…of phenomena across disciplines. Alignment to NGSS The Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) call for students to make sense of phenomena or design…
…think about the user experience, and help me make decisions about layout, design, and data representation. His vast experience with programming, computer games and educational environments meant that I could…
…design their own model houses on a computer first and then construct them using inexpensive materials. Although Energy3D is still in its alpha phase, it seemed to work remarkably well…
…design an interactive, dynamic plate tectonics model. Plate tectonics is a fundamental theory that unifies Earth science. It describes Earth’s surface as consisting of a number of “plates” that pull…
…small-scale information, like Doppler radar. NOAA used old propeller planes to take Doppler radar data inside Irene, but the information will be used to design better intensity forecasts in the…
…a beautiful new SageModeler logo, created by Derek Yesman of Daydream Design*. We believe that the logo represents many of the features of the systems modeling software. The two green…
…less can be more” by Bob Tinker). In addition to the quantum dynamics simulator, we are also building a user interface that students can use to design systems such as…
…evidence that they have a solid understanding grows stronger. Figure 1. Student view within Geniventure of the colored crystals (bottom of screen). Our preliminary teacher dashboard design (Figure 2) was…
…to contribute individual portions of a solution to a complex mathematical problem? Or design and integrate individual parts or systems to a grand, crowdsourced engineering problem. I’ve long purported that…
The behavior of a house losing or gaining thermal energy from the outside in a 24-hour cycle, when visualized using Energy3D‘s heat flux view, resembles breathing, especially in the transition…