…bridge with popsicle sticks or creating a geometric structure with toothpicks and marshmallows. While such activities can help students learn about design, they differ markedly from the challenges of current…
…growing sense of agency for solving pressing problems. Youth who explore data about equity issues and other social concerns learn firsthand how data can help them to make a difference…
…some that are poorly understood to this day. A research-based set of curriculum materials aimed at upper elementary and middle school students can help. We are happy to announce the…
…over $6 billion dollars. Our GeoHazard project has designed and tested an online curriculum module to help middle and high school students investigate the risks and impacts of inland flooding….
…fur colors in different subpopulations—to help high school students better understand how these different biological processes, operating at different scales, influence a single organismal trait. Through scaffolded investigations, model building,…
…need to support students in developing data fluency and help them overcome common roadblocks. We are developing a framework of pedagogical content knowledge for data fluency in middle school that…
As science educators our goal is to help students engage in and develop practices for understanding the natural world. But what about the built world, the human-made environment—the one that…
…types of behaviors, from mask wearing to agricultural or medical processes and beyond. As we emerge from our pandemic stupor, what does this all mean for how we help prepare…
…to include data. The goal of the National Science Foundation-funded Writing Data Stories project is to help middle school students tell stories about patterns they discover in data and how…
…low-stakes discussions such as introductions, group “lounges” for sharing resources, social chatter, or networking, and distinct technical help forums, separate from the content-based forums. These ideas and more came from…