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Cynthia McIntyre, Trudi Lord and Paul Horwitz describe the Evolution Readiness curriculum in the October issue of Science & Children, which focuses on hard-to-teach concepts. The computer-based and hands-on activities help fourth grade students learn the big ideas of evolution.
Energy2D, an open-source, interactive energy simulation tool, is now available for free download. Install the first stable version of Energy2D as a desktop app and create high-quality simulations that run in Web browsers for heat transfer, fluid dynamics, geoscience and more.
It takes a lot of computation to model the atomic and molecular world! Fortunately, modern Web browsers have 10 times the computational capacity and speed compared with just 18 months ago. (That’s even faster than Moore’s Law!) We’re now taking advantage of HTML5 plus JavaScript to rebuild Molecular Workbench models to run on anything with […]
Congratulations to Siubhan F. of Cork, Ireland! She’s the winner of a new iPad for participating in our website survey. Siubhan told us how she learned of the Concord Consortium when she was on her Transition Year Work Experience at the Blackrock Castle Observatory, Cork.
Andy Zucker argues that we must transform schools to make them more engaging and effective. In “Using Digital Tools to Help Transform Schools” in the spring 2012 issue of AdvancED Source, Zucker notes that digital tools serve as an important means, not an end to transformation.
The Molecular Workbench has been downloaded over 800,000 times, making it Concord Consortium’s most popular single piece of software. We’re heading to a million and documenting in video both our history and our vision for the future. Learn from Charles Xie, Senior Scientist and creator of the Molecular Workbench, about the computational engines that accurately […]
We’re delighted to announce that we were awarded a Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE) Innovation award. The Concord Consortium was selected from 268 innovative companies and joins the “Circle of Excellence” with past winners, including Staples, PictureTel, Ben & Jerry’s, Brooks Automation, Direct Tire, Genzyme, Nantucket Nectars, Imagitas!, Aurora Imaging Technology, and iRobot.
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), a federally funded organization that scans educational research for high-quality studies, recently reviewed our 2008 study of the Technology Enhanced Elementary and Middle School Science (TEEMSS) software and materials. The WWC reported, “TEEMSS was found to have potentially positive effects on general science achievement for elementary school students in grades 3–4.”
Two international students will spend the summer coding for our open source projects. Through Google Summer of Code (GSoC), they’ll earn stipends from Google, plus get a coveted GSoC t-shirt and certificate. Concord Consortium developers will provide mentorship.
Make heat flow and temperature change visible to your students with Charles Xie’s new article in the April issue of The Physics Teacher. Heat transfer is widely taught, but there are many misconceptions around heat and temperature. Explore new interactive computer simulations that may help dispel misconceptions.