…resources can already be witnessed. We invite you to read about them in the pages that follow—and to experience them online yourself. At the start of another school year, we…
…proudly announced the dismantling of their entire school library in favor of digital books. Parents are searching for alternatives to buying college texts, the cost of which often tops $1,000…
…unchecked. The student encountering this disease is able to analyze the affected dragon’s DNA and compare it with known sequences in an online database, identifying a specific mutation as the…
…is just a thin line. With the help of a NetLogo model, we can test Newton’s ideas. Go to: concord.org/activities/launching-satellite To run Newton’s Cannon (see Figure 1), click the Turn…
…the bottom and a cold plate at the top. Science teachers often use a physical experiment like this to demonstrate thermal convection. Energy2D now presents online simulations that can be…
…guys in military and secret services where money is not a problem. You can now buy “lower”-grade IR cameras with $1,500-$2,500, which are pretty cool (thank you for lowering down…
…remarked, using the iPad seems very much “like holding the Internet in your hands.” But as futuristic as it feels, the iPad owes a great deal to ideas of the…
…according to sapphire.net, an applet is allowed to read files from only the same code base where the Java executable is located (in this case, http://mw2.concord.org/public/lib/mwapplet.jar). To avoid this problem,…
…community. Talking and showing are cheap. To bridge the gap, we need actions that will truly make a difference. Supported by the National Science Foundation with an urgent need for…
…the payback will be more powerful, generic software that can last for a long time. In my opinion, the single most important advantage of using first principles to build an…