…immemorial, humans have looked up at the night sky and mused about the deepest questions of existence. Such innate human wondering binds us together and inspires new exploration and scientific…
…and curiosity” of middle school students, and has continued to teach seventh and eighth graders for the past sixteen years. Rachel is a firm believer in combining not just humanities…
…of fresh water on Earth. They run experiments with computational models to explore the flow of groundwater, investigate the relationship of groundwater levels to rainfall and human impact, and hear…
…a scientifically valid online watershed modeling application. They simulate runoff from a storm event, collect data from their schoolyard, analyze local data from national databases, and model changes in land…
…watering holes dry up. One solution is for us to simply use less water during the dry seasons. Another solution for humans to build dams. Using less water is a…
…required hand coding, all of the localizations were accomplished using POEditor, an online translation service. But localizing an application has many challenges, some of them inherent to language structure itself….
…He was introduced to CODAP (Common Online Data Analysis Platform) by a science specialist in a district he worked for. “He was raving about it,” says Matt. “He showed it…
…how those relationships are being modified due to human activity.” With SageModeler, we can model ocean acidification as one example. Open SageModeler SageModeler is embedded in Concord Consortium’s Common Online…
…and to deploy the resulting model’s predictive power to inform the design of solutions to complex, real-world problems.” Ask Amy about real-world problems, and she’s quick to say HABs. That’s…
Many Concord Consortium curricular activities are delivered online, which means we can log student actions. This presents an opportunity and a problem. The opportunity is obvious: by analyzing student actions…