…be able to create new SmartGraphs lessons from scratch. As authors outside the Concord Consortium create lessons, more and more free activities will be available, which will be distributed through…
…build an appreciation for how energy bridges topics and links ideas. New tools and integrated curriculum units developed at the University of California, Berkeley and the Concord Consortium are aimed…
…use — no barriers! Q. What do you like to do outside of work? A. I injured myself playing tennis, so I’m looking for new sports. I’m taking a tap…
…gives the teacher a sense of class understanding as a whole; the analysis of single graphs gives the teacher information about each student’s understanding. Supporting classroom interaction With any new…
…new project with Joe Kracjik at Michigan State University and others at the University of Michigan. Joe’s been a pioneer in teaching inquiry-based science and scientific argumentation. Our goal is…
…by doing their own research projects. The AAAS Benchmarks, NSES and the new Frameworks concur. But this is a tall order. Teachers who want to support student research face major…
…ability to make connections among important science concepts by: 1) eliciting prior ideas (e.g., responding to a prediction prompt before each visualization), 2) introducing new ideas (e.g., exploring the visualizations),…
Find your path through the Next Generation Science Standards with help from the Concord Consortium. Throughout this issue of @Concord, we describe multiple paths through the new standards and highlight…
…(such as velocity or population growth). We also developed an online authoring system for non-programmers to create and publish new activities. We’d love to see SmartGraphs get used very widely….
…can’t get a lot of people aboard a boat, we’re investigating new ways of doing fieldwork in ocean science. The goal is to use telepresence to enable undergraduates to guide…