Walch Education and TERC partner to bring TERC’s EMPower Series to adult educators and learners everywhere
Walch Education and TERC partner to bring TERC’s EMPower Series to adult educators and learners everywhere

Walch Education and TERC announce a new partnership to offer TERC’s highly-respected EMPower™ and EMPower™ Plus series.

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TERC Board of Trustees Make Donation to Melmark New England on Behalf of Laurie Brennan, TERC President
TERC Board of Trustees Make Donation to Melmark New England on Behalf of Laurie Brennan, TERC President

With gratitude and appreciation for TERC President Laurie Brennan’s outstanding performance throughout these unprecedented times, the TERC Board of Trustees recently made a charitable donation to Melmark New England in her honor.

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Telling the energy story: Design and results of a newcurriculum for energy in upper elementary school
Telling the energy story: Design and results of a newcurriculum for energy in upper elementary school

Explore “Focus on Energy,” a groundbreaking curriculum for Grades 4–5, fostering deep understanding of energy through hands-on activities and model-based reasoning.

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Sign Up to Try Fun, Online Logic Puzzles and Games with Your Kids!
Sign Up to Try Fun, Online Logic Puzzles and Games with Your Kids!

Make sure your kids have productive screen time this summer.

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A Moving Dune, a Stunning View: Visitors’ Recollections of a Ranger-Led Hike at Indiana Dunes National Park
A Moving Dune, a Stunning View: Visitors’ Recollections of a Ranger-Led Hike at Indiana Dunes National Park

The ranger-led hikes studied at Indiana Dunes National Park were presented in concert with “Interpreters and Scientists Working on Our Parks” (iSWOOP), which aimed to increase science and visual literacy and STEM learning among visitors to United States national parks.

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TERC’s Nuria Jaumot-Pascual, Mia Ong, Christina Silva, and Audrey Martínez-Gudapakkam presented their paper “Women of Color in Computing Graduate Education: Structural Supports and Navigation Strategies for a Hostile Culture” at the RESPECT conference on May 27, 2021.
TERC’s Nuria Jaumot-Pascual, Mia Ong, Christina Silva, and Audrey Martínez-Gudapakkam presented their paper “Women of Color in Computing Graduate Education: Structural Supports and Navigation Strategies for a Hostile Culture” at the RESPECT conference on May 27, 2021.

Watch a recording of their presentation here.

Download the peer-reviewed conference proceedings from the session 

Abstract: This paper presents themes that emerge from empirical literature on women of color (WOC) in computer science (CS) graduate education. We ask, according to the literature, what factors affect the experiences, participation, and advancement of WOC in CS graduate degrees? The findings are drawn from a subset of literature on graduate education from our National Science Foundation-funded project, Literature Analysis and Synthesis of Women of Color in Technology and Computing. Findings of on-campus social supports include student support groups and peers who provided community,  » Read more

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