Hands On! Magazine: Spring 2025
Articles include: • Sound Travels: Seeking to understand how soundscapes in learning settings influence their visitors’ learning • Introduction: Making and STEM Learning in Formal and Informal Settings • Discovering STEM, entrepreneurship, and careers through making • Math and Making for Middle School Youth
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.