Climate and Equity Education: A Summer Institute for Learning and Teaching
Climate and Equity Education: A Summer Institute for Learning and Teaching

Explore climate change impacts, share teaching strategies, and connect with fellow educators—all while soaking in the serene beauty of nature.

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TERC’s Folashade Solomon receives one of 8 New Research Grants from the Wallace Foundation
TERC’s Folashade Solomon receives one of 8 New Research Grants from the Wallace Foundation

Exploring Community Based Dance Centers as Learning Ecologies, will partner with four community-based dance centers serving Black youth

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Math and Making in the Garden project finds success in afterschool program
Math and Making in the Garden project finds success in afterschool program

The Math and Making in the Garden project aims to develop the promising relationship between TERC staff and Family Connections Centers (FCC) through the adaptation of math and making activities with a focus on the outdoors in the FCC Homework Club

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The Institute for Meta-Synthesis (IMS) releases  new user guide: An Introduction to Qualitative Meta-Synthesis: A Method for Equity-Minded Researchers
The Institute for Meta-Synthesis (IMS) releases new user guide: An Introduction to Qualitative Meta-Synthesis: A Method for Equity-Minded Researchers

In this user guide, researchers from TERC’s Institute for Meta-Synthesis offer step-by-step guidance for building knowledge and skills in qualitative meta-synthesis methods.

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Hands On! Magazine: Fall 2024
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

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Andee Rubin to present “Human-Centered AI: Developing Programs for Fostering Agency, Creativity, and Connection”
Andee Rubin to present “Human-Centered AI: Developing Programs for Fostering Agency, Creativity, and Connection”

Based on a workshop at the ASTC (Association of Science and Technology Centers) conference in September 2024, Andee Rubin will focus on the theme of agency with respect to AI. Attend the zoom workshop at 1PM ET/10AM PT, Tuesday, October 22

The workshop was organized by Andee’s long-time colleague Dorothy Bennett of the New York Hall of Science and was presented in three parts:

Presentations about agency-based perspectives on AI (including one by Andee on data in AI and one by REVISE’s Sana Karim on Digital Promise’s AI Framework)

Use case experiences with three AI tools: Teachable Machine,  » Read more

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National Science Foundation Planning Grant to Explore Public Awareness, Acceptance of Sustainable Sanitation Solutions
National Science Foundation Planning Grant to Explore Public Awareness, Acceptance of Sustainable Sanitation Solutions

Awardees TERC and UNCSA to assemble interdisciplinary teams to collect feedback on human waste management

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