Importance To critically analyze and understand the many environmental, economic, and social problems facing society requires both systems thinking and geospatial reasoning skills. For example, protecting local drinking water is…
Remote Professional Development: Using a System Modeling Tool for 3D Teaching and Learning Blog Post
…Consortium and Michigan State University. Email support and individual Zoom chats were also available. The PLC continued through fall 2020 and spring 2021 with one-hour afterschool Zoom sessions every three…
…the academic calendar. We’re delighted to announce that we have redesigned our STEM Resource Finder just in time for the 2021-22 school year. Our open educational resources expand and deepen…
Virtual Conference July 26-30, 2021 Conference Website Every year the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) hosts conferences on science education. NSTA is committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science…
The rock cycle, presented in nearly every Earth science curriculum and textbook, is typically taught in the same way from one classroom to the next. Students are shown an image…
…schools will begin piloting the assessment in spring 2021 while the rest of the state will continue to use the existing Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) for science and technology/engineering….
Engage your students with scientifically accurate virtual labs—free today and always! Our open educational resources have been funded by the National Science Foundation and other private and federal granting agencies,…
Importance The motion of Earth’s plates is responsible for transforming an otherwise featureless planet into the remarkably diverse and beautiful landscape we have today. All landforms on Earth’s surface can…
…recognized in 2021 as an NSF ITEST exemplar project for the innovative use of technology for learning experiences in the service of broadening participation. Tofel-Grehl’s current research focuses on developing…
Importance In today’s workplace, teams work together, sharing their knowledge with each individual contributing their ideas or skills to solve problems or build new things. Increasingly school curricula are built…