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Data Science, AI, and You in Healthcare

Students and mentor at datathon

We’re developing an innovative curriculum and datathon aimed at preparing women and minorities to become engineers, researchers, and healthcare professionals who write algorithms, design research methods, and collect data, ultimately reducing bias in AI and medical databases.

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Computational Thinking in High School Biology

Computational Thinking graphic

In collaboration with the University of Connecticut, we’re designing activities for high school biology students that engage them in computational thinking as they learn how to use electrical signals from their brains to control virtual and real mechanical devices.

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Bio4Community

Una gota rompe la piedra mural by Layqa Nuna Yawar. Photo by Kristen Rae Miranda. Used with permission.

In collaboration with Rutgers University, UNC Greensboro, and middle school students and teachers in New Brunswick, New Jersey, we are investigating the development and implementation of life science materials that support local, consequential learning.

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MothEd

MothEd Students

Michigan State University and the Concord Consortium are collaborating on MothEd to design, implement, and test curricular materials and educator supports that give elementary and middle school learners agency in decision-making while they explore the ecology of local moths.

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Multilevel Computational Modeling

Engaging high school students in computational thinking while developing and testing system models.

The Concord Consortium and Michigan State University are collaborating to research technological, curricular, and pedagogical scaffolds needed to support students and teachers in developing computational thinking in the context of system modeling.

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Evolution Readiness

Evolution Readiness Student

Using computer-based, manipulable models of interacting organisms and their environments, fourth grade students learn Darwin’s model of natural selection as the process primarily responsible for evolution.

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Learning Everywhere

Learning Everywhere

Learning Everywhere explores how cutting-edge technologies and novel materials can be designed to study and better support engaging conceptual, collaborative, and tangible learning across different contexts and settings.

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