Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2024
Articles include: •Climate and Equity Institute: A model for transformative professional learning, Gillian Puttick & Brian Drayton •Innovate to Mitigate: The Impact of Social Media on Green Roofs, O’Neill Cooper & Annika Adamo •Using Math to Connect Intergenerational Museum Visitors with Art, Nuria Jaumot-Pascual •Virtual Coaching to Visualize Teaching: Reflections of a Virtual Math Coach, Kathryn Habib & Christina Silva
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2024
Articles include: • Developing an Effective Curriculum for Early Algebra, Maria Blanton • Reaching and Teaching Neurodivergent Learners in STEM: An interview with author Dr. Jodi Asbell-Clarke • The Institute for Meta-synthesis: Bringing meta-synthesis methods to STEM education research, IMS team • Unifying My Identities: Reflections from an REU Student, Devon Locke • What's New at TERC
Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2023
Articles include: * The Double Bind in Physics Education, An exploration of inclusion in physics – An interview with author Mia Ong * Playful Engineering: Discovering the Unique Potential of Engineering with Young Children and Their Families * Making an Impact with TERC’s Open-Access MPACT (Math and Computational Thinking Through 3D Making) Curriculum * What's New at TERC
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2023
Articles include: * Staff Feature: Brian Drayton * Exploring STEM Education and Professional Growth Through Mentorship, Reflections from Three TERC Scholars * We Are TERC, Advancing STEM Education While Creating Equitable Opportunities for All Learners * What's New at TERC
Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2022
Articles include: * EMPower: Offering Tools to Adult Education Teachers * The Construction of Silence in a Parent Support Group - Tracing the Invisible Fabric * Increasing Student Interpreters' Ability to Accurately and Fluently Interpret STEM Content * More Than Who's at the Table: Co-Designing a STEM-Based Virtual Reality Game with Neurodivergent Learners
Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2022
Articles include: * A Framework for Using Mathematics Curriculum to Support Equity * STEM Workforce Stories for Adolescents Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing * 3D Making as a Context for Learning Math, Spatial Reasoning, and Computational Thinking * If it Has to Last, NASP
Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2021
Articles include: *Designing Biomimetic Robots: Animals As Inspiration *Authentically Integrating Mathematics into Making Experiences—Math in the Making Project *Bring Math Talk Home
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.
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.