…data science. However, rural students are less likely to choose a STEM major and have far less access to advanced STEM courses taught by highly qualified teachers. We’re partnering with…
…you choose the ocean basemap map type in Seismic Explorer, you’ll be able to see that the Hawaiian Islands are on one end of a long chain of underwater mountains….
…EXAMPLES. Select Getting Started with CODAP, then OPEN. Follow the prompts. Once you’ve mastered your first set of data moves there, navigate to the file menu within CODAP, choose Open,…
…Design Principle 1: Environments should allow students the agency to choose multiple, open-ended paths to investigate phenomena. Our goal is to design environments that are inherently inquiry based. These environments…
…a Terrain Setup wizard, students can experiment by adjusting important factors: Choose different landscapes to explore the role of terrain in fire spread. Does fire in the mountains behave the…
…aids to help them understand the Earth as a system and provide an active, accessible proving ground for testing ideas and making original discoveries. An education that acknowledges technology’s fundamental…
…four interactives that help students experience and understand these nuances: Intermolecular Attractions Intermolecular Attractions. Oppositely charged atoms (blue and red) attract to each other while neutral atoms (gray) attract to…
…begin to capture the complexity of intermolecular forces in the real world. For the MIT MOOC we used Molecular Workbench to create four interactives that help students experience and understand…
…attributes — age, education, income, family size, employment status, and many more. Furthermore, students typically encounter datasets only as “flat” displays of simple rows and columns in a spreadsheet. But…
So many things to give thanks for. The Concord Consortium family had our own Thanksgiving this week, complete with turkey, stuffing and cranberries. We were happy to welcome a few…