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New TERC Tech Talks Video Podcast Evaluates AI Tools for Educators
TERC has launched TERC Tech Talks, a new video podcast series designed to help educators, parents, and practitioners navigate the rapidly evolving world of AI tools and emerging learning technologies.
Hands On! Spring 2025 Magazine
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
New Publication Shows What’s Possible When All Students Are Seen as Mathematicians
A new book by Susan Jo Russell and Deborah Schifter offers a powerful vision for K–5 math classrooms where all students thrive. Learn how equitable participation and deep math learning go hand in hand.
TERC Announces Christine Reich as New President
Christine Reich, PhD will join TERC as its president on July 1, 2025. A distinguished educator, social science researcher, and former museum executive, Reich brings a deep commitment to advancing STEM education opportunities for all learners.
Project LEAP’s Maria Blanton and Angela Gardiner featured in EdWeek
Can Kindergarten Math Lay the Foundation for Algebra? New Study Aims to Find Out
Teaching algebraic thinking skills early—like generalizing, representing, and reasoning—can set students up for success, researchers say.
News & Events
New Study Explores How BioRobots Curriculum Connects Biology and Engineering in Middle School
April 23, 2026
TERC senior researchers Debra Bernstein and Gillian Puttick have published “Building Biomimetic Robots in Middle School by Aligning STEM Practices,” in the Journal of Science Education and Technology. The study examines how middle school students use computational thinking to connect ideas about animal structure and function with the design and programming of biomimetic robots, offering new insights into integrated STEM learning.
TERC Researchers Spotlight Biomimicry and STEM Integration at NARST Conference
April 10, 2026
TERC researchers are sharing new insights on integrated STEM teaching and learning at this...TERC Researchers Showcase Real-World, Data-Driven Learning at NSTA 2026
March 27, 2026
TERC educators will present at the 2026 NSTA Conference in Anaheim, showcasing hands-on, data-driven...
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