Publications and news from OpenSTEM Research
Covid-related lessons for young students
April 2021 Amanda Thornton, a third-grade teacher at Ridgefield, Washington, saw her students were very afraid last fall when they talked about COVID-19. When she heard about a new teaching …
Tzou receives research, scholarship award
May 2020 Carrie Tzou, recipient of the University of Washington Bothell’s 2020 Distinguished Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Award, has a current project gaining attention online as a resource for …
Harvard EdCast: What It Means to Learn Science
One way to solve complex problems like climate change may be to teach science in more complex and personal ways. By making science more personal, an understanding of complex issues …
STEM for All Video Showcase
May 2018 http://stemforall2018.videohall.com/presentations/1144 In this video, we highlight a program called TechTales, a collaboration between the University of Washington, Pacific Science Center, Seattle Public Libraries, and Native American-serving organizations in …
Tech Tales at ATALM 2017
October 10–13, 2017 Download a PDF of the Tech Tales Poster presented at Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico. Authored by Carrie Tzou, Megan …
Learning gardens aim to grow student engagement in science
Jul 12 2017, UW College of Education Despite the growing awareness of socio-ecological challenges facing humans in the 21st century, science learning still mostly takes place inside the classroom, disconnected …
Shovel-ready students learn by working
02/25/2017 By Douglas Esser, UW Bothell News You can talk about forest restoration, read about water quality and study ecology in a classroom. But if you’re serious, you have to …
Engineering in a Summer Backpack
07/29/2016 Robotics workshops are being held this summer at the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center and Seattle Public Libraries using the Backpacks for Science Learning project in which University of …
Seattle Week in Review: Facing Displacement from AI
May 6th, 2016 Xconomy by Benjamin Romano When will the technology arrive that makes you obsolete in your current job? [Checks watch.] It’s no idle question, and one that none …
Can video games solve world problems?
November 15, 2016, Trends and Issues in Higher Ed Two researchers seeking to solve a real-world problem create a class in a model of interdisciplinary collaboration.