@CONCORD Newsletter

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Fall 2009 @Concord Newsletter

Contents

• The Deeply Digital Texts Initiative
  The Concord Consortium’s initiative starts with seven new projects.
• Perspective: Teaching Beyond the PDF
  Five lessons highlight how Concord Consortium resources can be used in the classroom
• Monday’s Lesson: Inquiry in the Digital Classroom
  Learn to use online resources including molecular models in an inquiry-oriented classroom.
• Tuesday’s Lesson: Teaching Evolution to Fourth Graders
  Students learn about the causes of evolution using plant models that include adaptation and inheritance with variability.
• Wednesday’s Lesson: Visualizing Energy
  Four activities help students see, draw, and describe energy flow.
• Thursday’s Lesson: The Greenhouse Effect
  Customize an activity for teaching about greenhouse gases and global warming.
• Friday’s Lesson: How Transistors Work
  Microelectronics is accessible to students with computer models.
• News at Concord Consortium
• Download the PDF Version
  Download the PDF version for printing or sharing.

@Concord

Editor: Chad Dorsey

Managing Editor: Cynthia McIntyre

Design: Susan W. Gilday

Web Version: Adam Knochowski

@Concord is published two times a year by The Concord Consortium, a nonprofit educational research and development organization dedicated to educational innovation through creative technologies.

Copyright © 2009 by The Concord Consortium, Inc. All rights reserved. Noncommercial reproduction is encouraged, provided permission is obtained and credit is given. For permission to reproduce any part of this publication, contact cynthia@concord.org.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under several grants (DRL-0946582, DRL-0929774, DRL-0929540, DRL-0918449, DRL-0918522, DRL-0918642, DRL-0918743, ESI-0737649, DUE-0831974, DRL- 0822213, DRL-0822388, DUE-0802532). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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