Remote Professional Development: Using a System Modeling Tool for 3D Teaching and Learning Blog Post
…SageModeler is an online systems modeling tool, and I was hoping to learn how I could use it in an environmental science unit I was co-developing with another eighth grade…
…Initiative, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Developing assessment tasks How do we assess success in reaching NGSS performance expectations? Assessments should measure knowledge-in-use through the integration of the…
…to your CODAP tool belt! 1) Built-in plugins in CODAP Eight built-in plugins extend CODAP’s functionality. For example, you can use the NOAA Weather plugin to gather historical weather data…
…Addison-Wesley. 2. National Science Education Standards, www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962 3. See www7.nationalacademies.org/bose/Standards_Framework_Homepage.html 4. Computational Experiments for Science Education, www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6037/1516.ful Charles Xie (qxie@concord.org) is the developer of the Molecular Workbench software. Robert Tinker…
…develop and implement, with its focus on teachers’ use of assessment to support learning within the classroom, is precisely what has been recommended in a major report issued very recently…
…the principles and use Molecular Workbench to connect them to effects they see in the lab. A possible learning sequence is shown in red. Why stop digging? For students with…
…evidence of science and engineering practices (SEPs). Students might be challenged to use a simulation to plan and carry out an experiment or use graph visualization tools to analyze and…
…and mitigate their effects, and use scientific evidence to build understanding. Want to try GeoCode Explorer in your classroom this year? Apply now and feel free to reach out to…
…across these representations. Variable cards and mathematical expressions Students use the diagram tile to create visual representations of their models. In M2Studio, the variable cards are a particularly powerful representation…
…also provides a light-hearted, page-turning adventure. You can see a trailer for the book here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJhpfnvk7o Teachers and students can get a taste of the land of Lexicon at www.LostinLexicon.com….