Glaciers form when millions of layers of snow compact themselves into ice. Scientists take samples from glaciers and are able to determine what happened thousands of years ago, just by…
…that Report on Knowledge and Skills (SPARKS) project will produce a sequence of computer-based assessments using simulations of electronic circuits and test equipment. Aligned to the content of an introductory…
There are over 4,000 types of minerals on Earth. These minerals combine in various amounts to form thousands of different rock types. Look at a geologic map of the United…
…Choose to Live Inside, Lessing wrote about growth in scientists’ understanding of psychology, and the need to apply that knowledge to public affairs. Ever since, more and more high-quality popular…
…into the air. The geothermal model also includes parameters that allow users to choose the physical properties of the ground, such as thermal diffusivity. For example, Dry land tends to…
…on methods such as pre/post-tests, observations, and interviews. But these traditional methods are either insufficient or inefficient for measuring learning in complex processes such as scientific inquiry and engineering design….
The Next Generation Science Standards promote learning science by doing science. Our new InquirySpace II project guides students in independent investigation by providing curricular and pedagogical scaffolds to support the…
…Two short tutorials with user-friendly videos and a checklist of your progress will introduce you to our Common Online Data Analysis Platform (CODAP) in minutes. CODAP is an easy-to-use web-based…
Run a simulation of a spring-mass system and choose the variables to explore in this third activity in the InquirySpace sequence. Modeling this system expands the possibilities of experimentation to…
…test teacher and help us test the latest plate tectonics models and curricula. The GEODE project, funded by the National Science Foundation, is developing computational models of plate tectonics and…