…sun’s angle, the sun’s path in different parts of the world, projection effect, the effect of air mass, the effect of weather, solar radiation pathways, and other self-directed activities for…
The National Science Foundation funds grant to pair intelligent tutoring system and Geniverse Blog Post
…interactions. At the same time, intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) have undergone important advancements in providing support for individual student learning. Their complex statistical user models can identify student difficulties effectively…
…of nucleotides carries the information that gives rise to proteins; the concentration of a chemical affects the rate of a reaction; and more. Learning about these fundamental interactions is a…
…of testing and debugging computational models. We collected 75 hours of students’ interactions with a computational modeling tool and analyzed them using the ID Tool to characterize students’ use of…
…puzzling phenomenon that is relevant to them. For example, he loves the curriculum module: “Why do some things stick together and other things don’t?” Developed by the Interactions project—a collaboration…
The March 2017 issue of The Science Teacher features “The future of energy: Having students compare the effects of different energy sources on the environment,” an article on the High-Adventure…
…in the background of Earth’s climate history. Greenhouse Gases – This one-day activity focuses on the effect of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. As students run the activities, stop the…
“There is a time, much greater in amount than commonly allowed, which should be devoted to free and unguided exploratory work (call it play if you wish; I call it…
…I add that model again? Oh yeah, Tools -> Insert -> Molecular Model…” This model is constraining even though it’s always been possible to download and open Molecular Workbench via…
…engage in related data activities using CODAP and NetLogo. The adventure story follows two middle school students, Clinton and Mae, as they travel through time on a mission to learn…