Critical questions about pre-college data science education at international statistics conference Blog Post
…like data science” early in 2017, said, “We need to make more room for data investigations using rich, complex data sets, and using technology to explore them.” Indeed, statistics educators…
…the PEAR Institute: Partnerships in Education, Afterschool, and Resilience, asking students to think about how they feel about what they learned in genetics, how much they know about genetics jobs,…
…Actually, anyone can do it. All it takes is a little physics, a little math, and Google. First, the physics: When you throw a rock in the ocean, the volume…
At the Concord Consortium, we believe that the most powerful educational experiences engage the whole learner, and that educational technologies are most effective when they leverage students’ social, cognitive, and…
…flooding, power outages, and roof collapses. The National Weather Service (NWS) exists to “provide weather, water, and climate data, forecasts and warnings for the protection of life and property and…
…a vector ‘yogurt_price’ consisting of yogurt prices yogurt_price = c(1.13, 2.00, 1.69, 1.79, 2.09, 1.00, 1.00, 0.60, 1.00, 1.11, 1.79, 3.19, 1.79, 1.99, 3.69, 2.79, 0.60, 1.79, 1.99, 4.09, 4.49,…
…others. These and other real-world considerations are not, strictly speaking, mathematical in nature, but insofar as they constrain the set of acceptable solutions, they require mathematical skills – e.g., modeling…
…to select from involving photosynthesis, respiration, seed germination, and/or plant growth in chambers that can be from three classes to four weeks long. If you’re interested, contact us at inspect@concord.org….
Lights, camera, action: A video that introduces the NGSS practice of scientific argumentation Blog Post
…explanation and learn about uncertainty in scientific data and how to express this uncertainty. In High-Adventure Science, argumentation takes a special form, including a multiple-choice structured claim, open-ended explanation, five-point…
…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!…