving overseas means that you’re picking up your whole life and taking it with you. So you’ll have to deal with the everyday over there - this means you’ll develop a routine and have chores, errands, and those will bring about their own unique challenges (trying to find cold medicine in a foreign language, dealing with foreign exchange, finding your favorite grocery items - the list goes on). Sometimes, what seemed so simple back home can be overwhelming abroad when you strip the magic of travel from it. Though this can be frustrating, it’s part of the journey and when you’ve mastered these everyday tasks, you’ll feel that much more energized! You’ll have to give something up - if only for a while Heading abroad to live, even if only for a year or two-long contract, means you’re leaving some things behind. And one thing to remember is life “at home” isn’t put on pause while you’re away - you’ll miss birthdays and your national holidays. You may miss some milestones in your friends’ and family’s lives, but you don’t have to stop connecting with them while teaching overseas. Something else to consider is how much richer your life will be with all the experiences you’ve gained abroad that you can share with your family back home. You’ll have more time to explore Visiting is great, but you might only get to see a percentage of a city on a week-long (or even month-long!) vacation. Moving abroad to teach gives you a lot more insight into what it’s like to live in a city, day to day. Living abroad will add so many unique perspectives to your time in a city that you likely wouldn’t get from just travel: perhaps you’ll be able to cook some of the local dishes yourself instead of always just eating out at restaurants. Maybe the local bakery you love so much will come to know you on a first-name basis. These are all details that enrich an experience abroad so much more. You'll become more independent All of the things we just mentioned above will contribute to a new, independent lifestyle. Whether you’re a young teacher with only two years of teaching under your belt who wants to head overseas to live and teach, or an established teacher with 20+ years of experience, new living abroad experiences like getting lost for the first time, trying to order a meal in a broken foreign language, or forging new friendships with other teachers, living abroad in a new place will make you just a little more independent. Sound great? Want to give teaching abroad a chance? Browse our job openings on our job board now. If you’ve got other questions about dealing with culture shock or homesickness, read some of our past blogs to answer your questions: Staying connected with loved ones while teaching overseas How to meet new people while teaching overseas Coping with culture shock Your new life overseas: what to do when you arrive