…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…
…into two week-long curriculum modules, “Assessing Volcanic Hazards and Risk with Code” and “Assessing Seismic Hazards and Risk with Code.” Thanks to the many teachers who piloted these modules in…
…with Code” module to highlight the links between the code, the visual representations, and the science content. Follow along here and then try the activity yourself. Page 1 The framing…
…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…
…therefore, could not be shared, but he referenced a paper that had used data from interviews with survivors of the internment camps along with their children and grandchildren. Those data,…
…Parachute Model? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOgUwxa9ffU Students can save their CODAP document to Google Drive, then when they’re ready, they can turn in their CODAP document—complete with their graphs or text boxes as…
…previously developed scales to measure epistemic curiosity (Kashdan et al., 2010; Litman, 2008; Mussel, 2010). Students rated the statements on a scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree…
…where all students feel they belong? The video My goal is to help teachers extend and rekindle the innate curiosity of every student about the world around them. In the…
…challenges for the Internet of Things, supporting kindergarten learning about matter and its changes, engaging students in systems modeling with SageModeler, modeling the biological effects of chronic stress caused by…
…their classes helped standardize vocabulary related to model structure as students began to use terms like “nodes” and “feedback” more regularly and confidently. Muhich and Hanson summed up their experience:…