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Web Seminar Series
WI25: Supporting Student Sensemaking with the Crosscutting Concepts: Topic Study for K-12 Educators
Students who use CCCs regularly build confidence in their science practices and develop a stronger sense of science identity. Each session presents participants with the opportunity to consider the different ways in which the CCCs can be used in the ...
Web Seminar
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have an increased presence in our school classrooms and laboratory instructional spaces, including cell phones, tablets, laptops, and equipment. However, Science/STEM teachers nationwide are forced to adopt and make use...
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 23, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 16, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
Journal Article
Exploring the Favorites in Science Education Issue
Editor's Corner...
By Ann Haley Mackenzie
Journal Article
Teaching about the Critical Role of Key Scientific Institutions
Fact or Faux?...
By Andy Zucker, Jocelyn Miller
Journal Article
Geology from a Beaker: Student Activities in Earth Science
Student activities based on deposition in a beaker introduce Walther’s Law, which states that, if uninterrupted, vertical deposition is duplicated in the horizontal. When gravel, sand, and clay (mud) are stirred in a beaker of water, they settle ou...
By Jr. Miller
Journal Article
This article discusses an innovative approach to science education focused on engaging students through authentic learning experiences and hands-on activities. It emphasizes the importance of linking classroom instruction with real-world science rese...
By Ashley Booker, Katherine Eaton
Journal Article
Blockbuster Science: Checking our positions
Media has always played a significant role in shaping education. Visual cues and observable phenomena brought to life on screens or through vivid and engrossing sound effects make science accessible to people in ways that textbooks, journals and tech...
By Joy Barnes-Johnson
Journal Article
Finding Zero: Exploring Mathematical Models with Pendulum Paintings
Pendulum paintings are fun to make and fascinating to observe in process, but they can be used to model real scientific analysis using messy data. In this activity, students create pendulum paintings and develop an analysis using measurements of mult...
By Daniel McKinney
Journal Article
Going Beneath the Surface: Using Socioscientific Issues to Explore Human Impacts on Soil
Socioscientific issues (SSIs) can help students think about the moral and ethical issues related to science. When SSI issues are based on local phenomena and issues within students’ communities, they can also resonate more with students....
By Jesse Wilcox, William Lange, Shane Breheny
Journal Article
In this unit, students explore the phylogeography of three-toed sloths (Bradypus pygmaeus and Bradypus variegatus) endemic to the Bocas del Toro islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama. After learning about the geologic history of this region, stu...
By Tyler St. Clair, Kristen Conklin-Kearney
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 9, 2024
By Debra Shapiro