We’re thrilled to present three videos in the National Science Foundation STEM for All Video Showcase from May 14 to 21! We invite you to view the videos and join the conversation about research projects that are transforming the STEM educational landscape. Please vote for our videos through Facebook, Twitter, or email!
Geniventure
Geniventure is a free online game with an Intelligent Tutoring System that engages students from middle school through higher education in genetics and heredity by saving virtual dragons from extinction. Through scaffolded virtual investigations, students explore the physical traits that result from allele combinations, then zoom into cells and manipulate the proteins that ultimately give rise to those traits.
Integrating Computational Thinking and Experimental Science
InSPECT supports the integration of computational thinking (CT) in experimental science with a novel technology-enhanced curriculum, and examines how students engage in CT using these tools for inquiry. InSPECT is designing a series of open-ended high school biology experiments using inexpensive DIY lab instruments developed in partnership with Manylabs, including Dataflow—a digital tool for experimental control and data acquisition using Internet-of-Things sensors.
Teaching Environmental Sustainability with Model My Watershed
With our collaborators at and Stroud Water Research Center, we’re developing interdisciplinary, place-based, problem-based, hands-on resources and models aligned to NGSS to promote watershed stewardship, geospatial literacy, and systems thinking. We’re introducing middle and high school students to environmental and geospatial science that engenders critical incidents and encourage students to pursue environmental and geoscience careers.