2020-01-08T13:43:07-06:00 2019-09-30 042571780 ALEXANDER ARONSON FINNING & CO PC 50 WASHINGTON STREET WESTBOROUGH MA 01581 990 2018-10-01 043254131 THE CONCORD CONSORTIUM INCORPORATED CONC 9784053200 25 LOVE LANE CONCORD MA 01742 CHAD DORSEY PRESIDENT AND CEO 9784053200 2019-12-19 1 CHARLES WEBB CPA P01584539 5083669100 2019-12-19 40.70.31.102 2019-12-19 10:14:38 ES P E5E10DB362A14A01DB0DA430DA7AA5B243C0C50A 2A9010E3A6A0BB3B06F86C59D67A72AD6F64F0F5 2018 2020-09-23 17:36:50Z CHAD DORSEY 25 LOVE LANE CONCORD MA 01742 9977134 0 X WWW.CONCORD.ORG X 1994 MA TO IGNITE LARGE-SCALE IMPROVEMENTS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. 13 12 46 12 0 0 8954599 9848382 375787 122906 1790 5846 247 0 9332423 9977134 0 0 0 0 5023042 5848335 0 0 0 4359483 4307612 9382525 10155947 -50102 -178813 1905577 1578270 753961 605467 1151616 972803 X THE CONCORD CONSORTIUM IS A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO TRANSFORMING EDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. OUR MISSION IS TO IGNITE LARGE-SCALE IMPROVEMENTS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. OUR 47 PROJECTS DEVELOPED FREELY AVAILABLE SCIENCE, MATH, AND ENGINEERING SOFTWARE AND CURRICULUM MATERIALS AND MADE THEM AVAILABLE UNDER OPEN-SOURCE AND OPEN-CONTENT LICENSES. THESE MATERIALS WERE ACCESSED THROUGH SEVERAL CONCORD CONSORTIUM WEBSITES BY OVER 3.25 MILLION UNIQUE USERS FROM 50 STATES AND 115 COUNTRIES (WITH MORE THAN 10 VISITS PER COUNTRY). IN FY2019, USERS LAUNCHED OVER 340,000 ACTIVITIES FROM OUR STEM RESOURCE FINDER. OVER 34,000 TEACHERS AND 444,000 STUDENTS USED ALL OF OUR ACTIVITY PORTALS. OUR MOLECULAR WORKBENCH SOFTWARE HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED OVER 1.5 MILLION TIMES IN ITS HISTORY. OUR FREE BIANNUAL NEWSLETTER WAS MAILED TO OVER 6,000 SUBSCRIBERS AND THE ELECTRONIC VERSION WAS SENT TO OVER 45,000 SUBSCRIBERS. WE ALSO PUBLISHED PAPERS IN MULTIPLE PEER-REVI 0 0 649281 PRECIPITATING CHANGE: INTEGRATING METEOROLOGY, MATHEMATICS, AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING: RESEARCH ON STUDENTS' LEARNING AND USE OF DATA, MODELING, AND PREDICTION PRACTICES FOR WEATHER FORECASTING (PRECIPITATING CHANGE) 2019 THE PRECIPITATING CHANGE PROJECT (HTTPS://CONCORD.ORG/PRECIPITATING-CHANGE) AT THE CONCORD CONSORTIUM (CC) IS A MULTI-YEAR COLLABORATION WITH ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY, MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO TO DESIGN AND TEST INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO PROMOTE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS' ABILITY TO APPLY COMPUTATIONAL THINKING PRACTICES AND UNDERSTANDING IN THE CONTEXT OF WEATHER AND WEATHER PREDICTION. STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TOOK PART IN HANDS-ON, INQUIRY-BASED ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CLASSROOM EMBEDDED PHENOMENA, EXPLORATION VIA COMPUTER MODELING, AND USE OF AUTHENTIC DATA REPRESENTATIONS TO UNDERSTAND AND APPLY WEATHER-RELATED SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS BY EMPLOYING COMPUTATIONAL THINKING INVOLVING DATA AND MODELS. THE PRECIPITATING CHANGE CURRICULUM TARGETS TWO MAIN NGSS STANDARDS: MS-ESS2-5 (COLLECT DATA TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR HOW THE MOTIONS AND COMPLEX INTERACTIONS OF AIR MASSES RESULTS IN CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS) AND MS-ESS3-2 (ANALYZE AND INTERPRET DATA ON NATURAL HAZARDS TO FORECAST FUTURE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS AND INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGIES TO MITIGATE THEIR EFFECTS).PRECIPITATING CHANGE HAS TWO PRIMARY RESEARCH AND EVALUATION QUESTIONS:RQ1. WHAT ENACTED EXPERIENCES LEAD TO SCIENCE AND CT CONTENT UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICES? RQ2. WHAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT DESIGNS FOSTER AND SCAFFOLD THESE ENACTED EXPERIENCES EFFECTIVELY?CURRICULUM. THIS YEAR, FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS FROM THREE SCHOOLS IN PURPOSEFULLY SELECTED DIVERSE SETTINGS (URBAN, SUBURBAN, AND A RURAL INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN ALASKA) WERE RECRUITED TO IMPLEMENT THE REVISED WEATHER UNIT. THE REVISIONS INCLUDED A NEW CONTENT STORYLINE TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT AMONG ANCHORING PHENOMENA, LEARNING EXPERIENCES, CT PRACTICES, AND ASSESSMENT, AS WELL AS THE INTRODUCTION OF AN AUTHENTIC WEATHER DATASET THAT IS REVISITED ACROSS THE UNIT. IN THIS REVISED VERSION, STUDENTS TAKE ON THE ROLE OF A LOCAL PLANNER WHO MUST DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT AN OUTDOOR EVENT (E.G., THE TOWN'S POPULAR FUN RUN OR A TRADITIONAL ALASKAN "BLANKET TOSS") WILL BE ABLE TO PROCEED AS PLANNED. THROUGHOUT THE LESSONS, STUDENTS ARE INTRODUCED TO REAL WEATHER DATA, I.E., RADAR MAPS AND WEATHER STATION READINGS (E.G., RAINFALL, TEMPERATURE, WIND SPEED, WIND DIRECTION, AND MOISTURE CONTENT) AND THE COMPUTATIONAL THINKING TOOLS (E.G., DATA ABSTRACTION, INTERPOLATION, EXTRAPOLATION, RULE ABSTRACTION, RULE TESTING, PREDICTION) TO AID THEM IN COMPLETING THE UNIT CHALLENGE TO MAKE AN INFORMED WEATHER PREDICTION AND PRESENT THEIR DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT THE EVENT SHOULD HAPPEN AS PLANNED. THE CURRICULUM WAS DESIGNED TO BE A FOUR-WEEK CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE. TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE: TWO TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS ARE USED IN THIS UNIT: EMBEDDED PHENOMENA (EP) AND NETLOGO (NL). THE EP SOFTWARE PROVIDES STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE A LARGE COMPLEX DATASET KINESTHETICALLY TO HELP THEM VISUALIZE THE DATA AND WEATHER PHENOMENA. NETLOGO COMPLEMENTS THE EP EXPERIENCE BY PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH A TOOL THAT CAN HELP THEM DEVELOP AND TEST THE RULES THEY DEVELOP ABOUT THE PHENOMENA. IN LESSONS 2 AND 3, STUDENTS CONVERTED THEIR CLASSROOM INTO THEIR REGIONAL LOCATION (NEW ENGLAND OR ALASKA) BY CREATING A GRIDDED MAP WITH FULLY EQUIPPED MINI-WEATHER STATIONS (VIA IPADS) SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE REGION. THE EP SIMULATION IS TURNED ON AND STUDENTS "EXPERIENCE THE WEATHER EVENT" BY COLLECTING WEATHER DATA AT SELECTED LOCATIONS ON THE MAP AS THE WEATHER EVENT "MOVES OVER THEIR CLASSROOM." IN THE FOLLOWING LESSONS, STUDENTS WORK WITH NL MINI-MODELS TO APPLY WHAT THEY LEARNED FROM THE LESSON TO THE REAL, LOCAL DATASET THEY WERE GIVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE UNIT. EACH OF THE MINI-MODELS FOCUSES ON ONE COMPONENT OF THE FULL COMPUTATIONAL MODEL, WHICH THEY USE IN LESSON 6 TO SUPPORT THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF RULES TO INFORM THEIR FINAL WEATHER PREDICTION. RESEARCH: CONCLUSIONS FOR YEAR 3 ARE DRAWN FOR PRECIPITATING CHANGE'S TWO PRIMARY RESEARCH AND EVALUATION QUESTIONS BELOW:RQ1. WHAT ENACTED EXPERIENCES LEAD TO SCIENCE AND CT CONTENT UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICES? RESEARCH RESULTS SHOW THAT STUDENTS MADE SIGNIFICANT GAINS AND INCREASED THEIR WEATHER CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AFTER COMPLETING THE PROJECTS' FOUR-WEEK WEATHER CURRICULUM.RQ2. WHAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT DESIGNS FOSTER AND SCAFFOLD THESE ENACTED EXPERIENCES EFFECTIVELY? CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS REVEALED THAT OVERALL, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTATIONAL THINKING SKILLS WAS EVIDENT FOR ALL ACTIVITIES OBSERVED. HOWEVER, CT SKILLS PRE- AND POST-TESTS SUGGEST THAT THE CURRICULUM IS LESS IMPACTFUL FOR STUDENTS WHO START THE UNIT WITH WEAKER CT SKILLS.DISSEMINATION: DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES INCLUDED UPDATING THE PROJECT WEBSITE AND AN EMBEDDED WEATHER PHENOMENA WEBSITE, PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES, INCLUDING NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING (NARST), AMERICAN EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (AERA), INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION (ISTE), BUILDING LEARNING COMMUNITIES (BLC), NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHING ASSOCIATION (NSTA), AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHING ASSOCIATION STEM FORUM. IN ADDITION, AN @CONCORD TWO-PAGE ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED. 739153 THE MAJOR GOAL OF THE INQUIRYSPACE 2 PROJECT (HTTPS://CONCORD.ORG/INQUIRYSPACE) AT THE CONCORD CONSORTIUM (CC) IS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ANY SCHOOL TO OFFER STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE EXCITING PRACTICE OF SCIENCE AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF SCIENCE LEARNING. WE HAVE SET THREE GOALS TO (1) REDUCE BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION AND INCREASE EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE BY DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES THAT SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, DATA COLLECTION, AND ANALYSIS IN HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY, PHYSICS, AND CHEMISTRY CLASSES, (2) DEVELOP CURRICULAR MATERIALS THAT COHERENTLY SCAFFOLD STUDENTS IN DEVELOPING THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES TO EXPLORE NATURAL PHENOMENA, AND (3) DEVELOP TEACHER MATERIALS TO SUPPORT A PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH THAT FACILITATES STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH INDEPENDENT EXPERIMENTATION. SIGNIFICANT EFFORT HAS BEEN DEDICATED TOWARD CURRICULUM, RESEARCH, AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT DURING THE THIRD YEAR BY CC IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNER AT PHYSICS FRONT IN SANTA CRUZ, CA.CURRICULUM. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CURRICULUM FOR INQUIRYSPACE 2 REACHED THREE SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES DURING YEAR 3 OF THE PROJECT: (1) UPDATING OF THE PHYSICS CURRICULUM MODULE FROM LAST YEAR BASED ON TEACHER FEEDBACK FROM FOUR PHYSICS TEACHERS WHO HAD IMPLEMENTED IN FALL OF 2018, (2) REVISION OF THE BIOLOGY MODULE, AFTER TWO BIOLOGY TEACHERS IMPLEMENTED IN THE WINTER OF 2018, AND (3) DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPE ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHEMISTRY MODULE, WHICH FOUR TEACHERS ARE PILOTING IN UPCOMING MONTHS. SIGNIFICANT EFFORT ALSO WENT INTO RECRUITING TEACHERS AND PLANNING FURTHER CURRICULUM PILOT TESTING FOR THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR. WE RAN A FOUR-DAY TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOP IN UNIVERSITY LABS AT ENDICOTT COLLEGE IN JULY OF 2019. THIRTEEN TEACHERS ATTENDED (SEVEN PHYSICS; FIVE CHEMISTRY; ONE BIOLOGY). RESEARCH. DURING THIS YEAR, ADDITIONAL INQUIRYSPACE 2 MILESTONES IN RESEARCH OCCURRED. RESEARCHERS MADE PROGRESS IN THE FOLLOWING: (1) TWO PAPERS WERE PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN SCIENCE TEACHING (NARST) CONFERENCE. IN ADDITION, WE PRESENTED IS2 WORKSHOPS AT FOUR CONFERENCES, PUBLISHED THREE ARTICLES AND TWO BLOG POSTS, AND CONDUCTED A WEBINAR TO DISSEMINATE OUR WORK ; (2) COLLECTED AND ANALYZED SCREENCAST VIDEO DATA FROM PHYSICS AND BIOLOGY MODULE IMPLEMENTATIONS; AND (3) REVISED INQUIRYSPACE 2 MODULES WERE TESTED IN FIVE PILOT CLASSROOMS (THREE IN ME, TWO IN CA, AND ONE IN RI). CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS, TEACHER FEEDBACK, AND CONTINUED ANALYSIS OF DATA COLLECTED BY CC RESEARCHERS WILL INFORM IMPROVEMENTS TO BOTH THE CURRICULUM AND THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED AT CC. TECHNOLOGY. IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE TO SUPPORT IS2 RESEARCH EFFORTS AND CURRICULUM MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING (1) IMPROVED STABILITY OF THE SOFTWARE USED TO COLLECT DATA FROM SENSORS INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF A 64-BIT VERSION TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST OS REQUIREMENTS, (2) DEVELOPMENT OF A WAY FOR STUDENTS TO SHARE THEIR ANALYSIS FOR PEER-TO-PEER REFLECTION AND COMMENTARY, AND (3) THE BUILDING OF A PROTOTYPE PLUGIN THAT ALLOWS COLLABORATIVE DATA GATHERING BY SUB-GROUPS OR ENTIRE CLASSROOMS. 517955 INTEGRATED SCIENCE PRACTICES ENHANCED BY COMPUTATIONAL THINKING (INSPECT) 2019 THE MAJOR GOAL OF THE INSPECT PROJECT (HTTP://WWW.CONCORD.ORG/INSPECT) AT THE CONCORD CONSORTIUM (CC) IS TO DEVELOP AND RESEARCH A NEW APPROACH TO LEARNING IN WHICH STUDENTS ENGAGE IN AUTHENTIC SCIENCE PRACTICES THAT INTEGRATE THE USE OF COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS INTO BIOLOGY CLASS. STUDENTS AND TEACHERS USE DESIGNED CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WITH NOVEL INTERNET-OF-THINGS (IOT) SENSORS AND ACTUATORS TO CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS, PRODUCE DATA, AND ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS TO IMPROVE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND USE OF SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES. STUDENTS PROGRAM SENSOR HARDWARE TECHNOLOGIES USING A SIMPLIFIED VISUAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, CALLED DATAFLOW, TO CONTROL AND MONITOR ONGOING EXPERIMENTS, COLLECT AND VISUALIZE DATA, AND WIRELESSLY LINK TO DATA ACROSS DEVICES. INSPECT HAS THREE PRIMARY RESEARCH AND EVALUATION QUESTIONS:1. TESTING FEASIBILITY: TO WHAT EXTENT AND UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS ARE STUDENTS ABLE TO USE THE PROJECT'S COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES TO UNDERTAKE AUTHENTIC SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS? 2. EXAMINING LEARNING GAINS: WHEN STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN SCIENCE EXPERIMENTATION MADE POSSIBLE BY THE INSPECT RESOURCES, APPROACH, AND DESIGNED TOOLS, WHAT LEARNING GAINS WILL BE OBSERVED IN STUDENTS' ABILITIES TO PERFORM SCIENCE PRACTICES, ENGAGE IN COMPUTATIONAL THINKING PRACTICES, AND UNDERSTAND BIOLOGY CONCEPTS? 3. IDENTIFYING TEACHER SUPPORT: WHAT KINDS OF BACKGROUND MATERIALS AND ASSISTANCE DO TEACHERS REQUIRE FOR EFFECTIVE ENACTMENTS OF THE INTENDED CURRICULUM? SIGNIFICANT EFFORT HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT BY CONCORD CONSORTIUM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MANYLABS IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA, AND WITH PARTICIPATING TEACHERS FROM THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE SAN FRANCISCO EAST BAY. CURRICULUM. THIS YEAR, THE TEAM DEVELOPED A REVISED DESIGN FOR AN INSPECT CURRICULUM SEQUENCE THAT ALIGNS WITH MORE TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY UNITS (SO TEACHERS COULD MORE EASILY INCORPORATE INSPECT ACTIVITIES INTO THEIR CURRICULAR PLANS), AND ALSO REVISED A SEQUENCE OF ACTIVITIES BASED ON ANALYSIS OF CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS AND TEACHER FEEDBACK ON THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S IMPLEMENTATION. AN ENDURING GOAL IS TO ENHANCE THE "HIGH AGENCY" OF INSPECT CURRICULUM DESIGN WHILE ADDRESSING THE TENSIONS AND TIME CONSTRAINTS IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. IN ADDITION, WE DESIGNED A STORYLINE ABOUT CO2 TO BETTER CONTEXTUALIZE THE STUDY OF THE CARBON CYCLE USING IOT TOOLS AND SOFTWARE AND OTHER MATERIALS. THE SEQUENCE IS FRAMED BY STUDENTS BRINGING IN THEIR OWN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONNECTING THAT WITH THE AIR THEY ARE BREATHING IN THE CLASSROOM. STUDENTS USE SENSORS TO COLLECT DATA ON CLASSROOM AIR, AND HUMAN AND PLANT RESPIRATION; IN A CAPSTONE ACTIVITY, STUDENTS COMBINE DATA FROM MULTIPLE SENSORS IN A CLOSED CONTAINER IN A TABLETOP BIOSPHERE INVESTIGATION. TEACHERS IMPLEMENT THIS SEQUENCE IN TWO TO FOUR WEEKS. TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE. PARTNER MANYLABS HAS BEEN DESIGNING, BUILDING, AND TESTING THE THIRD GENERATION OF HARDWARE FOR COLLECTING SENSOR DATA AND CONTROLLING ACTUATORS. THE SENSORS AND ACTUATORS CONNECT TO A MICROPROCESSOR HUB DEVICE THAT PROVIDES A WIFI CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET AND A BLUETOOTH CONNECTION FOR SETUP AND CONFIGURATION. THE REVISED HUB DESIGNS NOW USE A LOW-COST ESP32 MICROCONTROLLER, AND EXCHANGE MESSAGES WITH A SERVER USING A STANDARD IOT PROTOCOL (MQTT). THE SENSORS AND ACTUATORS NOW CONNECT TO THE HUBS USING 3.5MM AUDIO CABLES THAT PROVIDE BOTH POWER AND DATA INPUT/OUTPUT. MANYLABS HAS BUILT A CLASSROOM HARDWARE SET INCLUDING SENSORS FOR CO2, O2, TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, AND LIGHT. TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARE: THE ORIGINAL DATAFLOW PROTOTYPE PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED IN PYTHON AND A VARIETY OF HOMEGROWN WEB FRONT-END PACKAGES WAS REFACTORED USING AN REACT, SASS, AND AWS IOT. THE MODERN AND INDUSTRY-STANDARD TOOLSET WAS CHOSEN SO THAT MORE DEVELOPERS COULD EASILY PARTICIPATE IN PRESENT AND FUTURE FEATURE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE, AND TO EXTEND THE SET OF SUPPORTED FUNCTIONALITY (CLOUD DATA STORAGE AND SHARING). TECHNICAL AND USABILITY CHALLENGES UNCOVERED BY PREVIOUS DATAFLOW CLASSROOM TESTING LED TO DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FRONT END AND BACK END OF THE SOFTWARE. DATAFLOW NOW USES AND COMMUNICATES WITH AN AWS MANAGED CLOUD SERVICE, A STANDARD IOT PROTOCOL FOR MESSAGING AND CONTROLLING HARDWARE, AND USER/DEVICE AUTHENTICATION. A NEW DATAFLOW WEB INTERFACE WAS CREATED TO MAKE PROGRAMMING NODES MORE EXPLICIT IN THEIR FUNCTION AND OVERALL MORE USER FRIENDLY TO STUDENTS NEW TO DATAFLOW PROGRAMMING.RESEARCH: A SUBSET OF THE CLASSROOM RESEARCH DATA COLLECTED TO DATE HAS BEEN ANALYZED. INTERVIEWS WITH STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR LAB EXPERIMENTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO DATA COLLECTED USING DATAFLOW CONTRIBUTED TO THE THEORETICAL FRAMING OF OUR RESEARCH. THE RESULTS OF THIS RESEARCH HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN A SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF LEARNING SCIENCES. DATA CONTINUES TO BE ANALYZED FROM PRE-POST ASSESSMENT RESULTS GATHERED FROM 4 TEACHERS AND THEIR COMBINED 13 CLASSES, SCREENCASTS OF STUDENT TEAMS ENGAGED IN USING DATAFLOW, AND STUDENT WRITTEN RESPONSES THAT COLLECTIVELY MEASURED STUDENTS' INTERESTS, UNDERSTANDING OF BIOLOGY CONCEPTS, AND SOPHISTICATED ENGAGEMENT IN PRACTICES OF SCIENTIFIC DATA LITERACY AND UNDERSTANDING.DISSEMINATION: A MAJOR DISSEMINATION EFFORT WAS TO GIVE AN ACCEPTED PRESENTATION AT THE ISTE 2019 CONFERENCE, ACCEPTED PRESENTATIONS AT NARST 2019 AND MAKERED SUMMIT, A KEYNOTE PRESENTATION AT THE GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE, INVITED SEMINARS AT TWO MAJOR UNIVERSITIES, AND A RESEARCH POSTER AND TWO PRESENTATIONS AT THE STEM+C PI SUMMIT. 6239956 122906 THE CONCORD CONSORTIUM PRODUCED TECHNOLOGY-BASED CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR SCIENCE, MATH, AND ENGINEERING FOR STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGE. 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ASIDE FROM OUR MAJOR PROGRAMS, WE GATHERED AND INVESTIGATED RESEARCH DATA FROM 44 ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT AND REFINEMENT OF CURRICULUM MATERIALS, AND BENEFIT OTHER RESEARCHERS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. 6239956 122906 8146345 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 134 0 1 46 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 MA CA X YU-LING WU CFO 9784053200 25 LOVE LANE CONCORD MA 01742 GOERY DELACOTE BOARD MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 MARGARET HONEY BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 LEV SVIRIDOV BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 DIEDERICH FRAMHEIN TREASURER 2.50 X X 0 0 0 LAUREN WALTERS BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X X 0 0 0 CHAD DORSEY PRESIDENT/CEO 40.00 X X 191932 0 56279 KATE BYRNE BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 KATHY HURLEY BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 KIM KASTENS BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 HELEN QUINN CHAIR 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAULETTE ALTMAIER BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 NICHOLE PINKARD BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 PAMELA PELLETIER BOARD MEMBER 0.50 X 0 0 0 YU-LING WU CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 40.00 X 172775 0 19600 CYNTHIA MCINTYRE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS 40.00 X 123122 0 11698 CHARLES XIE PI & SENIOR RESEARCHER 40.00 X 143653 0 14247 KIRK SWENSON SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER 40.00 X 126827 0 12783 CAROLYN STAUDT PI & SENIOR DEVELOPER 40.00 X 132199 0 23236 JENNIFER GOREE SENIOR SOFTWARE & IT MANAG 40.00 X 146304 0 22262 SHERRY HSI EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT 40.00 X 167372 0 17836 1204184 0 177941 18 0 1 0 DOUGLAS MARTIN ZOOPDOOP LLC 54 MAPLE ST SHELBURNE FALLS MA 01370 PROGRAMMING 138000 FABLEVISION 308 CONGRESS ST 6TH FL BOSTON MA 02110 CURRICULUM ACTIVITY DESIGN 119154 2 9848382 9848382 CONTRACT REVENUE 541900 122906 122906 122906 5846 5846 9977134 122906 0 5846 X 468636 140665 327971 4125405 3177725 947680 413577 413577 508569 162984 345585 332148 332148 5595 5595 30300 30300 1412368 1333092 79276 104025 81848 22177 363967 265797 98170 346501 254800 91701 195606 162034 33572 31638 23236 8402 7320 7320 11309 11309 SUBCONTRACTORS 1679965 1679965 PARTICIPANT SUPPORT 91442 91442 MISCELLANEOUS 18664 15299 3365 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 8912 4413 4499 10155947 8146345 2009602 0 500 500 1184660 1065722 579287 371145 85551 86144 168306 152091 17035 16215 38544 38544 1905577 1578270 753961 605467 753961 605467 X 649315 666500 502301 306303 1151616 972803 1905577 1578270 -178813 0 X X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 4535126 7106843 8813256 8954599 9848382 39258206 4535126 7106843 8813256 8954599 9848382 39258206 176616 39081590 14715 11996 25067 2037 5846 59661 39317867 371668 0.99400 0.98940 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 50865 49721 1144 101296 86675 14621 16145 15695 450 16215 X 10124924 147790 147790 9977134 0 9977134 10303737 147790 147790 10155947 0 10155947 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASC TOPIC, INCOME TAXES. 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THE FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVES THE FORM AND NO RESPONSE IS REQUIRED FROM THE REMAINING BOARD MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY FORM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THE FORMS ARE REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE BEFORE THE RECOMMENDATION IS MADE TO THE FULL BOARD FOR APPROVAL. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE COMPENSATION OF THE CEO IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD. THE COMPENSATION OF THE SENIOR MANAGERS ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CEO AND CFO. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE OR UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTANT: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 1,333,092. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 79,276. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 1,412,368. 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