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Concord Consortium senior scientist Charles Xie and his team’s Infrared Street View proposal has won the JUMP Competition for new ideas in saving energy in homes based on smartphone technologies.
A new article appears in the May issue of the Journal of Geoscience Education, featuring the Transforming Remotely Conducted Research through Ethnography, Education, and Rapidly Evolving Technologies (TREET) project. We describe eight undergraduate students’ experiences conducting ocean science research using telepresence, and lessons learned about the promise and challenges of using telepresence to engage undergraduate students in authentic research.
We’re thrilled to present five videos in the National Science Foundation STEM for All Video Showcase from May 17 to 23! We invite you to view the videos and join the conversation about the latest research in STEM and computer science teaching and learning. Please vote for our videos through Facebook, Twitter, or email!
We’re thrilled to be participating in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) for the fourth year running! Two international students will spend the summer coding for our open source projects, and through GSoC, they’ll earn stipends from Google, plus get a coveted GSoC t-shirt and certificate.
Two High-Adventure Science online curriculum lessons are now available on the National Geographic Education website. High-Adventure Science lessons explore questions such as “What is the future of Earth’s climate?” and “What are our energy choices?” and include interactive systems models and real-world data.
Join the Innovative Technology in Science Inquiry (ITSI) team on February 17 for an hour of stimulating chat on using ITSI models in science inquiry activities. Members of our Professional Learning Community will introduce you to model activities, answer your questions about using the ITSI tools and share updates on the new HTML5 format.
Concord Consortium President Emeritus Bob Tinker, his wife Barbara and former member of the board Penny Noyce have authored a book in the Galactic Academy of Science series. The Cryptic Case of the Coded Fair teaches middle school students about encryption while telling a fun and exciting story of history and adventure.
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.
The March issue of The Science Teacher features “A New Take on Student Lab Reports” by Ed Hazzard, which describes how students can use screencasts – digital recordings of the computer screen plus audio narration – to report on their computer-based science labs, as an alternative to written reports. This could be an exciting new tool for science teaching.
Four of the nation’s leading research institutions have been awarded a $2.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new system of classroom assessments that aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).