Moving STEM Forward

Volume 1, Issue 1

August 2021

Dear TERC friend,

Moving STEM Forward is a new quarterly newsletter that is a collection of the latest publications, projects, resources, and materials developed by our math and science research and education experts. Everything in the newsletter is labeled by content areas to help you quickly identify what you're interested in.

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Publications

Sharpening Our Focus on Equity: Reflections from the Storybook STEM Project

Content Areas: Engineering, Math, Out of School, Technology, Science, Research/Evaluation

Use of Signing Bioscience Dictionary in Increasing Student Interpreters' American Sign Language Life Science Vocabulary 

Content Areas: Science, Research/Evaluation

Assessing Implicit Computational Thinking in Zoombinis Puzzle Gameplay

Content Areas: Research/Evaluation, Technology, Computational Thinking

Click on each Content Area to get a full list of Publications in that category: Engineering, Computational Thinking, Science, Technology, Research/Evaluation, Computer Science, Math, Professional Development, Out of School

New Products

The LEAP Program

Based on a coherent progression of key concepts, LEAP delivers authentic early algebra experiences and easily integrates with any curriculum.

Content Areas: Math

BioRobots: A free interdisciplinary learning curriculum where students learn science, engineering, and computing while building robots that mimic animals in nature.

Content Areas: Engineering, Computational Thinking, Science, Technology

New Projects

Robots in Science

Researching the integration of robotics into middle school physical science courses. Examining instructional and learning outcomes.

Content Areas: Engineering, Computer Science, Computational Thinking, Professional Development, Research/Evaluation, Science, Technology

Native STEM Portraits (NPS)

Content Areas: Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Science

Institute for Meta-Synthesis: A practicum through the lens of STEM equity and inclusion literature 

Content Areas: Science, Professional Development, Research/Evaluation

Reaching Across the Hallway: Broadening rural middle school history students' participation in meaningful and culturally relevant CS instruction

Content Areas: Research/Evaluation, Computer Science, Professional Development, Computational Thinking

Immersed Games Evaluation: A group video game challenge for integrated applied science learning 

Content Areas: Science, Research/Evaluation, Technology

Click on each Content Area to get a full list of Projects in that category: Engineering, Computational Thinking, Science, Technology,  Research/Evaluation, Computer Science, Math, Professional Development, Out of School

Fall Teacher Recruitment

Explore Foundations and Applications of Computational Thinking

Recruiting grade 3-8 teachers. INFACT offers on and off-line CT learning/teaching materials, including Zoombinis, digital interactives, Scratch coding, robot options and hands-on activities for classroom use this fall.

Content Areas: Computational Thinking, Computer Science, Professional Development

Blog Posts

Investigations 3: The Learning Continues

A look at how students are still learning math despite challenges COVID-19 presented and take aways you can apply to your classroom.

Content Areas: Math, Professional Development