…as the primary material for learner design, exploration, and inquiry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXq4zFjGSbM Watch how to create your own devices from cardboard – machines, robots, toys, automata, kinetic artwork – that move!…
Lights, camera, action: A video that introduces the NGSS practice of scientific argumentation Blog Post
…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 We’re piloting the video in our Will there…
…included this graphic and description: (https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/) Note the words “POTENTIALLY” and “LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST”. Clicking through to look at the details, you can learn a bit about the model information…
…think it is important to get that message out now.” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110216132100.htm Explore the relationship between temperature and greenhouse gases in our activity, “What will Earth’s climate be in the future?“…
…roughly the same amount of sea level rise caused by melting glaciers and icecaps outside of Greenland and Antarctica and 25% of the total sea level rise per year! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923142503.htm…
…carbon dioxide emissions to accelerate the warming process. Read the summary at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100309083700.htm. Learn how albedo affects global temperature with our models in the “What will Earth’s climate be in…
…with instruction and embedded assessment that help make concepts such as hybridization (inset) and light-matter interactions accessible. Scientific practices By running models and observing many runs under different conditions, students…
Sitting at home in Birmingham, England, in 2009, Chris Hart made plans to move her family and her life to Boston. She had never even been to New England before,…
…beyond comprehension, no significant problem facing us—from traffic gridlock to climate change—can be solved without the help of people who understand how to work with data. However, “data scientists” are…
…Penny Noyce (pendrednoyce@gmail.com) is a founder of Tumblehome, Inc. Jan Mokros (jan@tumblehomelearning.com) is a lead researcher at Tumblehome, Inc. Bill Finzer (wfinzer@concord.org) is a senior scientist and lead developer of…