We are thrilled to announce that the Concord Consortium has been awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation to design and test innovative ways for the public to engage with storm forecasting information through simulation-based experiences. The three-year Advancing Public Literacy of Uncertainty in Science (APLUS) project aims to help adults understand Atlantic […]
The Concord Consortium is proud to announce a new grant from the National Science Foundation for our Intelligent Simulation-based Learning About Natural Disasters (ISLAND) project. ISLAND will harness the power of artificial intelligence to help middle school students explore wildfires, floods, and hurricanes through scientific simulations—building critical knowledge and science practices for understanding and responding […]
There has never been a more urgent—and more promising—moment for STEM education. As we face critical global challenges, from climate change to the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, the need for a scientifically literate society and a skilled STEM workforce has never been greater. Advances in technology offer powerful new opportunities to reimagine how we […]
With a free account on our STEM Resource Finder, teachers can create classes, assign activities, track progress in real time, and provide their students with timely feedback. We are excited to announce new features in our class management system and dashboard, inspired by teacher requests. Best of all, they’re ready just in time for the […]
Shelley Olds is an instructional designer at EarthScope Consortium and a partner on the YouthQuake project. Generating thoughtful questions—and building the confidence to ask them—is a cornerstone of scientific inquiry. Middle school students in the YouthQuake project had the rare opportunity to ask geoscience professionals about their journeys into STEM careers and explore their own […]
Middle school social studies students typically study 20th century immigration, including the push and pull factors that guided immigration and the policies that shaped travel to (and from) the United States. Additionally, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston’s memoir Farewell to Manzanar, which details her experience in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II, is a […]
Our Common Online Data Analysis Platform (CODAP) engages learners in data science practices, including data analysis and visualization. But what does “visualization” mean to blind or low-vision (BLV) learners? A new National Science Foundation-funded project is using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop and research new tools for making data exploration accessible to BLV learners. Graphs—and […]
For many nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education, recent Fridays have been overshadowed by a sense of dread. For four successive Fridays—April 18, April 25, May 2, and May 9—over 1,400 National Science Foundation (NSF) awards were abruptly terminated in enormous weekly batches. (There were a few letters of termination on other days of […]
On May 10, 2025, the National Science Foundation (NSF) celebrates 75 years of empowering discovery, innovation, and learning. For generations, NSF has supported the ideas and people that have shaped STEM education, research, and opportunity in America. But this milestone is more than a celebration—it’s also a moment for reflection. The gains we’ve made through […]
What does learning about artificial intelligence have to do with learning math? A group of enthusiastic middle and high school students are finding out, thanks to a new supplemental program offered this spring at the Florida Virtual School! As an extension of their Algebra 1 course, students are learning to build an AI model that […]