New Orleans, LA October 21-24, 2012 Conference Website iNACOL’s Virtual School Symposium (VSS) will bring together over 2,000 representatives from national, state, district, private, and other virtual school programs to…
…model, analyze, test, and evaluate multiple solar power designs for performance. Does the tilt of solar panels affect energy output? Does roof structure impede performance? What are the budget constraints?…
…Teaching, 53(3), 349-367. Staudt, C., Burton, C., Williamson, C., & McIntyre, C. (2015). The learning portal: Hundreds of free digital activities using models and probes. The Science Teacher, 82(9), 57-63….
…A., Damelin, D., & Pryputniewicz, S. (2013). Deep space detectives. The Science Teacher, 80(2), 55-60. Pallant, A., Lee, H.-S., & Pryputniewicz, S. (2012). Modeling Earth’s climate. The Science Teacher, 79(7),…
…and flows” approach: stocks or “collectors” (e.g., CO2 in the atmosphere) go up or down in the system over time according to rates of change or flows (e.g., parts per…
…Finder. A suite of teacher resources accompany the module, including pre- and post-assessments, a standards alignment, and an interactive Teacher Edition that contains background information, exemplar answers to question prompts,…
…employers. Three fields of STEM employment were represented: Information and Communication Technology, Biotechnology, and Advanced Manufacturing. There is ample evidence (see, for example, “Still Searching: Job Vacancies and STEM Skills”)…
…as foundational as energy and molecular motion. *Albert, E. (1978). Development of the concept of heat in children. Science Education, 62, 389-399. Carolyn Staudt (cstaudt@concord.org) directs the Sensing Science project….
…image (e.g., pools, riffles, trees, pavement, etc.). Click page 2 of the Habitat tab and continue to mark stream features you observe. Identify macroinvertebrates Certain aquatic macroinvertebrates are sensitive to…
…(2000). Model-It: A design retrospective. In M. Jacobson & R. Kozma (Eds.), Advanced designs for the technologies of learning: Innovations in science and mathematics education. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Dan Damelin…