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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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More than 15,000 researchers and experts in the field will convene April 27 – May 1 in San Antonio for the AERA Annual Meeting, Knowledge to Action—Achieving the Promise of Equal Educational Opportunity.
The AERA Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of scholars in the field of education research. It is a showcase for ground-breaking, innovative studies in a diverse array of areas — from early education through higher education, » Read more
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April 14-17 | Baltimore MD
Building systems from Scratch: An exploratory study of student learning about climate change
Presenters: Gillian Puttick (TERC) and Eli Tucker-Raymond (TERC)
10:15am – 11:45am | Gibson
Abstract: Computing has been a foundational tool in the development of scientific understanding of current and future impacts of climate change, the most important socio-scientific issue facing society today. Science practices, such as modeling and abstraction, are critical to understanding complex systems dynamics integral to understanding climate science. » Read more
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Contact:Ken Mayerken_mayer@terc.edu617.873.9670
April 13, 2017
Increasingly, the prosperity, innovation and security of individuals and communities depend on a big data-literate society, which calls for a concerted effort to determine what it means to be a big data literate citizen, information worker, researcher, or policymaker. As a step toward that goal, the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) is holding a Big Data Literacy Workshop, at which participants will work to identify the quality of regional learning resources and programs that can improve big data literacy, » Read more
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