…S., & Dubner, S. (2019, October 2). America’s math curriculum doesn’t add up (No. 391) [Audio podcast episode]. In Freakonomics Radio. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/ americas-math-curriculum-doesnt-add-up-ep-391/ Zac Opps (zopps@concord.org) is a project manager….
…Penny Noyce (pendrednoyce@gmail.com) is a founder of Tumblehome, Inc. Jan Mokros (jan@tumblehomelearning.com) is a lead researcher at Tumblehome, Inc. Bill Finzer (wfinzer@concord.org) is a senior scientist and lead developer of…
Mashable.com included the Concord Consortium’s free, open source software on it’s in its December 16th list of favorite online resources for science teachers. View the full list on Mashable.com…
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…help us to better understand our own planet and the wide variety of organisms with which we share it. Read about the discovery at: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/gliese_581_feature.html Learn how scientists find new…
…long to see the human-caused warming amidst the natural fluctuations. More data leads to more accurate conclusions. Explore the hows of climate change in the High-Adventure Science climate investigation. https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2011/Nov/NR-11-11-03.html…
…and dependencies. As they develop and refine their work, careful consideration of units and dimensional analysis takes precedence, fostering an understanding that mathematics extends beyond numbers. * https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/ENV/A27T22 ** The…
…http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1508924 (PDF) Cohoon, J. M., & Chao, J. (2009). Sexism: Toxic to women’s persistence in CSE doctoral programs. Computing Research News, 21(1). Retrieved February 9, 2009, from http://www.cra.org/CRN/articles/jan09/cohoon_on_sexism.html. Yang, Z….
…August 1955. Image from https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/rain/diane1955filledrainblk.gif 4 Dig deeper Examine the hourly data for the day or date range of the weather event. Do other variables give you more information about…
…no easy feat. But working in these harsh conditions is the only way that scientists might be able to understand what Earth’s climate was like 1.5 million years ago. http://www.npr.org/2011/03/04/134229249/its-bottoms-up-for-antarctic-ice-sheets…