…equipped college science laboratories, where they conducted diffusion, photosynthesis, density, specific heat, and gas laws experiments (Figure 1), while physics teachers spread out in large, flexible spaces in order to…
…the organization’s history. He followed in the footsteps of our founder, Bob Tinker, who, like Chad, was a physicist. “The ability to ask interesting questions about the world is one…
…is available at: https://perso.telecom-paristech.fr/eagan/class/igr204/datasets BillFinzer (wfinzer@concord.org) is a senior scientist. Michelle Wilkerson (mwilkers@berkeley.edu) is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Science Foundation under grant DRL-1900606. Any opinions,…
…Wildfire Explorer, a computational model and simulation, to consider individual factors (wind speed, wind direction, vegetation, terrain, and drought conditions) that make wildfires more or less of a risk to…
…patterns, supports and technologies have begun to come together, enabling us to develop new applications with striking ease. This coming era, characterized by convergence, combination and connections, holds intriguing possibilities….
…students make with a static equilibrium model in SageModeler (Figure 2). Figure 1. Example generic graph consisting of nodes and directed links. Source: https://github.com/dagrejs/graphlib/wiki/APIReference#alg-components Figure 2. Example static equilibrium model…
…data Disciplinary Core Ideas: ESS3.D: Global Climate Change, ESS2.D: Weather and Climate Crosscutting Concepts: Systems and system models To uncover the big questions in Earth and environmental science, High-Adventure Science…
…and teaching by advancing the effective use of technology in PK–12 and teacher education. The theme for ISTE 2012 is “Expanding Horizons.” Teachers, tech coordinators, district administrators, and media specialists…
…Figure 2. Interacting with a graph. The student-identified point is red (top) and correlates to the highlighted data point (bottom). At each stage, students get feedback about their graph interpretation…
…9. Six New Employees Sign On We welcomed six fabulous new employees in our Concord, MA, and Emeryville, CA, offices: Tom Farmer, Lisa Hardy, Eli Kosminsky, Andrea Krehbiel, Joyce Massicotte,…