…to write the gas unit that includes the tanker question. It utilizes SageModeler, our web-based systems dynamic modeling software, to help students visualize phenomenon that otherwise are hard to explain….
…a geoscientist thinks about the rock cycle, they understand that rock formation is deeply connected to the tectonic plate system. Can we help students do this, too? As part of…
…their innovation and creativity. Tara Eppinger, Durham Academy, Durham, NC Tara Eppinger is excited by the ways technology and online resources can change the way students learn and help them…
…to include data. The goal of the National Science Foundation-funded Writing Data Stories project is to help middle school students tell stories about patterns they discover in data and how…
…over $6 billion dollars. Our GeoHazard project has designed and tested an online curriculum module to help middle and high school students investigate the risks and impacts of inland flooding….
…understood why and how dragons exhibited a particular color.” Barbara also uses our STEM activities in convection, conduction, earthquakes, and volcanoes. They help her visualize student misconceptions. “Technology has allowed…
…fur colors in different subpopulations—to help high school students better understand how these different biological processes, operating at different scales, influence a single organismal trait. Through scaffolded investigations, model building,…
…would be able to create “simplified maps” of rock distribution that could help students connect tectonic environments to rock genesis. His enthusiastic reply came back. “Sure, that sounds like a…
…growing sense of agency for solving pressing problems. Youth who explore data about equity issues and other social concerns learn firsthand how data can help them to make a difference…
…data exploration and visualization environment, which means there’s a lot you can do in CODAP. Our goal is to help you do the things you want to do. For example,…