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Adapting educational materials collaboratively.

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"Teaching, in many ways, is a design activity. Teachers must perceive and interpret existing resources, evaluate constraints of the classroom setting, balance trade offs, and devise strategies..."(Brown, 2009)
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Our Mission

​​Our mission is to catalyze expansive uses of open-source, NGSS-aligned science curriculum materials to create opportunities for students to take charge of their own science learning.

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Case Studies

We offer case studies of how professional development providers, curriculum designers, teachers, and administrators adapt open source curriculum.

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Get to know us!

Together, we create inclusive and equitable STEM learning experiences.

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Together, we are:

A diverse group of passionate and skilled educators and researchers.

Committed to teachers, students, justice, and our partnerships.

Bringing together expertise in curriculum design, cognitive science, and innovative teaching methods.

Aiming to build caring and curious classrooms with relevance to student lives.

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This project was supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award 5R25GM142056-03, a Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) award, and by the National Science Foundation Grant DRL 2019805. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies.

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