BY SCOTT PATTISON, SMIRLA RAMOS-MONTAÑEZ, GINA SVAROVSKY, CYNTHIA SMITH, VERÓNIKA NÚÑEZ, ANNIE DOUGLASS
Supporting engineering interest development in early childhood for low-income families. In the United States, there are large and persistent disparities across communities in the available opportunities for children and their families to access quality STEM learning experiences.
BY MARLENE KLIMAN
Picture books as a vehicle for expanding views of math and who can do it. The Storytelling Math project is working to change the landscape of math picture books. With our partner Charlesbridge Publishing, we are producing a dozen English and Spanish books.
SEEC offers consultation, external evaluation, and research support for existing STEM education grants and programs and collaborates with proposal writing teams to design studies.
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The Focus on Energy Summer Workshop empowers elementary teachers to incorporate foundational energy ideas accurately and effectively in their own curriculum.
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Annie Sussman is presenting “Questions That Elicit Students’ Mathematical Ideas: Supporting Meaningful Discourse” on Thursday, 10/17/19, 8:00-9:00am in Salt Palace Convention Center, 255B.
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Articles include:
* Head Start on Engineering: Supporting Engineering Interest Development in Early Childhood for Low-income Families
* Storytelling Math: Picture books as a vehicle for expanding views of math and who can do it
* Embodied Learning through Dance and Physics
* TERC’s New Look, Looks Forward
Center For Astrophysics Science Education monthly seminar featured TERC’s Jim Hammerman talking about the IDATA project where they’re developing software to help students who are blind and visually impaired collect astronomical data.
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NCTM Regional was in Boston this year and we took advantage of all our friends and partners being in one location! We had a wonderful time celebrating with those who have supported our math work over the last 50+ years.
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Talk Science PD is a blend of web-based study, opportunities to try ideas in the classroom, and face-to-face study group meetings designed to help teachers increase the effectiveness of classroom science discussions.
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