All High School resources

Journal Article

GENERATE: The Game of Energy Choices

By Emma Refvem and Dana Haine

High School Environmental Science Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Mathematics Science and Engineering Practices STEM

Journal Article

Virtual Field Trips

By Heather McPherson, Gregory Frank, Rebecca Pearce, and Ernest Hoffman

High School Engineering Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

Journal Article

Collaboration Crushes Competition!

By Lucinda Hemmick, Dame Forbes, Robert Bolen, Mary Kroll, Dianna Gobler, John Halloran, Vivian Stojanoff, and Aleida Perez

High School Chemistry Physics Science and Engineering Practices STEM

Journal Article

Who Is Most Affected By COVID-19?

By Laura Lusardi and Rachelle Haroldson

High School Biology Computer Science Teaching Strategies Technology

Journal Article

Media Literacy in the Age of COVID and Climate Change

By Jocelyn Miller, Linda Rost, Connor Bryant, Robyn Embry, Shazia Iqbal, Claire Lannoye-Hall, and Missie Olson

High School Biology Distance Learning Literacy Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Soldiers of Science

By Holly Amerman

High School Instructional Materials Technology

Journal Article

Crunching Cans and Generating Power

By Paul G. Hewitt

High School Physics Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Learning on Location With NASA GLOBE Observer

By Jill Nugent

High School Citizen Science Earth & Space Science Technology

Journal Article

COVID-19: One Year Later

By Ann Haley MacKenzie

High School Literacy STEM Teaching Strategies

Lesson Plan

Force and Motion Ideas

The purpose of this assessment probe is to comprehensively elicit students’ ideas about the relationship between force and motion. The list of possible answers includes several distracters that are based on learning research; thus the probe will te...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Middle School High School Assessment Physical Science

Lesson Plan

Spaceships

This probe is designed to elicit students’ ideas about changing the direction of motion in the absence of air. Many students will have seen movies or television shows in which spaceships turn by banking or using wing flaps. In outer space, where th...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Middle School High School Assessment Physical Science

Journal Article

Bridging the Gap Between Scientists and the Public

By Suzanne Thurston

High School Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers General Science Instructional Materials Professional Learning Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Using Cogenerative Dialogues to Improve High School Students’ Internships With Scientists

By Pei-Ling Hsu

High School Informal Education Careers Equity Inclusion Labs Research STEM

Reports Article

Freebies for Science Teachers, June 22, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Administration Biology Careers Chemistry Curriculum Disabilities Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Multilingual Learners Environmental Science Equity General Science Inclusion Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Life Science Literacy Multicultural News Phenomena Physical Science Physics Professional Learning old STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

Lesson Plan

Will It Form a New Substance?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out how students determine whether a new substance with a different chemical makeup is formed when matter undergoes a change. ...

By Page Keeley and Susan Cooper

Middle School High School Assessment Physical Science