In the WeatherX project, a collaboration involving EDC, Mount Washington Observatory, the University of Washington, and the Concord Consortium, we engage middle school students with weather data and weather science….
…module, which is now freely available to the public. The online five-activity module, designed for middle and high school Earth science classrooms, scaffolds students’ ability to make connections between rock…
…longitudes and depths from Florida to Morocco across the Atlantic at 30° N latitude. They use a simple online graphing tool to create a bathymetric profile across the ocean and…
…it demands can stand as a barrier to entry for K-12 students. Back when the “data science education dilemma” was first being discussed, we began developing the Common Online Data…
…developed a new online tool for our Collaborative Learning User Environment (CLUE) called the DataCard Deck to give students a just-structured-enough platform for collecting and sorting their moth data, discovering…
…her students, like children everywhere, enjoy being outdoors. “It’s good for them emotionally and mentally.” In addition to outdoor activities, students use Concord Consortium’s online activities, which include interactive simulations,…
…and monitor a graph that calculates and displays the total amount of carbon contained in vegetation in the simulation. The simulation will be embedded in a freely available online activity…
What is the future of forest fires? Using Wildfire Explorer to learn about boreal forest succession Blog Post
…that influence wildfires in this important ecosystem. The simulation will be embedded in a new online activity, designed to teach students about the cycle of boreal forest fires, forest succession,…
…positioning theory (Goffman, 1981) to analyze data from online play-testing and co-design sessions with youth, the paper explores how storytelling enabled youth to navigate and shift between the dual roles…
…Bob Tinker forecast, networked computing allowed for advances in online learning and professional development and opened the door to collaborative data-related projects connecting students around the world. Synergy between mobile…