…with dozens of collaborators, include classroom activities as well as classroom research on topics ranging from STEM models and simulations to teacher resources, inquiry activities, computational thinking in the geosciences,…
…resources provide an interactive, accessible proving ground for testing ideas. Students can build a systems view of plate tectonics, explore wildfire risks and impacts, develop block-based computer code to explore…
From local environmental justice issues to global phenomena such as climate change, complex problems often require systems thinking to address them. Since 2018, the National Science Foundation-funded Multilevel Computational Modeling…
…students’ development of epistemic agency? How do students identify and address their community needs when they assess community risks, develop methods for communicating risks to the community, and develop community-based…
…as a real possibility: most people don’t really understand how we gather information about our planet. The Earth is too large and too old for us to fully comprehend with…
…the surface along convergent boundaries. In activity 4, Rock transformation, students discover that changes in pressure, temperature, or both along active tectonic boundaries can transform rock from one type to…
…more sophisticated reasoning in computational practices such as experimentation, data visualization and interpretation, and risk modeling after completing the modules. Students’ improvement in computational thinking from pre- to post-test shows…
…comes with a comprehensive Teacher Edition, Class Dashboard, code cheat sheet, standards alignment, and other resources. If you’d like to learn about opportunities for testing Earth science curriculum, please complete…
…didn’t take long for me to realize that these values had been instilled in me during the six years I spent in the classroom. As a teacher, I was committed…
…strive to uphold Scrum values and use Scrum events to communicate and promote transparency between project teams and the software developers implementing the features that are at the core of…