Congratulations to Investigating STEM Literacies in Makerspaces teacher, Ashley Freeman! Ashley was named one of 12 New England teachers to win the Lawrence O’Toole Teacher Leadership Award, due to her focus on innovative student-centered learning.The awards honor public high school teachers across the region who are working to scale student-centered learning in their schools, districts and communities.
More About Ashley FreemanMalden High School, Malden, MA
A physics and engineering teacher at Malden High School, Ashley encourages her students to participate in the school’s makerspace and developed a course called Creative Design and Engineering, » Read more
Score:
TERC, a nonprofit organization located in Cambridge, MA, is looking for families with at least one child, age 5 and up, who is deaf or hard of hearing and uses ASL for communication, to use a prototype signing glossary during a visit to a zoo. The glossary is being developed to enhance access to science learning for families such as yours. Admission and parking costs will be covered. Glossaries for use in other kinds of museums, such as nature centers, » Read more
Score:
171 three-minute videos of innovative work broaden participation and access to STEM education.Showcase online: May 15th-22nd
May 15, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
3rd annual Video Showcase encourages interaction, collaboration, networking and public voting to recognize most effective presentations
Cambridge, MA — If you’re a researcher, practitioner, policy maker, or parent interested in inspiring students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers, how can you find out about innovative initiatives to improve STEM education?
One answer is the » Read more
Score:
TERC’s Video-Supported Professional Learning Program
For teachers of science grades 2-6 in the Boston areaSchool Year 2017-2018
Applications due June 20th
TERC’s Empowering Teachers through VideoReView program is inviting teams (2-4 teachers of upper elementary grade science) to participate in a video-supported professional development program.
What is the Program?
Empowering Teachers Through VideoReView is a video-supported professional development program in which participants study video from their own science discussions. Using video they gain insight into students’ science ideas and reasoning, » Read more
Score:
Thousands of educators convened in Boston April 19–22 for the world’s largest special education professional development event. CEC 2017 hosted over 4,000 educators from around the globe, to gain insights and explore solutions to the most important and challenging topics facing special education today. Over 500 sessions and workshops highlighted the newest research and strategies in special education and the policy developments that affect teachers and their work every day.
One of the Robotics, Engineering and Online Math sessions was led by TERC’s » Read more
Score:
The workshops at TERC that were part of this year’s Cambridge Science Festival were fully attended and brought together science, technology, engineering, mathematics and fun!
Everyday Math Stories/Cuentos matemáticos cotidianos
Come for an English/Spanish storytime. Author Ellen Mayer read her book, Cake Day, and signed copies for everyone. Her picture book and others included the math we do when we’re cooking, playing and having fun. Activities after the storytime had the children building towers with everyday items and measuring and mixing to make play dough. » Read more
Score:
National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)
GLOCALization and Sustainability of Science Education Research and Practice
San Antonio, TX, USAApril 22 – 25, 2017
Saturday April 22nd
Strand 2: Science Learning: Contexts, Characteristics and Interactions
Symposium: Epistemic Agency as a Members’ Experience
Presenters: Christina Krist, University of Maryland College Park; Danielle T. Keifert, Exploratorium; Déana A. Scipio, TERC; Anna M. Phillips, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Tufts University; David Hammer, Tufts University, Brian J. » Read more
Score: