Teacher-collaborators will field test a 3-credit, online, graduate-level course designed to enhance teachers’ knowledge and practice related to energy concepts. The course is titled Energy: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Teachers (EMAT...
Projects
BSCS works with people from around the world who care about the quality of science teaching and learning, including those in K-12 schools, colleges, other non-profits, government agencies, and foundations. We develop research-based instructional materials for students, provide transformative professional development, build leadership capacity within schools and districts, and provide evidence-based findings for students, teachers, administrators, parents, funding agencies, partners, and policy makers. Our current and recently completed projects list represents the scope of our work and diverse sources of funding.
For more information, please contact us at info@bscs.org or 719.531.5550.
In September 2011, we received news of funding from NSF through the REESE program to conduct a rigorous, analytical synthesis of research focused on science teacher professional...
Thanks to funding from NSF, with this three-year project we will compile statistics that will help science education researchers determine the number of participants (sample size) needed in a...
BSCS Science Educator Mark Bloom is leading a team that is currently developing Allergies and Scientific Inquiry: An Innovative, Online Module for Middle School.
This NIH-...
BSCS is providing external evaluation of the Noyce Scholarship program, which focuses on high-performing undergraduate students in STEM disciplines who commit to teaching in high-need schools. These students are identified and provided with...
BSCS is the external evaluator for a five-year NSF-funded research and education project titled CSU GK–12: A Multidisciplinary Research and Teacher Program in Biomedical Engineering for Discovery and Understanding of Cell Communication. The...
BSCS is developing seven inquiry-based curriculum units for use in grades K–12 science or health classes. The curriculum, funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), will focus on improving...
EvidenceWorks is an innovative five-year Phase I and Phase II SEPA project that introduces students to the process of evidence-based medicine. Using real physicians in filmed hospital settings with scripted patient encounters, EvidenceWorks...
BSCS is partnering with Concord Consortium (CC) in a five-year, NSF-funded project led by CC to develop a cyber-learning environment that will engage students with the same processes used by...
BSCS is continuing to work with science faculty at The Dalton School in New York City to support the development of leadership capacity and ongoing improvements in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. One important aspect of the professional...
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