Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom

Journal Article | August 2021

Mountaintop Fossil

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about mountain formation. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that some mountains are formed from the uplift of Earth’s crust…

Using Storylines to Support Three-Dimensional Learning in Project-Based Science

Journal Article | January 2019

Modifying Scientific Research Into Introductory Science Course Lessons Using a 5E Lesson Format

Journal Article | December 2020

Science faculty are being asked to create active learning experiences that engage students in core concepts and science practices. This article describes an approach to developing active learning lessons from authentic…

What Will Be Your Legacy as a Science Teacher?

Journal Article | August 2019

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Developing the Next Generation of Elementary Science Teachers

Journal Article | December 2020

National science education documents emphasize new learning outcomes of elementary students; therefore, the preparation of elementary teachers should be revised to meet these challenges. This article describes how…

Elementary School Science

Position Statement | June 2020

Dinosaur Detectives

Journal Article | December 2020

Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students

Journal Article | January 2023

This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the subject. The physics content is driven entirely by what appears in…

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, April 11, 2023

Reports Article | April 2023

The Perfect Match

Journal Article | February 2020

Arguing About a Chemical Change

Journal Article | February 2020

Use a sample ACT writing prompt in an explore-before-explain instructional sequence to a 9th-grade physical science class to promote student learning and demonstrate that mass is conserved in a chemical reaction

Reimagining the 5 Practices for Effective and Equitable Discourse

Journal Article | June 2021

Balance Beam

Journal Article | January 2019

Spring Into Action This April With Global Citizen Science Month

Journal Article | June 2020