…when Microsoft Word was the dominant model for thinking about how to use a computer: “Hello, blank page! Let’s see, today I’ll make a diffusion simulation. I should write something…
…class would have been like (or could be like today) if the foundation of your chemical knowledge started here. Technology and Curriculum Developer Dan Damelin goes on to describe how…
For 14 years I was a teacher at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. Today is the first day of summer vacation for my friends and colleagues there. Now I work at…
…steering the development of our Common Online Data Analysis Platform (CODAP) since then, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation. Both Fathom and CODAP are designed for learning…
…interactive online stories, simple experiments with easy-to-use temperature probes, and web-based models that make the invisible world of molecules visible. Students have many “aha!” moments in her class—like the time…
…along the mid-ocean ridges or plates converging and the subduction of one plate below another. Tectonic Explorer has been combined with GEODE’s Seismic Explorer in the online GEODE curriculum that…
…also embedded in a scaffolded online GEODE Plate Tectonics module “What will Earth look like in 500 million years?” It’s perfect for teaching your students about seismic and volcanic activity….
…all ages! Be a trend setter as you look for trends, medians, modes, and more in our Common Online Data Analysis Platform (CODAP). Rock your mom genes in our life…
…whimsical online story designed to teach about particles changing states when the ambient air is heated. From time to time the virtual narrator asks questions—such as “Will tilting the Zippies…
…He was introduced to CODAP (Common Online Data Analysis Platform) by a science specialist in a district he worked for. “He was raving about it,” says Matt. “He showed it…