University of Colorado Foundation at Boulder
For General Support Of The Natural Resources Law Center
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Amount$200,000
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Program
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Date Awarded4/5/2004
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Term24 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
colorado.edu
Address
4740 Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80309, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Physics Education Technology Project (PhET) and research on measuring deeper learning
The Physics Education Technology (PhET) project is an ongoing effort by Nobel Prize winner Carl Wieman to make a suite of simulations for teaching and learning physics, chemistry, biology, and math openly available from the PhET website and easy to incorporate into classrooms. PhET has developed more than 100 simulations that are run over 20 million times a year. This project will advance the development of online simulations and associated activities for teaching middle school math that are based on research and aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Part of this grant would also support research on the possibility of using these simulations to assess deeper learning skills, including metacognition, critical thinking, and problem solving.