This is the third followup of the blog article: “A perfect storm in a cup of salt water?“ I woke up last night with a perfect explanation for the mysterious…
This is the second followup of an earlier blog article “A perfect storm in a cup of salt water?“ I did an experiment to investigate the relationship of the salt…
This is the first followup of the blog article last week “A perfect storm in a cup of salt water?“. Several people including Bob Tinker, John Loosmann, and Einar Berg…
Andy Zucker’s article, “Transforming Schools with Technology,” was featured in Independent School magazine. The special issue, focused on the theme of Teaching in a 2.0 World, won an award from…
The new issue of @Concord includes articles on formative assessments in electronics, a new simulation for teaching and learning heat transfer, nanoscience and genetics education, and more. Read the Newsletter…
I was bothered by an experiment I did recently about the temperature distribution in a cup of salt solution. I added a few spoons of table salt and baking soda…
Infrared (IR) imaging is a technique for seeing heat based on detecting thermal radiation (mostly IR) an object emits. It used to be a very expensive tool only affordable to…
At the Denver School of Science and Technology, a public charter high school serving many students from low-income families, laptops are used by teachers and students in a variety of…
I was recently involved in a few pilot field tests in which high school students were challenged to build an energy efficient scale model house. We observed something amazing. Initially,…
The Concord Consortium announced its new President, Chad Dorsey, at the meeting of its Board of Directors on October 28, 2008. “Chad was the unanimous choice of the Board and…