…technology. The currency of curiosity. Young children are driven by an engine of unflagging curiosity. This fire exists inside everyone, simply waiting to be found and stoked. This is our…
…questions. The Concord Consortium’s Geniverse project, funded by the National Science Foundation, is a collaboration with the Jackson Laboratory, the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, TERC, and BSCS. Geniverse extends…
…2012, from 7:30 – 8:30 p.m. (EDT), Chad Dorsey will introduce scientific and engineering practices from the Next Generation Science Standards and describe how free, technology-based activities can support students….
…textbook development cycle, a large, skilled team would be needed: content experts who were classroom savvy, software wizards, assessment statisticians, curriculum designers, and university researchers. Developing comprehensive electronic materials for…
…1.5 times more massive than our Sun. To look for planets, they used the “wobble” method, which looks for shifts in the apparent wavelengths coming from the star. The 18…
…CodeR4MATH activities, students learn to apply the iterative process of mathematical modeling: defining the problem, making assumptions, simplifying the problem, defining variables, getting solutions, validating the model, and reporting results….
…the use of high-quality on-line resources by students, teachers, and the public.” 1. Feynman, R. P., Leighton, R. D., & Sands, M. (1963). The Feynman lectures on physics. Menlo Park:…
…“boil” two different solids, one composed of non-polar molecules, the other of polar ones (Figure 3). Solubility Solubility. Polar (blue and red) and non-polar (gray) substances separate when mixed together,…
…gene expression: by virtue of the molecules they encode, genes act in concert, and not simply as individual entities. Students move beyond “dominant” and “recessive” and enter a more complex,…
…molecules, the other of polar ones (Figure 3). Solubility Solubility. Polar (blue and red) and non-polar (gray) substances separate when mixed together, but are still attracted to each other. This…