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Journal Article
Teacher To Teacher: Using Models to Explain Their Thinking
This column provides practical advice from your peers. This column focuses on implementing the science and engineering practice of Developing and Usi...
Journal Article
Scope on the Skies: Gaining Insight Into Mars
This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This issue discusses the Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport (In-Sight) mission ...
Journal Article
Citizen Science: Prepare an Ant Picnic for Science
This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. Ant Picni...
Journal Article
“I Never Thought of Science as Something Like This”
Learn about how a university-based teacher preparation program, public schools, and local science-focused museums implement an ecological approach to ...
By Daniel Birmingham, Lara Smetana, Heidi Rouleau, and Jenna Carlson
Journal Article
Environmental Education and STEM (E-STEM)
The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) shares the programs and publications it developed to advance E-STEM—the integra...
By Kristen Kunkle
Journal Article
Digital Observation Technology Skills
Digital Observation Technology Skills (DOTS) is a framework for integrating modern, mobile technology into outdoor, experiential science education. ...
By R. Justin Hougham, Marc Nutter, and Caitlin Graham
Interactive E-book Kids
Bobby and Carmen are at summer engineering camp. They have been challenged to design and build a useful project for their fellow campers. Time is shor...
Interactive E-book Kids
In Kristel Pushes and Pulls, a bed mysteriously ends up hanging in a tree in Kristel’s front yard. Kristel is determined to figure out how it got th...
Interactive E-book Kids
The Sunlight Science e-book engages readers through an interactive story that features a family outing at the beach. Learners investigate, along with ...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about reflection. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that all...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about sound. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that sound...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter (or mass). The probe is designed to reveal whether st...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the physical process of melting. The probe is designed to find out if studen...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about molecules. The probe is designed to uncover whether students recognize that ...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about gravity. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that ...