…genetics in particular, are rapidly advancing areas that will offer new jobs across the spectrum from technicians to scientists. A new $1.2 million National Science Foundation-funded project at the Concord…
…and CLEAResult launched a Call for Innovation to leverage crowdsourcing to solicit new ideas for saving energy in homes based on smartphone technologies. Modern smartphones are packed with a variety…
…engagement and interest in meaningful learning activities and practices can spur an enduring pursuit of science. Our Learning Everywhere initiative is exploring, prototyping, and creating new learning experiences—including exhibits, mobile…
A new collaborative research project at the Concord Consortium and Michigan State University will develop and research learning materials on the molecular and cellular basis for genetics and the process…
…new two-year project builds off an earlier project by Principal Investigators Sherry Hsi and Michael Eisenberg, which prototyped several Paper Mechatronics design projects, organized activity formats, and piloted the various…
…code on GitHub. And although he was new to the code base underlying the Seismic Explorer software, which displays earthquakes and volcanoes worldwide using real-time data from the USGS, he…
…a dozen discoveries await in the next chart or graph. As Isaac Asimov once reminded us, “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries,…
…another and digs in, stacking, filtering, creating graph after graph, hot on the trail of unseen patterns and new insights. This is an increasingly common scenario. As complex datasets begin…
…approaching a problem, they are less likely to fixate on one type of model. We are planning a new round of research in early 2019 with students in two high…
…non-professional scientists is not new. For hundreds of years, naturalists, collectors, diarists, and record keepers of all manner, including those who lacked formal scientific training and credentials, have shaped our…