…Guide for Teaching and Learning,” which highlights the inquiry aspect of the NSES. In Rhode Island, where two Concord Consortium projects are taking place, the state standards, known as Grade…
…a movement finally picking up steam. Its advocates are clearly onto something important. But they also have it dangerously wrong. For more than a decade, we have argued that free…
…TEDCannes talk on cognitive surplus, he describes that the world has over one trillion hours of free time each year to commit to shared projects. Of course, as he describes,…
…same old education. Digital texts should instead take full advantage of the new medium to exploit five unique advantages offered by networked computers: Interactivity Technology opens up powerful ways of…
…with special hidden messages? Cheese? Concrete? Ice? (But they have to put the entire 3-D printer in the freezer to do it…) And the intricacy of some, including the 3-D…
Genetics data stores have grown explosively in size and complexity over the past two decades. The amount of public DNA sequence data available has doubled every 14 months for 20…
…is just a thin line. With the help of a NetLogo model, we can test Newton’s ideas. Go to: concord.org/activities/launching-satellite To run Newton’s Cannon (see Figure 1), click the Turn…
…real temperature sensors. Figure 4 shows the heating and cooling curves produced by two virtual thermometers placed inside two balls with different thermal masses. The results show that the ball…
…the video Freeze, Freeze, Fry: Climate Past, Present, and Future, “When you hear debates about climate change it is all about whether scientists know enough, whether scientists are sure, and…
…teachers and students in a variety of ways. About 30% of the graduating class takes an AP Physics exam, compared to only 3% nationally. Read the Article (Free Sign-up Required)…