San Francisco, CA July 24-26, 2019 Conference Website The 8th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, hosted by NSTA, is a unique, focused event that brings together (informal and formal) educators,…
…with free software, curricula, and pedagogical strategies to overcome these constraints, making student-centered inquiry and experimentation more possible. Participants will learn to use a unique free tool called CODAP, which…
…2.5 million users in schools around the world have explored local and global data—from data about crops to climate, earthquakes, education, and more. Data fluency—the ability to explore, interpret, visualize,…
…model you’d most like us to build. To Vote 1) Go to our Facebook page (you like us on Facebook already, right?) 2) Look for the poll pinned to the…
…explanation. While investigating their world, students generate data using traditional lab tools, sensors, and simulations, then bring their data into CODAP. A “visible” target-match challenge in Geniventure. When the student…
…Dr. Markov (log in as guest). If you win, you can save Madeline the dog. Improve your odds by analyzing Markov’s moves in a graph. Play Roshambo (log in as…
…investigate their own questions. Trees in a Diagnosis Game Students use data to build binary trees for decision-making and prediction. They put “training data” through an algorithm, then automate the…
…the time and costs involved, calibrate the instruments, conduct trial runs, write a report, and finally, respond to criticism.” — AAAS Benchmarks Figure 1. A distance sensor measured the up-and-down…
…point I need to try to break it first,” she explains. In our Emeryville, California, office, she is surrounded by an orderly jungle of equipment: probes and sensors, MacBooks, Chromebooks,…
…together – Robert Tinker, Me, Hee-Sun Lee, and Chad Dorsey – October, 2016. Bob Tinker at the March for Science in Amherst, MA – April 22, 2017. Photo credit: Barbara…