TERC

TERC Announces Christine Reich as New President! Christine Reich, PhD will join TERC as its president on July 1, 2025. A distinguished educator, social science researcher, and former museum executive, Reich brings a deep commitment to advancing STEM education opportunities for all learners. https://hubs.la/Q037ZJcw0

Heading to the Play Make Learn Conference in Madison this August? Don’t miss TERC’s pre-conference workshop, “Camouflaged Making-Based Assessments” facilitated by Ken Rafanan, Teresa Lara-Meloy, & Elise Levin-Güracar. 🗓️ August 20, 2025 | Madison, WI Play Make Learn is an annual gathering focused on the design, research, and practice of playful learning, games for learning and positive social impact, making and makerspaces, STEAM education, and arts in education. Learn more ➡️ https://hubs.la/Q03gzGG-0

Zoombinis is back in the spotlight! The April issue of FENIX Innovation Magazine features the legacy—and future—of this iconic educational game from TERC and FableVision, that helps students develop critical computational thinking skills in and out of the classroom. Thank you to @sherisesstudios_llc for spotlighting this groundbreaking work in STEM education. Read the article: https://hubs.la/Q03gqZzt0

Jodi Asbell-Clarke, MA, MS, PhD, 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. Her story underscores a powerful message: when we meet students where they are—and allow space in how they reach learning goals—real breakthroughs can happen. As Jodi says, “PBL is not a magic bullet, but it allows differentiation so that each student comes to the learning outcomes in their own way.” Read the full article → https://hubs.la/Q03gnYTc0

As part of our National Science Foundation (NSF) project, we have 17 of the country’s leading scholars convening at Carnegie Mellon University this week. In a few short days we will develop a plan for a new national infrastructure to use video games + data science to better understand human thinking, knowing, feeling and coordinating at scale. We are building a new kind of telescope to explore the human mind. Shari Metcalf, @laure haak, Luke Swanson, Jan L. Plass, Casper Harteveld, Erik Harpstead, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Elizabeth Owen, PhD Kevin Miklasz, PhD Elizabeth Rowe, Luc Paquette, Al Olsen, iCivics, Field Day Lab PBS. Northeastern University, New York University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvard University, TERC Mighty Red Barn

How can we nurture data skills in young children? Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on advancing Early Childhood Data Science with leading experts from GBH & TERC! Virtual Sessions April 14 | 12-2 PM EDT May 8 | 5-7 PM EDT Funded by NSF, the virtual sessions will build on a recent all-day workshop in which attendees produced a draft of an early childhood data science learning framework. Attendees of the virtual sessions will have the opportunity to review and discuss the learning framework so that it can be revised and disseminated, while discussing the following questions: ⭐ What are developmentally appropriate data skills for children ages 3–7? ⭐ What are effective strategies for nurturing data skills for these young children? Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q03fLpM-0

Join WGBH Radio and Television and TERC for a discussion of data sciences in the early childhood years!

STEM for Every Age! Visit Booth 811 at #NSTASpring25 for FREE resources! Early Learning: Head Start on Engineering, Storytelling Math Middle School: BioRobots, ExIST High School: Investigating Astronomy, Biocomplexity https://hubs.la/Q03dkvLp0 @NSTA #NSTA

Want to pilot an innovative STEM lesson? We're teaming up with PocketLab to test an exciting new lesson on the Heat Island Effect! Teachers will use PocketLab Thermo sensors to explore urban heat patterns with their students. All participating teachers will receive a classroom set of PocketLab sensors, as well as a stipend of $400. 📍 Visit Booth 811 at #NSTASpring25 to learn more & also grab FREE STEM resources! Apply now: https://hubs.la/Q03dlLv40

From preschoolers exploring engineering play to high schoolers studying astrobiology, we have FREE STEM resources for every grade level! ✅ Early learning: Storytelling Math ✅ Elementary: Inquiry-based science ✅ Middle School: BioRobots & game-based learning ✅ High School: Astronomy & earth science 📍 Find us at booth 811 at #NSTASpring25! 🔗 Explore free resources: https://hubs.la/Q03dkyZ-0 #NSTA #STEMforAll