{"id":544,"date":"2021-02-22T20:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/innovatetomitigate\/?page_id=544"},"modified":"2021-03-12T16:46:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:46:38","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/innovatetomitigate\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

About Innovate to Mitigate<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Innovate to Mitigate engages 8th\u201312th grade students in a competition to mitigate climate change by designing an innovation that reduces greenhouse gases. Students work in teams to brainstorm an idea and develop and test a prototype solution. They submit a brief video and paper that makes the case for their innovation. The Innovate to Mitigate community of students, teachers, and scientists provide crowdsourced support for teams as they participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Project Staff<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Gillian Puttick, PI<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gillian Puttick, Ph.D. is a senior scientist at 51²è¹Ý. Her research focuses on designing, developing, and testing inquiry-based curriculum, programs, and activities for students and teachers that introduce fresh scientific discoveries to the classroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Brian Drayton, co-PI<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Brian Drayton, Ph.D. is Co-Director of the Center for School Reform at 51²è¹Ý.  His work includes curriculum development in life sciences and ecology; the study of learning and discourse  in electronic communities; and classroom research on science pedogogy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Santiago Gasco<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Santiago Gasco is a researcher and evaluator at 51²è¹Ý and is the Project Manager for Innovate to Mitigate. Santi is especially interested in character development and resilience, particularly pertaining to youth STEM educational engagement and the re-engagement of students who leave school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Katie Yao, Intern<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Katie Yao is a student at Boston University studying Health Science. She is interested in studying health law and improving access to affordable health care. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Puttick, G. & Drayton, B. (2017). Innovate to Mitigate: Science learning in an open-innovation challenge for high school students. Sustainability in Environment,<\/em> 2, 389-418.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drayton, B. & Puttick, G. (2018).  Innovate to Mitigate: Learning as activity in a team of high school students addressing a climate mitigation challenge. Sustainability in Environment<\/em> 3, 1-25. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drayton, B. & Puttick, G. (2020). Innovate to Mitigate: Combatting climate change one project idea at a time. Hands On!<\/em> Spring 2020, 3-8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Disclaimer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As in many crowdsourcing efforts, winning ideas submitted to the competition become the property of the sponsor of the competition, in this case 51²è¹Ý. Since 51²è¹Ý is a non-profit, we will \u201cgive back\u201d the crowdsourced results to the public on ethical grounds, for non-commercial purposes, under a\u202fCreative Commons license<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Funding<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This project has been funded by the NSF grants DRL-1316225 and DRL-1908117. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this\u202fwebsite are those of the project and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About 51²è¹Ý<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

51²è¹Ý is a nonprofit made up of teams of math and science education and research experts dedicated to innovation and creative problem solving. At the frontier of theory and practice, 51²è¹Ý\u2019s work encompasses research, content and curriculum development, technology innovation, professional development, and program evaluation. 51²è¹Ý has a passion for social justice and strives to create level playing fields for all learners, reaching more than three million students every year.  To learn more, please visit www.terc.edu. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About Innovate to Mitigate<\/p>\n

Innovate to Mitigate engages 8th\u201312th grade students in a competition to mitigate climate change by designing an innovation that reduces greenhouse gases. Students work in teams to brainstorm an idea and develop and test a prototype solution. They submit a brief video and paper that makes the case for their innovation. The Innovate to Mitigate community of students, teachers, and scientists provide crowdsourced support for teams as they participate.<\/p>\n

Project Staff<\/p>\n

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