Explore the interactions that cause water and oil to separate from a mixture. Oil is a non-polar molecule, while water is a polar molecule. While all molecules are attracted to…
…plate motion, and historic data about volcanic eruptions. Students then take the hypotheses they have developed and use Tectonic Explorer to examine dynamic plate interactions and how these interactions are…
…capstone concept that pulls the topics together at the end of a unit. The goal is to help students understand how plate movements and interactions are responsible for features such…
What effect does geography have on air quality? Use this model to explore the effect of point-source pollution, geography, and wind on regional air quality.
…produced when magma from a volcano cools very quickly. Students use a block-based programming tool called GeoCoder to write code to input, iterate, and investigate the effect of environmental variables…
…To measure instructional sensitivity, we analyzed nearly 900 megabytes of process data logged by Energy3D as collections of time series. These time-varying data were gathered from 65 high school students…
…oven and placing the soufflé in its exact center. The time comes for the final exam. You re-read your notes and memorize various recipes. The written exam consists of a…
…is time for an equally crucial change in the way we think about data. So how do we proceed? What shifts in our view of education does this turning point…
…myself. Divide and conquer. I scribbled all over the margins, yet the solution kept falling apart. The clock was ticking. The answer eventually arrived—in time. I suspect it was a…
At the Concord Consortium, we’re always experimenting with new ideas, using new technologies to support classroom inquiry in STEM, and researching the effects on learning. We’re a group of thinkers…