…school students that address water issues using hands-on, real-world water quality science and engineering activities. In one project, students from California, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts learned to collect data about their…
The CRISPR gene editing technique is faster, cheaper, and more accurate than past methods of editing DNA. And it’s creating a huge buzz in the world of science and medical…
Chad’s Great American Eclipse Chase: Part 9—First impressions, and the experience of totality Blog Post
…to stare at the ground, and marveled together at how weird things felt. The light seemed almost yellow, with the world feeling stripped somehow of its usual vitality. In the…
…eclipse circulars for decades, and NASA’s eclipse bulletins after that. Fred retired in 2009, depriving the eclipse-chasing world of these marvelous documents, but the eclipse of 2017 pulled him back…
…uses multi-level simulations, developed by the Concord Consortium, and a curriculum based on Michigan State University’s Evo-Ed evolution education project, to examine a real-world case study of the deer mouse….
…curriculum module, in which students compare the effects of various energy sources on air quality, water quality, and land use. They use interactive models to explore hydraulic fracturing, investigate real-world…
…to the ocean. Kind of like watching her students go out into the world. “My current students have so many interesting ideas,” she says. “I think their innovations will lead…
…of snowfall, or inflow, into the collector. In the real world, this is beyond my control, subject to the whims of nature, but in a model it might be represented…
…new generation of Fast Plants and entered it into CODAP, it’s time for them to compare their real-world results with the prediction of their models. Excerpt from the 3D Teacher…
…and participate in civic life. Widespread data science and statistics education is necessary to engage students in real-world issues using data. Since 2016, Lee led the National Science Foundation-funded Enhancing…