There has never been a more important time to focus on science, technology, engineering and math education. We face a looming shortage of skilled STEM workers, a general crisis in…
Educators know that learning happens not just in the classroom, but all the time and across all settings—from school and to home other formal and informal spaces. In learning sciences…
…in the Next Generation Science Standards. The Innovative Technology in Science Inquiry (ITSI) project engages grades 3-12 students in exciting, inquiry-based science activities that use computational models and real-time data…
…be traced back to the motion and interactions of these plates. The TecRocks project seeks to help students develop explanations for real-world rock formations using simulations and computer-based tools to…
…aware and responsive to visitor interactions. He would share with me drafts of how an idea – always in his signature blue Palatino font – would be iteratively shaped into…
The concept of interdependence in an ecosystem and its effect on the evolution of populations is further explored through a model of a dam. Students build a dam in the…
…is deliberately set to much higher than reality to suppress the wild fluctuations for a somehow averaged effect. The results show a stable flow pattern that looks like a cross…
…crop production. You will run experiments with computational models to compare the effect of different management strategies on the land. You will not be able to answer the module’s framing…
…ranging from non-polar covalent to ionic. In the model depicted above students adjust the electronegativity of two atoms and see the effect it has on electron distribution and bond type….
…ceilings air circulation is a problem, since it transfers heat. Explore the effect of multiple barriers on the amount of convection and apply this to how insulation should be designed….