…plant trees locally, reap the cooling effect locally, and also help to cool globally! Learn more about the relationship between clouds and climate in the High-Adventure Science climate investigation. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914161729.htm…
…investigation, learn about aquifers and water sustainability in the High-Adventure Science water investigation, and learn about using geologic formations to reconstruct previous climates in the High-Adventure Science climate investigation. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915182850.htm…
…Addison-Wesley. 2. National Science Education Standards, www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962 3. See www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Standards_Framework_Homepage.html 4. Computational Experiments for Science Education, www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6037/1516.ful Charles Xie (qxie@concord.org) is the developer of the Molecular Workbench software. Robert Tinker…
…for igniting her passion for teaching and mathematics. As a first-generation college student, Barker was “lost on how to navigate the college application process or how to choose a major.”…
…Situated in the context of sustainability and centered on the concept of energy, our Green Building Model Kit adds to the family of engineering design projects. Figure 1. The Green…
…incites fears of designer babies—the idea that parents will someday want to choose particular traits for their unborn children. In Geniventure, students do “design” drakes in challenges that require them…
…in what is known as the explicit method in the family of the finite-difference methods (FDMs) commonly used to solve time-dependent differential equations. There is a magic bullet for solving…
…students to critically reflect on what is known and what is uncertain. By embedding uncertainty as a feature—not a flaw—of science education, we help students move beyond simplistic notions of…
…that strengthening STEM identities can help students who are traditionally underrepresented in STEM, including girls and disadvantaged students, feel like they belong in these fields. The YouthQuake project brings authentic…
…defined by the combination of inputs to that system. They help answer questions of how a change in one part of a system can cause a change in another. Imagine…