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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Addressing Resiliency to Climate Related Hazards and Disasters Through Data Informed Decision Making
Addressing Resiliency to Climate Related Hazards and Disasters Through Data Informed Decision Making

The project is developing an interdisciplinary graduate program addressing issues of climate related risk and resilience planning and decision-making in the southeast US.

African American Young Women in Making to Engage in STEM and Entrepreneurship (AAMASE)
African American Young Women in Making to Engage in STEM and Entrepreneurship (AAMASE)

Using a co-design model, researchers, practitioners alongside participants will develop a program for young women of color to learn STEM, Making, and entrepreneurship skills.

Applying a Complex Systems Perspective to Investigate the Relationship between Choreography and Agent-based Modeling as Tools for Scientific Sense-making
Applying a Complex Systems Perspective to Investigate the Relationship between Choreography and Agent-based Modeling as Tools for Scientific Sense-making

Choreographing Science brings science researchers, youth, and choreographers together in informal community arts spaces to explore the scientists’ authentic research questions through choreographic and computational modeling.

Assessing for Change in Chemical Thinking
Assessing for Change in Chemical Thinking

The ACCT project is developing, implementing, and studying a professional development model for improving chemistry teachers’ formative assessment practices to foster teaching focused on chemical thinking.

Assessment Practices of STEM Teachers
Assessment Practices of STEM Teachers

The project studies the development of the science assessment practices of teachers in high-needs districts.

AugmentedEF
AugmentedEF

Using augmented reality tools to help students with executive function issues attend to STEM related tasks.

BioInteractive Evaluation Studies
BioInteractive Evaluation Studies

SEEC is working collaboratively with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s BioInteractive team to evaluate implementation and impact of classroom resources, planning tools, and professional development designed for science educators.

Biomimicry as an Authentic Anchor
Biomimicry as an Authentic Anchor

Empowering middle school teachers to integrate biomimicry into STEM units, fostering authentic engagement by aligning with students’ assets, needs, and interests.

Building Coherence
Building Coherence

The Building Coherence project aims to support development of pre-service elementary teachers’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions for enacting ambitious and equitable STEM instruction, by fostering greater coherence among STEM content and pedagogical teacher preparation opportunities.

Celebrating Diversity from Space
Celebrating Diversity from Space

Celebrating Diversity from Space is an educational program for middle school learners, highlighting Earth’s global diversity and fostering appreciation for local diversity.