middle school science

Structure and motion of matter (SAMM) survey

ACCT Admin | Sat, 04/11/2020 - 20:52

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The Structure and Motion of Matter (SAMM) survey, developed by Sevian et. al. is detailed here.

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The GoKart coginitive interview formative assessment, developed by the ACCT group, is detailed here.

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The Volcano Probe formative assessment, developed by the ACCT group is detailed here.

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This is the formative assessment activity entitled "The Exploding Pringles Can Design Challenge" designed by the ACCT project.

Chemical substances inventory (CSI) survey

ACCT Admin | Fri, 04/10/2020 - 10:01

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The Chemical Substances Inventory (CSI) is a formative assessment designed to learn about students' understanding of chemical identity. The formative assessment was designed by the Sevian research group (as indicated by the star ).

Teaching in the Time of COVID-19

Ariel Serkin | Sun, 03/29/2020 - 07:26

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No one really knows how to immediately transform an in person class to a distance learning environment. We struggle to provide an equitable education, whatever that looks like, for all our students and make accommodations for differences in learning abilities, home lives, internet access, in addition to mental and physical health.

Chemical Illustrations of Flattening the Curve

Dean Campbell | Sun, 03/22/2020 - 18:24

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With the current global COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much discussion of “flattening the curve” by social distancing. These ideas can be demonstrated chemically, for example, by the iron-catalyzed decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to produce an oxygen gas foam. Decreased hydrogen peroxide concentrations, representing decreased human population concentrations from social distancing, produce oxygen gas foam, representing cases of illness, at a slower rate. A similar demonstration can be achieved using the popular Diet Coke and Mentos experiment. These simple experiments are best used as stand-alone demonstrations.

10 Principles of Effective Games to Make School a Better Learning Environment

Josh Kenney | Mon, 03/16/2020 - 08:44

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Gameful learning isn’t about playing educational games; instead, it’s about creating a highly motivating and engaging learning environment by implementing proven game design elements into a course structure. With gamified learning, students are challenged and motivated to construct knowledge that goes far beyond the basics of an educational game.