…continuing that perpetual search for new and improved ways to teach. I taught chemistry and one of the most difficult things I had to deal with was the fact that…
The Concord Consortium announced its new President, Chad Dorsey, at the meeting of its Board of Directors on October 28, 2008. “Chad was the unanimous choice of the Board and…
Springer has just published a new book, Models and Modeling: Cognitive Tools for Scientific Enquiry with a chapter by Charles Xie and Amy Pallant. “The Molecular Workbench Software: An Innovative…
In a project sponsored by the Noyce Foundation, teachers at an innovative new high school will adopt and modify our probe- and model-based science activities. Schools for the Future Academy…
The March issue of The Science Teacher features “A New Take on Student Lab Reports” by Ed Hazzard, which describes how students can use screencasts – digital video recordings of…
…delighted to collaborate with the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago and UChicago STEM Education on a new grant funded by the National Science Foundation…
We’re making data science accessible and empowering students to understand and analyze complex data without hours of coding lessons or years of advanced mathematics. A new collection of Dynamic Data…
…from? Where does it go? Who helps to ensure this water is safe? A new project funded by the National Science Foundation’s ITEST (Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers)…
…phenomena, and develop scientific arguments. We’re thrilled to share the new Earth and environmental science hub on NatGeoEd.org. The hub showcases our online curriculum, combined with National Geographic video and…
…meaning from data, and explaining data and findings to various audiences. We’re delighted to announce a new project funded by the National Science Foundation to research the knowledge and skills…