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For nearly 40 years, we have empowered educators like you with world-class data-collection technology and innovative experiments. Your passion and dedication, along with the implementation of high-quality sensors, experiments, and resources in your classroom or laboratory, enable your students to explore science in new ways. Our mission is to provide you with the tools you need to encourage scientific curiosity in all students. See what partnering with us can do.
Video from David Carter
Instructor at Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas
David Carter, an instructor at Kansas State University, Engineering Extension, uses wind energy to introduce middle school, high school, and college students to engineering and design concepts. This includes a statewide challenge, a STEM summer institute, Introduction to Mechanical Engineering 101, and an “Energy Library” for Kansas K–12 schools.
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Last March, when the pandemic forced so many educators to pivot to remote teaching overnight, everything changed. There were myriad logistical issues to deal with, but one of the most important things that changed was the ability to gauge how well students were engaged with their studies.
Each year, we partner with NSTA to give out the Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards to educators who are using data-collection technology in engaging, innovative ways in the classroom.
Assessments could be intimidating and didn’t take into account the ways students had practiced communicating their understanding in the preceding lessons. The way assessment was implemented often felt exclusionary for some students, especially those who struggled with historically limited modalities of teaching.
According to author and education expert Page Keeley, formative assessment is one of the most effective strategies for improving the opportunity for all students to learn. This teaching tool gives educators valuable information to design their lessons to meet their students’ needs. However, some teachers may struggle with how to use formative assessment as a vital part of their everyday instruction.
