…Time A new project with Michigan State University is developing and embedding learning analytics into digital notebooks to provide middle school students with information on their engagement and learning of…
…the exactitude to which eclipse chasers are able to target site selection. In particular, while we can’t know weather ahead of time, the information we do have available is often…
…in preparing diverse students for careers in STEM by engaging them in exciting, inquiry-based science activities that use computational models and real-time data acquisition. Students interact by drawing prediction graphs,…
A thermostat is a controller that maintains a system’s temperature near a fixed point. The simplest thermostat does this by switching a heater or AC on and off to maintain…
…plywood in no time flat. Here, you can see it doing a number on some MDF – 3D shapes very easily done. The price? Only about $5,000 for a starter…
…all sorts of designers, inspires students to explore creative ideas, and, most importantly, remains responsive all the time without ever running out of steam. Such an ideal mentor does not…
What does inquiry look like in your science classroom? While inquiry appears in many forms, an “inquiry classroom” generally features students experimenting and testing variables, collecting data, analyzing it, presenting…
…can also capture whole-class artifacts with embedded work from small groups, class gallery walks, and class summaries in digital notebooks that persist over time. The online CLUE (Collaborative Learning User…
…matter in the atmosphere with sources of pollutants, and understand how and why air quality changes over time. Having discovered what killed the fish in the first challenge, students should…
…flower gardens or wooded lots? How warm does it have to be for moths to be out? This summer, we spent four days co-designing the next implementation of the MothEd…