Amy Pallant is currently Principal Investigator on the NSF-funded project High-Adventure Science: Earth Systems and Sustainability (HAS:ESS) an extension to the well-received original High-Adventure Science project. HAS:ESS brings cutting edge science into the middle and high-school classrooms, with a focus on Earth's systems and using resources in a sustainable manner. She has been project manager and researcher on several Molecular Workbench projects. She has been developing curricula and contributing to research studies at the Concord Consortium for ten years. Previously she developed curricula and managed projects at Turnstone Publishing Company, where she worked with scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Smithsonian Institution to produce elementary and middle school curricula about their work. She developed curricula at Education Development Center, Inc. for Insights in Biology: A High School Curriculum and for the Improving Urban Middle School project. Amy has a Master's in Science Education from Harvard University and a bachelor's degree in Geology from Oberlin College.

Publications

• Pallant, A. (2013). The Future of Fracking: Exploring Human Energy Use. @Concord 17(1) 10-11.
• Pallant, A., Damelin D., & Pryputniewicz, S. (2013). Deep Space Detectives. The Science Teacher. Vol. 80, No. 2. 45-50.
• Pallant, A., Lee, H-S., & Pryputniewicz, S. (2012). Modeling Earth's Climate.  The Science Teacher, Vol. 79, No. 7, 31-36.
• Pallant, A., Pryputniewicz, S., Lee, H-S. (2012). Exploring the Unknown. The Science Teacher, Vol.79, No. 3, 60-65. 
• Pallant, A. (2011). Looking at the evidence-What we know. How certain are we? @Concord  15(1), 4-6.
• Gobert, J.D, Pallant, A.R., & Daniels, J.T.M. (2010). Unpacking inquiry skills from content knowledge in geoscience: A research perspective with implications for assessment design. International Journal of Learning Technologies. 5(3), 310-334.
• Xie, C., Tinker, R., Tinker, B., Pallant, A., Damelin, D., and Berenfeld, B. (2011). Computational experiments for science education. Science, 332, 1516-1517.
• Xie, C., & Pallant, A. (2010). The molecular workbench software: an innovative dynamic modeling tool for nanoscience education, in Models and Modeling: Cognitive Tool for Scientific Enquiry, Khine, M. S. & Saleh, I. M. (Eds.), Springer, London.

• Pallant, A. (2010). Modeling the unknown is high adventure. @Concord.14(1), 6-7.
• Pallant, A., Reichsman, F. , & Pryputniewicz, S. (2010). Molecular literacy in the science classroom. @Concord. 14(2), 12-13.
• Xie, C. & Pallant A. (2009). Constructive chemistry; A case study of gas laws. @Concord. 13(2), 12-13.
• Tinker, R., & Pallant, A. (2008). Understanding heat and temperature: Can atoms help? @Concord, 12(1), 6-7.
• Pallant, A. (2007). Understanding earthquake activity along plate boundaries. @Concord. 11(1), 12-13.
• Friedrichsen, P., & Pallant, A. (2007). French fries, dialysis tubing &computer models: Teaching diffusion & osmosis through inquiry & modeling. The American Biology Teacher, Online Publication. 69(2). 22-27.
• Pallant, A., & Tinker, R. (2004). Reasoning with atomic-scale molecular dynamic models. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 13(1), 51-66.
• Gobert, J. & Pallant, A. (2004). Fostering students’ epistomologies of models via authentic model-based tasks. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 13(1), 7-22.
• Berenfeld, B., Pallant, A., Tinker B. & Xie, Q. (2004). Modeling mutations. @Concord. 8(1), 6-7.
• Berenfeld, B., Damelin, D., Pallant, A., Tinker, B., Tinker, R. and Xie, Q. (2003) A tale of two revolutions: biotechnology and nanotechnology. @Concord. 7(2), 4-5.
• Berenfeld, B., Damelin, D., Pallant, A., Tinker, B., Tinker, R. and Xie, Q. (2002). Taming science models for classroom use. TechKnowLogia  5(1). Retrieved from http: www.techknowlogia.org

Presentations

• Pallant, A., Lee, H-S, & Pryputniewicz, S. (2013, April) Promoting Scientific Argumentation with Computational Models. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Puerto Rico.
• Lee, H-S, Pallant, A., Pryputniewicz, S. & Liu, O.L, (2013, April) Measuring Students' Scientific Argumentation Associated with Uncertain Current Science. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Puerto Rico.
• Pallant, A., & Lee, H-S, (2011, April) Characterizing uncertainty associated with middle school students’ scientific arguments. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Orlando, FL.
• Tinker, R., Pallant, A. Xie, Q., & O’Sullivan, E. (2008, March).  Using enhanced molecular dynamics models to understand light-matter interactions. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
• Zalles, D., Gobert, J., Pallant, A., Quellmalz, E. (2007, July). Building data literacy, visualization, and inquiry in geoscience education. In the Proceedings of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Education User Conference. Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. San Diego, CA.
• Zalles, D., Quellmalz, E., Gobert, J., Pallant, A. (2007, April). Assessing student learning in the data sets and inquiry in geoscience education project. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.  
• Zalles, D., Quellmalz, E., Gobert, J., Pallant, A. (2006, December). Building data literacy, visualization, and inquiry in geoscience education.  Paper delivered at Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.
• Berenfeld, B., Pallant, A., Tinker, B., Tinker, R., & Xie, Q., (2004, April) From genetic code to protein shape using dynamic modeling. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST),  Vancouver, BC, Canada.
• Gobert, J. Slotta, J. & Pallant, A., Nagy, S. & Targum, E. (2002, April).  A WISE inquiry project for students' east-west coast collaboration. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Funded Proposals

• High-Adventure Science. NSF DRL-929774, $695,074.00, 2009-2012. (Proposal).
• High-Adventure Science: Earth's Systems and Sustainability. NSF DRL-1220756, $2,328,000.00, 2012-2016. (Proposal)