Polymers Course for Small Colleges and Universities

Journal Article | August 2018

This article describes the course design and teaching methodology for a polymer chemistry and applications lecture class specifically aimed at small college and university instruction. This intermediate course for…

Scope on Safety: STEM: A question of safety.

Journal Article | August 2012

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses the growth of STEM lessons and the need to address hazard recognition and safety training relative to the use of hand and power…

Making Connections with Digital Data: Digital camera technology helps students draw connections between their hypotheses, data, and inferences

Journal Article | December 2003

Digital cameras can provide added value to classroom data collection allowing the students to make visual connections between their hypotheses, data, and inferences. Digital data appears more concrete and "real" to…

Using Citizen Science to Engage Preservice Elementary Educators in Scientific Fieldwork

Journal Article | October 2016

Preservice elementary teachers’ lack of confidence in teaching science is an ongoing concern. Only 29% of elementary teachers in the field felt “very well prepared to teach life science,” according to the National…