Blog Posts

Inventor’s Day: Ways to appreciate, learn, and invent

Posted by Admin on February 11, 2020

Updated 6/17/24

Inventors are the coolest. Sometimes they are elevated to celebrity status and other times they’re hidden figures in history. Either way, for many, their impact is enduring.We’re surrounded by products, processes, and inventions that started as an idea – usually an attempt to solve a problem – and ended up as something that makes our lives better in one way or another. 

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Topics: IN THE CLASSROOM, ADMINISTRATION & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, IDEAS & INSPIRATION, Teacher Resources, Resources, Authentic Learning, Activities, Future Ready, 21st Century Skills, WorkKeys, STEAM, innovate, Workforce Development, Women in STEM

Making a curriculum switch from Modules to Expeditions

Posted by Admin on March 26, 2018

Updated 5/24/24

PLACENTIA, CA – Doubt. Skepticism. Uncertainty. Complacency. Fear of the unknown. . . . All can be obstacles for not changing curriculum.

And all can be barriers to progress.

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) administrators and teachers did their homework when researching new middle-level career-discovery labs and found multiple reasons to make a switch following their decade-long successful run with Pitsco Education’s Modules program: challenge, belief, opportunity, careers, discovery, trust, and future.

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Topics: IN THE CLASSROOM, Middle School, ADMINISTRATION & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, STEM, Careers, STEM Expeditions, Authentic Learning