…works. You can explore how groundwater flows and propose solutions to water-supply issues in the High-Adventure Science water investigation. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/tx-drought.html Drought spurring fracking concerns Oil’s Growing Thirst for Water Texas…
…compensate for the lack of ice? Explore how greenhouse gases and ice affect Earth’s temperature and learn more about feedback and tipping points in the High-Adventure Science climate investigation. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111201174225.htm…
…Parachute Model? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOgUwxa9ffU Students can save their CODAP document to Google Drive, then when they’re ready, they can turn in their CODAP document—complete with their graphs or text boxes as…
…more accurate predictions of the future. Learn about how scientists use new data to make better models of Earth’s future climate and fresh water availability with High-Adventure Science investigations. http://www.sfexaminer.com/news/2011/08/irene-forecasts-track-not-speed-wind…
…to scientific arguments in a fun and relatable way and to make the terminology and process of scientific argumentation less daunting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J63hWQw2hU Based on many years of teacher feedback, classroom…
Students in the Luquillo Schoolyard Project in Puerto Rico are jamming on data. Large, long-term environmental data! And our free, online tool CODAP (Common Online Data Analysis Platform) joined their…
Sharing Research Results and Special Poster Session to Commemorate Robert Tinker at AERA 2018 Blog Post
…programs. (Read more stories and share your own at https://rememberingbob.concord.org) The posters included examples of probeware, model building, online professional development, mixed-reality applications, video-based data for inquiry, tools for learning…
Critical questions about pre-college data science education at international statistics conference Blog Post
…data exploration tool, Common Online Data Analysis Platform (CODAP), noted, “We could see that if data science turned into a checklist of skills, something important would be lost. On the…
…students interested in online gaming and genetics, nine students in grades 6-8 played Geniventure to find out. They also applied genetics concepts to solve puzzles, work together as teams of…
On November 14 Concord Consortium’s own Bill Finzer gave a webinar for the American Statistical Association entitled “Making Data Moves Using Free Online CODAP Software with Census at School Data.”…