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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TERC Studies Find Starting Algebra by Grade 3 Promises Lifelong Success; New NSF-funded Study Seeks to Prove Even Earlier is Better
TERC Studies Find Starting Algebra by Grade 3 Promises Lifelong Success; New NSF-funded Study Seeks to Prove Even Earlier is Better

TERC researchers to further explore effectiveness of teaching algebra in K-2 in diverse classroom settings.

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TERC Staff Presenting at NCTM 2024
TERC Staff Presenting at NCTM 2024

Check out the following sessions featuring TERC Staff and their work at the NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition Sept 25-28, Chicago, IL. And visit booth #1201 in the exhibit hall for resources!

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Presentations by TERC Staff at NCSM 2024
Presentations by TERC Staff at NCSM 2024

Check out the following sessions featuring TERC Staff and their work at the NSCM Annual Meeting & Exposition Sept 23-25, Chicago, IL.

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INFACT (v1.0) Materials
INFACT (v1.0) Materials

INFACT (v1.0) consists of a broad variety of computational thinking (CT) materials, organized into customizable sequences and threaded through with the core ideas of CT, including Problem Decomposition, Pattern Recognition, Algorithm Design, and Abstraction, as well as Debugging.

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STEM Education Not-For-Profit TERC announces retirement of its president, Laurie Brennan
STEM Education Not-For-Profit TERC announces retirement of its president, Laurie Brennan

TERC announces the retirement of President Laurie Brennan, effective June 2025, after a distinguished tenure marked by record proposal success, increased diversity, and growth in STEM education initiatives.

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