…tech careers. The goal of the new three-year Next Step Learning project is to develop and test an education model that fuses science learning in school and energy efficiency at…
…more accurate predictions of the future. Learn about how scientists use new data to make better models of Earth’s future climate and fresh water availability with High-Adventure Science investigations. http://www.sfexaminer.com/news/2011/08/irene-forecasts-track-not-speed-wind…
…already been made. Stay tuned to see what they re-name “Snow White.” Explore how spectroscopy is used to determine the atmospheric composition of distant planets in our space investigation. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110822124955.htm…
From xkcd: http://www.xkcd.com/164/ Science is about facts and evidence. There is a lot of evidence that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. You can explore with our models how carbon…
…The activities and questions aren’t coming from me, but from the framework of the investigation and my students’ minds.” The Innovative Technology in Science Inquiry portal includes over 300 free…
…practicing teachers who use the InquirySpace approach (Figures 5 and 6). Project researchers carefully analyze student responses to questions embedded in the online curriculum, performance outcomes, and classroom behaviors to…
…the process of reasoning about scientific concepts? The notion that human cognition is rooted in the body is not new, and a growing research effort is emerging to test the…
San Diego, CA October 14-18, 2015 Conference Website Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical success factors for everyone working in the field of environmental education. This year’s North American Association…
San Antonio, TX Mar. 3–Mar. 5, 2017 Conference Website The conference is designed to create a dialogue among behavioral/social science and education researchers, evaluators, and faculty in STEM (science, technology,…
Children learn by constructing knowledge. With each new experience, they test their naive beliefs (or in the research literature, their “theories in action”) against the evidence. “What do I see/hear/feel?…