New Software from TERCworksTERCworks, the publishing unit of TERC, is releasing five software titles designed to promote inquiry-based investigations to enhance any middle- or high- school curricula. Investigate the oceans; discover the science behind the light in the sky; explore how muscles, lungs, and blood work together; or try to foil data-munching bugs. The titles provide a range of computer-assisted applications from an introduction to using computer tools for data analysis to lab investigations with probeware. Software Titles TERCworks (877) TERC-123 www.tercworks.terc.edu New Web Site from the ENCTeacher Change: Improving K-12 Mathematics change.enc.orgThe Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC) has a new web site for local, state, regional, and national leaders who are working with teachers on the challenging task of improving K12 mathematics teaching and learning. It offers professional development workshop activities, full text journal articles about teacher change, teacher narratives, and an overview of school change written by international authorities Michael Fullan and Andy Hargreaves. In addition, reports and publications from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) have been integrated throughout. |
CongratulationsJacquelyn D. Davis, a sixth-grade math teacher at the Ulla F. Muller Elementary School in St. Thomas, is one of 208 teachers to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The Ulla F. Muller school is part of the network of Regional Alliance Schools. You can learn m ore about the award program administered by the National Science Foundation at www.nsf.gov/PA. If you are not on our mailing list and would like to receive future issues of Alliance Access, send your name and address to Regional Alliance, TERC, 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140. Requests can also be sent to alliance@terc.edu. |