JoinOnline Supplementary Files 2007-2020
November/December 2020
The Aurora Borealis
- Student Worksheet
- Solar wind velocity data and answer key
- Solar storm answer key
- Connecting to the Next Generation Science Standards
The Lives of Staph (Idea Bank)
Water and Sanitation
Do Not Disturb the Flow!
September/October 2020
Using Climate Models to Learn About Global Climate Change
Using Pop Culture to Teach Genetics
Evolutionary Relationships Argument
They Really Used to Think That?
July/August 2020
Accessible Physics for All
- CER sentence starters
- CODAP reference sheet
- Conclusion graphic organizer
- Elementary graphic organizer
- Kickball Challenge directions: full | short
- Present your findings
- Progress over time
- Rubric
April 2020
How Many Fish Are Really in the Sea?
Is This Watershed Contaminated with PCBs?
Finding the Next Diamond Mine
February 2020
Idea Bank
Thinking Big
Comics in the Classroom
January 2020
Investigating Land Ethics
October 2019
The Trouble with Tavy
September 2019
Migratory Patterns of Birds of Prey
Watered-Down Evidence
August 2019
The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change
Red Tide
Food Fight
July 2019
The "Marvel"-ous Nature of Science
Replicating Roaches
- Acquiring and caring for captive-bred Madagascar hissing cockroaches
- Handout: Food preference as a behavioral reproductive trait of the Madagascar hissing cockroach
- Handout: Replicating roaches
Chemistry in the Kitchen
April/May 2019
Investigating Urban Trees
The Perfect Match
Genetics for All
March 2019
From Bean to Cup
Do Plants Breathe?
February 2019
Using Scientific Argumentation to Understand Human Impact on the Earth
Let's Invent!
Proxy Climatology
January 2019
A Forest in Motion
Making and the 5E Learning Cycle
November/December 2018
Solarize Your School
The Teal Spruce
What's Hidden Beneath?
Virtual Oceanography
October 2018
Motion Machines
- Appendix A: Categorizing the Motion activity
- Appendix B: Application of Concepts Learned
- Appendix C: Sample table to collect and make sense of data
- Appendix D: Rubric
A Better Way of Farming
Why Not STEM?
September 2018
The Bold Fold
- List of domains with corresponding wires
- Domain connecting instructions
- DNA templates
- Introduction to The Bold Fold
- mRNA sequences
- Pre-lab handout
- Protein descriptions
- List of supplies
- Assessments
- Transcription instructions
- Translation codon table and instructions
Data Jams
Creative Visual Representation
August 2018
From DNA to Proteins
Making Science Relevant
Learning from Failed Experiments
Could Your Feed Be Contaminated?
July 2018
Decoding Careers in DNA
Who Tagged the Bench?
- Lab notes: Can I Eat That?
- Lab notes: Rolling Like Rutherford
- Lab notes: Spectroscope lab
- Lab notes: Who Tagged the Bench?
- Rubric: Who Tagged the Bench?
April/May 2018
Love the Lab, Hate the Lab Report?
- Lab report template (example 1)
- Lab report template (example 2)
- Lab partner evaluation
- Public speaker organizer
- Peer evaluation: mini-posters
Using the Land
Bringing Life Processes to Life
- Amino acid cutouts: circles
- Amino acid cutouts: squares
- Table 1. Probing questions, by grade level
- Table 2. Possible extensions, modifications, and suggestions, based on grade level or individual student ability
March 2018
Boom. Bust. Build.
- City and environmental history rubric
- City plan rubric
- Energy plan rubric
- Environmental restoration plan rubric
- Sustainable home design rubric
- Computational thinking alignment table
- Student doc
The Activity Summary Board
A New Take on "Tried and True"
There's Something in the Water
February 2018
Arguing Over Life and Death
Grouping Minerals by Their Formulas
January 2018
A Polarizing View
December 2017
Idea Bank: Using Apps That Support Scientific Practices
- List of apps
- App alignment to Disciplinary Core Ideas
- App alignment to Science and Engineering Practices
Idea Bank: The Art of Chemistry
Learning Lichens
November 2017
Secrets of a Mass Grave
The Science of Little Boy
- Detailed lesson sequence summary table
- Initial thoughts handout
- Causal statements handout
- Final model rubric
- Model testing: does the data fit?
- Claim, evidence, and reasoning handout
- Student examples
- Final evidence-based explanation rubric
Working as a Team
October 2017
Is the Climate Changing Where We Live?
From Global to Local
What's Inside a Termite's Gut?
How Quickly Do They React?
- Rubric
- Sample abstract
- Sample concept map
- Sample discussion section
- Sample introduction
- Sample methods section
September 2017
Reasoning From Models
Modeling Periodic Patterns
Learning Iteratively
Summer 2017
The Story of Inventions
April/May 2017
Supporting Students With Autism
Students as Environmental Educators
March 2017
Total Eclipse
Better Formative Assessment
February 2017
Experimenting with Extinction
January 2017
Idea Bank
Short-Form Science
- Excerpt from The Corpuscular Theory of Matter
- Excerpt from The Theory of Atomic Structure
- History of the Atom worksheet
- Timeline summative assessment
Text Savvy
December 2016
Health Wise
Measuring CO2
Turning into Ice
November 2016
Materials Science and the Problem of Garbage
Learning from the Fruit Fly
Settling the Score
The Microscopic World of Diatoms
- Diatom identification key
- Differentiation strategies
- Field collection data sheet
- Field procedure for collecting epilithic diatoms
- Protocols for processing diatom samples
- Rubric
- Student spreadsheet of diatom data
Idea Bank: Measurement By the Numbers
October 2016
The Art-Science Connection
- DNA extraction protocol
- Germ art, lake microscopy protocols
- Muscles at work lab protocol
- Power to the patient protocol
- Sensory overload protocol
- Stomatal imprints protocol
Getting an A in STEM
- Landscape drawing requirements
- Elemental mola project description and rubric
- Elemental mola data sheet
- Feldman landscape critique worksheet
- Molecules project description
Sculpting the Barnyard Gene Pool
September 2016
Find Your Center
Separating a Mixture
Scaling Up
Summer 2016
Modeling DNA
Explaining Ramps With Models
Computer-Aided Drug Design
April/May 2016
Which Comes First—Language or Content?
March 2016
Science's Super Star
Does It Mix?
Building a Greener Future
February 2016
A Virtuous Cycle
Shedding Light on the "Science of Small"
Making Critical Friends
Uncovering Wildlife
January 2016
How Do Siamese Cats Get Their Color?
Salamander Saver
Assessment as Learning
December 2015
Wired for Controversy
Clearing the Air
- "Exploring Planck's Law" and "The Plate Model of the Greenhouse Effect" worksheets
- Answer keys for the worksheets
The Learning Portal
November 2015
Hummingbird Citizen Science
Sewing Up Science
October 2015
Chemical Solitaire
A Cool Controversy
Teaching the Manhattan Project
September 2015
Health Wise
The E-mail Lab
Summer 2015
Health Wise
- Health myth list (Word)
- Health myth list (PDF)
Thinking Big
April/May 2015
Making Molecular Movies
March 2015
Sampling in the Snow
Policy, Literacy, and Energy
- Book review worksheet
- Compare and contrast chart
- Connections to the Standards
- Energy policy evaluation rubric
- Introductory letter to students
- Rubric
Our Town
Fields of Fuel
February 2015
Doing the Data Walk
January 2015
Near-Space Science
Global Warning
Treating Pompe Disease
The Community Connection
- Connections to the standards
- Final project proposal rubric
- Final project rubric
- Project brainstorming worksheet
- Project development
- Teacher recommendations
December 2014
Catching the Wrong Species
Engineering Design Challenge
An Engineer Does What Now?
Make Room for Engineering
November 2014
The Graph Choice Chart
Reflecting on Data
Demystifying Data
October 2014
Health Wise
Adapting to the Environment
Scientists at Work
Next Generation Botany
September 2014
Using Mobile Devices in Field Science
Going Viral
Supporting Newly Hired Teachers
Summer 2014
Idea Bank
Discovering Our Stellar Neighborhood
Graphing the Past
Striding Through Time
April/May 2014
The New Teacher's Toolbox
Upstream, Downstream
- Supplemental Materials (PDF)
- Supplemental Materials (Word)
Beyond "Hitting the Books"
- Support Materials (PDF)
- Support Materials (Word)
March 2014
Pinpointing Watershed Pollution on a Virtual Globe
Using Infographics in the Science Classroom
Health Wise
February 2014
Learning by Sorting: Labels
Health Wise
January 2014
A New Take on the Field Trip
- How-to instructions
- PowerPoint with further directions
- Arizona Virtual Field Experience
- SP Crater Student Handout
- Mount Etna Virtual Field Experience
- Mount Etna Companion questions
December 2013
Classification
Health Wise
Where’s That Dolphin?
- Student Report Form
- Additional Sightings Summary Sheets
- Answer Key
- Map Key
- More Map Keys
- Assessment Forms
- Where’s That Dolphin (PowerPoint)
November 2013
Editor’s Corner
Toying Around
Physics Portfolios
Inexpensive Equipment for the Physics Classroom
October 2013
All Screwed Up
Theories, Laws, and Hypotheses
Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier: A “Climate Canary”?
Summer 2013
The Language of Argumentation
Hook, Line,and Sinker
- Background Information
- Discussion Questions
- Role Play Student Instructions
- Role Play Assessment Rubric
- Sample Role Cards
- Student Record Sheet
New Teacher Toolbox
Health Wise
March 2013
The Ethanol Project
Health Wise: Unplug to Power Up
February 2013
Reading the Ice
Stromatolites
Health Wise: Look Better, Feel Better
January 2013
A Science That Saves Lives
- Paper Car Crash Design Challenge Instructions
- Project Assessment Information
- Web Quest Activity Worksheet
Design Practices and Misconceptions
Health Wise: Curbing Texting While Driving
December 2012
Flying Into Inquiry
Citizen Science in Your Own Backyard
Project Citizen
Be Your Own Groundhog
November 2012
Make Your Own Phylogenetic Tree
- Grading Rubric
- Printable Data Sheet
- Raw Data from Figure 3
- Fillable Data Sheet
- Directions for Students
- Teaching Tips
Chemistry Cook-Off
It’s All in the Particle Size
Health Wise: Better Grades Through Sleeping?
October 2012
Complexity From Simplicity
All Things Being Equal
Scientific Discoveries the Year I Was Born
September 2012
A Virtual Tour of Plate Tectonics
Now You're Cooking
Summer 2012
Making the Argument
Current Research
- Bodzin, A.M. 2011. The implementation of a geospatial information technology (GIT)-supported land use change curriculum with urban middle school learners to promote spatial thinking. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 48 (3): 281–300.
- Carlone, H.B., J. Haun-Frank, and A. Webb. 2011. Assessing equity beyond knowledge- and skills-based outcomes: A comparative ethnography of two fourth-grade reform-based science classrooms. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 48 (5): 459–485.
- Karelitz, T., E. Fields, A. Jurist Levy, A. Martinez-Gudapakkam, and E. Jablonski. 2011. No child left unqualified: how teachers and principals respond to the highly qualified mandate. Science Educator 20 (1): 1–11.
- Levin, D., and J. Richards. 2011. Learning to attend to the substance of students’ thinking in science. Science Educator 20 (2): 1–11.
- Marshall, J., J. Smart, and R. Horton, R. 2011. Tracking perceived and observed growth of inquiry practice: a formative plan to improve professional development experiences. Science Educator 20 (1): 12–22.
- McElhaney, K., and M. Linn. 2011. Investigations of a complex, realistic task: Intentional, unsystematic, and exhaustive experimenters. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 48 (7): 745–770.
- Quigley, C., K. Pongsanon, and V. Akerson, V. If we teach them, they can learn: Young students views of nature of science during an informal science education program. Journal of Science Teacher Education 22 (2): 129–149.
- Rushton, G.T., C. Lotter, C., and J. Singer. 2011. Chemistry Teachers’ Emerging Expertise in Inquiry Teaching: The Effect of a Professional Development Model on Beliefs and Practice. Journal of Science Teacher Education 22 (1): 23–52.
- Scalise, K., M. Timms, A. Moorjani, L. Clark, K. Holtermann, and P.S. Irvin. 2011. Student learning in science simulations: Design features that promote learning gains. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 48 (9): 1,050–1,078.
- Yerrick, R., J. Schiller, and J. Reisfeld. 2011. “Who are you callin’ expert?”: Using student narratives to redefine expertise and advocacy lower track science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 48 (1): 13–36.
- Zwiep, S. G., W.J. Straits, K.R. Stone, D.D. Beltran, and L. Furtado. The integration of English language development and science instruction in elementary classrooms. Journal of Science Teacher Education 22 (8): 769–785.
April/May 2012
Las Rocas Nos Cuentan Su Historia [Rocks Tell Their Stories]
Hands-On Hydroponics
- Pre- and Posttest for Concepts Related to the Hydroponics Activity
- Student Survey
- AddressingTheStandards
Taking the Leap
March 2012
Rock On!
What's Missing?
January 2012
Writing and Science Literacy
December 2011
It’s Your Fault!
Going Underground
Investigating Continental Margins
November 2011
The Science Fair: A New Look at an Old Tradition
October 2011
Science in the 21st Century: More Than Just the Facts
Secret in the Margins: Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment
September 2011
Adopt-a-Dino
- Adopt-a-Dino Project Handout
- Adopt-a-Dino Research Report Rubric
- Adopt-a-Dino Visualization Project Rubric
- Adopt-a-Dino Classroom Presentation Rubric
What Students Really Want in Science Class
Avatar in the Science Classroom
Summer 2011
Hydrogel Beads: The New Slime Lab?
A Scientific World in a Grain of Sand
It’s Elemental!
- Periodic Trends: Atomic Radius Answers
- Periodic Trends: Electron Affinity Answers
- Periodic Trends: Electronegativity Answers
- Periodic Trends: Ionization Energy Answers
- Questions the Periodic Table Live! Can Help Students Answer
- The Periodic Table: Element Exploration
Chromonoodles: Jump Into the Gene Pool
- Student Handout: Cell Cycle Physical Quiz and Rubric
- Teacher Directions for Physical Quiz on the Cell Cycle
Simulating Science
April/May 2011
Fire and Ecological Disturbance
The Reasons for the Seasons
Science 2.0: Stop-Motion Mitosis
March 2011
Creating a College-Going Culture
February 2011
Antigenic Shift and Drift
Modeling Natural Selection
A Tale of Four Electrons
One Fish, Two Fish, Redfish, You Fish!
- Additional Resources
- Coastal Development Scenarios Paper Slips for Game 3
- Data Sheet
- Key Words
- Management Tools Paper Slips for Game 2
- Poster Presentation Guidelines and Rubric
- Suggested Answers to Discussion Questions
January 2011
The Affective Elements of Science Learning
How Much Carbon Is in the Forest?
Beyond Grading
December 2010
Wolves in the Wild
A Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels
The Hudson River Plume
Why Do Athletes Drink Sports Drinks?
November 2010
The Inquiry Matrix
- Investigating Factors That Affect Plant Development
- Results of Fran’s Reflection and Decision-Making Using MAPSI
Exploring Osmosis and Diffusion
- Rubric for Scoring Lab Reports
- The Movement of Molecules In or Out of Cells: A Guided Inquiry (Adapted from Lawson 1995)
Model-Based Inquiry
October 2010
Self-Regulated Learning
Idea Bank: Skyping Science
Juan’s Dilemma
September 2010
Supporting Right-Brained Thinking
- Character Analysis
- Continuing Genetics Education Program
- Critical Analysis Section
- Opening Remarks and Statements of Appreciation
- Reviewer’s Guidelines for Article Submission
What Microbe Are You?
Summer 2010
A Virtual Circuits Lab
- Series Circuit Exploratory
- Parallel Circuit Exploratory
- Complex Circuit Exploratory
- Ohm’s Law and Resistance Exploratory
- Application Lab
Generate an Argument: An Instruction Model
April/May 2010
Students for Sustainable Energy
Talk Like a Scientist
Leaving Their Legacy
Idea Bank: Lunar “Space Weather” Action Center
March 2010
Who’s in the Zoo?
Community-Based Inquiry Lessons
Make Your Own Digital Thermometer!
February 2010
Investigating Aquatic Dead Zones
Meet Us Outside
January 2010
Writing Better Lab Reports
Laboratory Notebooks in the Science Classroom
November 2009
Argument-Driven Inquiry
Examining Student Work
- Rubric for Analysis of Student Understanding
- Critical Friends Group Protocol
- Tips for Identifying Patterns and Follow-Up Questions
- Analysis of Student Work Record Sheet
October 2009
Hurricane Katrina: A Teachable Moment
Idea Bank: Earth Systems in Silence
September 2009
Shrinking Our Footprints
What Happens to Cemetery Headstones?
The Science Behind Nanosunscreens
Teaching With Crystal Structures
Summer 2009
Idea Bank: Start a Classroom Library!
Helping New Science Teachers
April 2009
The Big Sky Inside
Stories in Science
Idea Bank: Vector, Vector—That’s Our Cry!
February 2009
The Interdisciplinary Study of Biofuels
The Potential Da Vinci in All of Us
Rev Your Engines!
December 2008
The Art of Physics:
“Life” in Movies:
October 2008
The Quiet Skies Project:
Teaching the Anatomy of a Scientific Journal Article:
September 2008
Whole-Class Inquiry Assessment:
Enzyme Inquiry:
January 2008
Thinking Like an Ecologist:
December 2007
Recycled Insect Models:
October 2007
Nemotodes: Model Organisms in High School Biology:
September 2007
A Cooperative Classroom Investigation of Climate Change:
March 2007
Scientific Discovery for All: