With renewed attention to global environmental challenges, understanding how Earth’s systems work is essential to both thinking about those challenges and finding potential solutions. Teaching about human interactions with Earth…
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, Flickr (CC-BY-2.0) A breakthrough in medical research has allowed a team of scientists to edit the DNA of human embryos to repair…
…these complexities, no one can really design the layout of solar panels and calculate their outputs without using a 3D simulation tool. There may be solar design and prediction software…
…concepts in action in engineering design, but also provide informative feedback for students to make their design choices based on scientific analyses of their design artifacts. Fig. 2: Summer in…
…Energy3D software, which is intended to be a “one-stop-shop” for solar energy modeling and design. This includes the capability of adding mirrors, heliostats, and power towers and analyzing the outputs…
…challenges by working at the intersection of researchers, entrepreneurs, and educators. Their Research-Based Design product certification confirms the link between research on how students learn and the design of CODAP….
Are you teaching online this year? Learn how to design your own online course and facilitate deep discussions. Two popular books on online teaching and learning are now available as…
…to be able to evaluate questions such as: How serious is the water challenge? In what ways do human actions affect water systems? How do we measure water quality?” Staudt…
The repeal of the Clean Power Plan and how to teach about energy choices and climate change Blog Post
…understand the impact of policy changes, it is important to understand the core science concepts and the role of human activity. With this latest decision by the EPA, there is…
…learned to another target species (e.g., the mouse is a model species for human genetic disease). We’ve created an online learning environment that allows middle and high school students to…