…data is interdisciplinary, you can find a home for it in any scientific discipline from astronomy to zoology, and across the halls in humanities, social studies, economics, and more. Monday…
What is the future of forest fires? Using Wildfire Explorer to learn about boreal forest succession Blog Post
…that influence wildfires in this important ecosystem. The simulation will be embedded in a new online activity, designed to teach students about the cycle of boreal forest fires, forest succession,…
…in remote rural areas, or enrolled in under-resourced schools. Virtual schools offer a flexible and accessible learning environment that can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection, enabling students…
…science foundations with mathematical logic for rural high school students. Through co-creation of a curriculum for high school students in the Florida Virtual Schools, we’re reaching rural students who typically…
…Prize for “excellence in motivating practical classroom activity” exemplifies this commitment. Text analytics The award-winning article in Teaching Statistics describes a study designed to shed light on students’ understanding of…
…investigations for physics, biology, and chemistry are designed to introduce and scaffold engagement in science practices and build an understanding of the interplay between experimental design, data collection, analysis, and…
…evaporative cooling. Through specific classroom examples, including photographs of student experiments, screenshots of student models, and model design guidelines, we illustrate ways in which this framework can inform curriculum design…
…are excited to partner with teachers, geoscientists, educational researchers, technology and curriculum developers, a professional development specialist, and a workforce and diversity specialist to design a curriculum for students to…
…A century ago, humans didn’t know how old our planet was or very much at all about what was happening beneath its surface. Most people back then laughed at the…
…module, which is now freely available to the public. The online five-activity module, designed for middle and high school Earth science classrooms, scaffolds students’ ability to make connections between rock…