…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…
Looking for free tools to teach engineering design in K-12 classrooms? We are pleased to announce that Energy3D Version 1.0 is now available for free download at http://energy.concord.org/energy3d. Energy3D is…
…Probably not, but it’ll be interesting to see how close we can get! Read the United States Geological Survey (USGS) report at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2010/3021/. To learn more about how we’re helping…
…JavaScript environment, instead of needing to keep recompiling code and uploading it to your Arduino as you iterate. Technical details: This Arduino Sketch creates a server running on http://169.254.1.1, which…
…though confirmation of this will have to await further analysis. 1 http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/teens-fact-sheet/ 2 Both questions show significant gains for the school data alone, but only Question 5 shows significant gains…
…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…
…works. You can explore how groundwater flows and propose solutions to water-supply issues in the High-Adventure Science water investigation. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/tx-drought.html Drought spurring fracking concerns Oil’s Growing Thirst for Water Texas…
…released (http://short.concord.org/lwo). Lisa Hardy (lhardy@concord.org) is a research scientist. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DRL-2214516. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions…
…The task design framework. For more details on this evidence-centered design process see: http://nextgenscienceassessment.org/design-process/ Image used with permission. Harris, C. J., Krajcik, J. S., & Pellegrino, J. W. (Eds.) (in…
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