…energy, energy efficiency and the use of natural resources. Activities and exhibits will also involve design challenges, enabling extended experiences that adapt flexibly to different learning settings. We are currently…
One of the Concord Consortium’s focus areas involves determining new ways to understand deep student learning of skills and processes such as science practices and engineering design. We’ve pioneered this…
…and how to apply them to design working systems. Because the Molecular Workbench simulation engine calculates the motion of atoms and molecules based on their interactions, it can model a…
…growing family? We’re hiring! 7. We Received National Recognition for our Curriculum and Technology Design We were awarded the world’s first Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Design Badge for our…
…covers the education standards of scientific inquiry and engineering design, 5) it supports many architectural styles (Figure 3), 6) it works just like a design game (e.g., Minecraft) for children,…
…the roof is insulated, the less its color impacts the energy cost. With Energy3D, students can easily explore these design variables. This new feature, along with others such as the…
…middle school age design, create, and use system models. A simple drag and drop interface allows students to quickly select variables and define relationships between them, without requiring numbers, formulas,…
…and interpret data on natural hazards, consider technologies to mitigate their effects, and use evidence to build scientific arguments about how they have affected human activity. GeoHazard will integrate Earth…
…Association Project for Energy-Enriched Curriculum funded by the U. S. Department of Energy. HRM (Human Relations Media) Software in early 1983 published the software developed in the PEEC project, including…
Apparently, Google has been secretly making cars that drive themselves. They have logged over 140,000 miles of self-navigation and over 1,000 miles of navigation entirely free of human intervention, all…