TERC Staff Presenting at AERA
TERC Staff Presenting at AERA

We are thrilled to announce the lineup of TERC staff presentations for the 2025 AERA Conference!

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New Video Interview: Jodi Asbell-Clarke on Reaching Neurodivergent Learners in STEM
New Video Interview: Jodi Asbell-Clarke on Reaching Neurodivergent Learners in STEM

How can we better support neurodivergent learners in STEM education? In this insightful video interview by Taylor & Francis Books, educator and author Jodi Asbell-Clarke explores key ideas from her book, Reaching and Teaching Neurodivergent Learners in STEM.

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Exciting Opportunity for Earth Science and Environmental Science Teachers
Exciting Opportunity for Earth Science and Environmental Science Teachers

PocketLab and TERC are seeking science teachers across the country to pilot a new PocketLab lesson unit and PocketLab sensors in their classrooms. Using PocketLab Thermo, your students will collect temperature and location data in their communities to learn about the Heat Island Effect.

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TERC Workshop at 2025 Play Make Learn Conference
TERC Workshop at 2025 Play Make Learn Conference

TERC researchers Ken Rafanan, Teresa Lara-Meloy, and Elise Levin-Güracar will facilitate a pre-conference workshop titled “Camouflaged Making-Based Assessments” at the 2025 Play Make Learn Conference.

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Zoombinis is back in the spotlight!
Zoombinis is back in the spotlight!

We’re excited to share that FENIX Innovation Magazine is spotlighting Zoombinis—the educational game developed by TERC and partners—in its April 2025 edition. The feature explores how Zoombinis, with its timeless puzzles and beloved blue adventurers, continues to build essential computational thinking skills through play.

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Jodi Asbell-Clarke Featured in EdWeek’s Series on Student Success
Jodi Asbell-Clarke Featured in EdWeek’s Series on Student Success

Jodi Asbell-Clarke, a senior leader at TERC, is featured in Larry Ferlazzo’s latest EdWeek series on how educators turn challenges into breakthrough moments. Jodi shares a powerful story about how project-based learning unlocked a student’s deep knowledge and passion for geography, civics, and media literacy.

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Early Childhood Data Science Discussions (virtual) 4/14 or 5/8
Early Childhood Data Science Discussions (virtual) 4/14 or 5/8

Marisa Wolsky, Executive Producer and Director of Children’s STEM Media, GBH and Andee Rubin, Principal Scientist, TERC announced two upcoming virtual discussions: 

Advancing the Field of Data Science in the Early Childhood Years, to be held via Zoom.

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TERC Staff at the 2025 NARST Annual International Conference, March 23–26, 2025
TERC Staff at the 2025 NARST Annual International Conference, March 23–26, 2025

The focus of the 2025 NARST (National Association for Research in Science Teaching) conference is centralize, emphasize, and praise the work science teachers do that enables and inspires the efforts of science education researchers. “There is no science teaching without science teachers.”

TERC staff are participating in the following presentations and workshops.

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