…videos of scientists presenting their own research and how the data they are collecting is related to solving aspects of these unanswered questions. Finally, the units will include real-world data…
…Rightful Presence Rishi Krishnamoorthy, Tasha Austin, Ravit Golan Duncan, Edna Tan, Frieda Reichsman, Burrell Smithen, and Jaya Joshi Since spring of 2020, our ‘new normal’ world pivoted towards online spaces….
What caused the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)? About 56 million years ago, Earth’s temperature was a lot warmer than it is today–as much as 21°F higher than today (see the…
…in science labs worldwide. Today, five major global companies produce probeware specifically designed for education, and a million students use educational probes and sensors every year. Online Learning Though it’s…
…the history of labor protections and injustices, students created data stories and wrote legislation to address food injustice in the United States today, then presented their work in committee meetings…
…understanding of the natural world. Large-scale events, like Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count, started in 1900, made participation in science recreational and communal, with the sharing of stories and experiences gaining…
As science educators our goal is to help students engage in and develop practices for understanding the natural world. But what about the built world, the human-made environment—the one that…
…either in the English Protestant Newton camp, or the French Catholic Descartes camp, or the German metaphysical Leibniz camp. Emilie Du Châtelet managed to transcend these divisions and combined the…
…about the stars to fully describe the planets. Just as in all scientific fields, the latest breakthrough discoveries are always built on a strong foundation of basic research. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110110151155.htm http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/110110-nasa-kepler-10b-new-planet-found-rocky-science-space/…
…explore, and imagine how it may work in the real world. Modeling and simulation can thereby push the envelope of engineering education to cover much broader fields and engage many…