The new issue of @Concord includes articles on the PCAST report, fourth grade students learning about evolution, quantum chemistry activities, IR imaging technology, UDL, and more. Read the Newsletter Subscribe…
A new Web site permits you to hurtle asteroids and comets into the Earth to see what havoc you can create. The cool thing is that it uses an impact…
…runs twice as fast in FireFox as the faster method in Chrome. Other people who view your test can contribute new results when it is run in their browser also….
…new friends and a number of old friends, and have a great time. One way we showed our thanks was through our Thanksgiving tree, highlighting the many ways we’re thankful…
…heats the Earth and makes it habitable for us. So when the Sun is more active, the Earth should get warmer, right? Wrong. New research, recently published in Nature, shows…
…If the evidence doesn’t fit the claim, then the claim is rejected and revised. New evidence can result in changes to long-held understandings about how the world works–it is the…
…science: more data leads to better models, leading to more accurate predictions of the future. Learn about how scientists use new data to make better models of Earth’s future climate…
As plants grow, they transpire, releasing water into the atmosphere. During the summer in a city, trees help to cool the immediate surroundings through transpiration. New research from Carnegie’s Global…
The National Science Foundation funds SmartCAD—an intelligent learning system for engineering design Blog Post
…United States. These new standards mandate every student to learn and practice engineering design in every science subject at every level of K-12 education. Figure 1 In typical engineering projects,…
…Boston A new feature has been added to Energy3D to visualize heat transfer across the building envelope using arrays of arrows. Each arrow represents the heat flux at a point…