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Understanding floods: A look inside a classroom

Flood Explorer showing area after it has been urbanized

Stephanie Harmon is a Science Consultant with the Partnership Institute for Math and Science Education Reform (PIMSER) in Kentucky. Previously, she taught Earth science and physics at Rockcastle County High School in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, and has consulted on several Concord Consortium projects. For my students in rural Kentucky, floods are personal. In July 2022, […]

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Mobile Online Studio

Mobile Online Studio

With the University at Buffalo and the University of Michigan, we are designing a platform for collaborative front-end engineering design, incorporating a virtual design mentor, and assisting teachers and students to divergently explore design concepts.

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Boreal Forest Fires

Boreal Forest Fires, Photo by KyleWiTh: https://www.flickr.com/people/kylewith/

In collaboration with scientists at the University of Colorado Denver and the University of Montana, we are developing a boreal forest fire simulation that allows students to explore the effects of climate change on wildfires in this important ecosystem.

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Research on system modeling for classroom use

Epidemics model in SageModeler

From local environmental justice issues to global phenomena such as climate change, complex problems often require systems thinking to address them. Since 2018, the National Science Foundation-funded Multilevel Computational Modeling project, a collaboration between the Concord Consortium and the CREATE for STEM Institute at Michigan State University, has researched how the use of our SageModeler […]

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AI Education Across the Curriculum

AI Education Across the Curriculum

In collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University and North Carolina State University, we are designing and researching curriculum modules for secondary math, English language arts, and history to incorporate AI education across the curriculum.

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YouthQuake

YouthQuake

In partnership with EarthScope, the University of South Florida, and the San Joaquin School District, this project fosters the development of computational geoscience identities and career awareness in urban youth using an earthquake risks and impacts curriculum.

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