…collecting real-time data with sensors, answering open-response questions, capturing snapshots of their work with interactive models and digital microscopes, relating their activity to STEM careers, drawing conclusions based on their…
…newfound abilities to gather data to answer meaningful and relevant questions, define their own questions when exploring data, describe data to someone else, and make charts, graphs, and other visual…
…as the primary material for learner design, exploration, and inquiry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXq4zFjGSbM Watch how to create your own devices from cardboard – machines, robots, toys, automata, kinetic artwork – that move!…
…in understanding the natural world. Read the full article (posted with permission of Science Scope). Watch a video about the Building Models project, featuring Dan Damelin and Joe Krajcik. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BErVRfttHic…
Lights, camera, action: A video that introduces the NGSS practice of scientific argumentation Blog Post
…to scientific arguments in a fun and relatable way and to make the terminology and process of scientific argumentation less daunting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J63hWQw2hU We’re piloting the video in our Will there…
…they work together to solve simulated real-world electronics problems on separate computers linked by the Internet. Since we already had an existing standalone online circuit simulator from a previous project,…
…suited to work with real-world data to test system models, student experiences were mixed in this regard. In general, students understood that complex issues have multiple causes, and based on…
…head of the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Under his leadership, the Exploratorium was voted the best science center in the world. He then moved back to Europe and transformed the…
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…student is provided with a simulated electronic circuit, such as a breadboard or digital device, and a set of components and test equipment. Students can link their breadboards together over…