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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Extreme climate impacts are increasing, and youth eco-anxiety is rising, while teachers who address climate change and its inequitable impacts often work in isolation. To address this need, this project will host annual, expenses-paid Climate Equity Institutes at the Schoodic Institute campus for high school teachers. Participants will explore equitable pedagogy, hear talks on the global and psychological impacts of climate change, and engage in guided field trips and independent inquiry.
SPARK is a collaborative initiative led by three mission-driven nonprofit organizations, BootUp, TERC, and Fun Zone Reading Club, working together to increase access to high-quality STEM and Computer Science education for children and families experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles, California.
A design-based research project studying how best to integrate data practices into high school science, particularly biology.
DSAIY is engaging, fun, timely, and attainable for ALL students, including those with no coding or statistics background.
This study aims to initiate a new research agenda focused on the educational experiences of disabled undergraduate Latinxs in STEM, specifically those pursuing engineering degrees.
Doing Math with Families is a mathematics professional development program that empowers families and caregivers to support children’s math learning through games, workshops, and community leadership while building pathways into education careers.
Doing the Math with Paraeducators is developing, implementing, refining, and researching a mathematics professional development program for paraeducators, K-3.
EdGE is a team of educators, designers, and researchers who design and study digital games and environments to learn how to engage ALL learners in STEM, especially those who are “falling through the cracks”.
The ExIST Project is a teacher professional development model that supports middle school biology teachers to adapt curriculum by integrating game design to enhance biological systems learning and skills in systems thinking from constructionist and participatory perspectives.
A research and development project that explores the potential for engaging students in investigations of real-world civic datasets in ways that align with and support middle school social studies content.