Take a look online at our newly released 2018 schedule for the Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes (NMSSI). Official UNL registration in MyRED begins March 5. We are offering courses in Gretna, Hastings, Holdrege, La Vista, Lincoln, North Platte, and Omaha, as well as online. Continue reading…
The College of Engineering is joining with the Lincoln Children's Museum and several Lincoln companies to co-sponsor “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day” on Feb. 24 at Nebraska Innovation Campus. Continue reading…
Allison Zach of the Nebraska Invasive Species Program has invasive species teaching tools she would like to share with K-12 teachers. Continue reading…
Infections are spread in much the same way as a rumor: Someone picks it up and passes it on to someone else. There are differences, of course, but the same elementary mathematical model is useful in both situations. Continue reading…
Our future depends on a public that can use science for personal decision-making and to participate in civic, political, and cultural discussions related to science. Continue reading…
Learn how observing your colleagues in action can improve your practice, watch and discuss a pre-observation meeting with a new teacher, and watch a video on peer teaching in this edition of the Teaching Channel. Continue reading…
Illustrative Mathematics team just finished putting materials together to form middle-level curricula (open-access online textbooks) that have complete lesson plans, including effective questions to gauge student understanding and have class discussions. Continue reading…
Learn Create Build has day camps and summer camps for elementary/middle level students that lay the foundations of computer science, including courses in video game design, YouTube, animation, Minecraft and more. Continue reading…
For those of you interested in educational research about school accountability policy, the Education Policy Analysis Archives recently devoted a special issue to this topic. Continue reading…