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NSTA Press Book

Electricity and Magnetism: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach It

Shocked by static? Mixed up about magnets? Curious about currents? This book will help you get beyond memorizing electricity-related formulas, rules...

By William C. Robertson, Ph.D.

Journal Article

Snow Bank Detectives

Local professors teamed up with a fourth-grade teacher to show students the similarities and differences between sedimentary rock layers and snow bank...

Acquired Book

Eight Essentials of Inquiry-Based Science, K-8

Are you both fascinated and baffled by inquiry-based science? This guide breaks down inquiry essentials into sample lessons that include data, discuss...

Acquired Book

The Joy of Chemistry: The Amazing Science of Familiar Things

You’ll be drawn into this lively book because it truly captures the excitement of chemistry. Its compelling 24 demonstrations consist of easy and fu...

Journal Article

Artful Biology Projects

Bolster students' confidence in science through two art-based biology projects described in this article.These successful projects were used in a 10th...

Journal Article

Science Sampler: Scientific inquiry scoring guides

The Science Inquiry Scoring Guide, developed and refined by the Oregon Department of Education, is a tool to assess students' performance on inquiry-...

Journal Article

Earth View, Art View

This fascinating interdisciplinary project combines satellite imagery with the technique of silk painting in batik. Students choose a Landsat image, e...

Journal Article

Sketching in Nature

Science students will discover the beauty of communing with nature by utilizing a Nature journal during field observations. Nature journaling is a use...

Journal Article

Art and Evolution

Dazzle students with the asthetic nature of art by integrating it into your science curriculum. For two weeks, a 10th-grade biology course is joined w...

Journal Article

Assessing Understanding

Try using an assessment cycle to effectively probe students' understanding of scientific concepts. The diagnostic, formative, summative, and confirmat...

Journal Article

Science Alive!

An elementary school brings in community volunteers for a full-day, all-school event focused on real world science. This article describes the plannin...

Journal Article

Ask the Experts: If the Earth is spining at close to 1,609 kph, why don't we feel like we are spinning?

Discover why we don't feel like we are spinning even though the Earth is spinning at close to 1,609 kph by delving into this month's, Ask the Experts ...

Journal Article

Scope on Safety: Sticker Shock--There’s a high price to pay for ignorance about Electricity

Lighting a fluorescent bulb by touching it to the nose of a student who has one hand on an electrostatic generator is an illuminating demonstration of...

Journal Article

Favorite Demonstration: An Inexpensive Resonance Demonstration

Resonance is commonplace and easy to recognize when it occurs. Yet it is also one of the most impressive and often unexpected phenomenon in all of phy...