Our projects and research shape the STEM education field by introducing innovative curricula and improving student access to STEM.
We support more than 60 active projects every year, and our high-quality, innovative research is based on the understanding that for STEM, real-world application matters. We inspire, motivate, and create life-long learners by helping students connect what they are taught in the classroom to the world around them.
These projects and our research are designed to encompass a wide range of subjects and disciplines within STEM education and teaching methods to expand accessibility for all eager minds.
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“iSWOOP is a way to bring scientists, educators, and interpreters together to foster a better understanding of science that’s going on in national parks.” — iSWOOP Scientist
The LEAP into Science program combines children’s science-themed books with hands-on science activities to promote life-long interest and knowledge of science and does so through partnerships with informal educators at libraries, museums, and other out-of-school time providers.
The TERC Life Sciences Group, a research and development program, is founded on the conviction that students can and should experience the life sciences as dynamic fields of inquiry whose diversity reflects the immense diversity of living systems.
The Math in the Making project asks the question: Can we leverage participation and success in making to help someone who thinks they aren’t very good at math come to see themselves as mathematically competent?
The Meaningful Math project studies and aims to improve the data, statistics, and numeracy supports for consumers of news media.
The NeuroVivid project is developing a BCI maker experience for neurodiverse multi-cultural learners to broaden interest in STEM.
Provided parents with accessible ways to support their children’s math learning.
This project looks for large scale impacts of such a widespread, sustained-over-time experience on students, teachers, schools and communities.
Reimagining Equity and Values in Informal STEM Education (REVISE) Center
The Sound Travels project is investigating how sounds around us (soundscapes) impact people and their learning outside school in spaces like parks, zoos, and science centers.