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Free Educational Resources

We understand that with schools closed children are home and in need of ways to keep their minds engaged. Here is a collection of free TERC resources to help educators, parents, students, and others cope with school closings and quarantines.

Storytelling Math

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.

Embodied Learning through Dance and Physics

BY FOLASHADE CROMWELL SOLOMON, TRACEY WRIGHT, MARIAH STEELE, AND DIONNE CHAMPION While a number of scholars suggest that dance represents an important type of embodied cognition, the notion of dance as a site for learning is under-explored. Embodied Physics constructed a physics course for high school students from two Boston-based dance schools.

The STEM for All Multiplex is a New, Interactive Video Platform Which Enables Researchers, Educators and Parents Access to Federally Funded, Innovative Programs Aimed at Improving STEM Teaching and Learning

TERC announces the launch of the STEM for All Multiplex, funded by the National Science Foundation.

Head Start on Engineering

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.

Teacher Leaders are Working Together Online to Improve Schools, Effect Policy, and Re-envision the Future of STEM Teaching and Learning

TERC announces the launch of the STEM Teacher Leadership Network, funded by the National Science Foundation. They invite teacher leaders, researchers and administrators to join this quickly growing online community to effect change in STEM teaching and learning.

Free Educational Resources

Storytelling Math

Embodied Learning through Dance and Physics

The STEM for All Multiplex is a New, Interactive Video Platform Which Enables Researchers, Educators and Parents Access to Federally Funded, Innovative Programs Aimed at Improving STEM Teaching and Learning

Head Start on Engineering

Teacher Leaders are Working Together Online to Improve Schools, Effect Policy, and Re-envision the Future of STEM Teaching and Learning

News & Events

Focus on Energy is featured in the recent CADRE spotlight on teacher content knowledge.

New article in the NSTA Science Scope by Michael Cassidy, Gillian Puttick, Eli Tucker-Raymond.

The Best Paper Award at CHI 2020 goes to TERC’s Gillian Puttick and Michael Cassidy along with their coauthors for their paper – Exploring How Game Genre in Student-Designed Games Influences Computational Thinking Development

Free Educational Resources

Storytelling Math

Embodied Learning through Dance and Physics

The STEM for All Multiplex is a New, Interactive Video Platform Which Enables Researchers, Educators and Parents Access to Federally Funded, Innovative Programs Aimed at Improving STEM Teaching and Learning

Head Start on Engineering

Teacher Leaders are Working Together Online to Improve Schools, Effect Policy, and Re-envision the Future of STEM Teaching and Learning

News & Events

Focus on Energy is featured in the recent CADRE spotlight on teacher content knowledge.

New article in the NSTA Science Scope by Michael Cassidy, Gillian Puttick, Eli Tucker-Raymond.

The Best Paper Award at CHI 2020 goes to TERC’s Gillian Puttick and Michael Cassidy along with their coauthors for their paper – Exploring How Game Genre in Student-Designed Games Influences Computational Thinking Development

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