The New Teacher’s Toolbox: Making the Most of “Lost Days”

Journal Article | January 2011

In a given school year, one or two weeks of class time are inevitably eaten up by the calendar. There are the days before Thanksgiving, winter break, and spring break—when some students have left for early vacations,…

Brain Awareness Day: A Service-Learning Experience in Neuroscience

Journal Article | October 2007

Three local colleges in the Lehigh Valley collaborate on a service-learning project called Brain Awareness Day to enhance neuroscience literacy among the public regarding the functions of the brain and benefits of brain…

Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer Reading

Journal Article | June 2006

Whether your summer includes travel to far away places or day trips to familiar haunts, this time of change should also be a time of professional growth. Whatever path you walk this summer, take along a book. You may…

Science for All: Creating Student Buy-In on Day One

Journal Article | August 2016

This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. This month's issue discusses how to engage students at the beginning of the school year.

Citizen Science: Citizen Science for a Rainy (or Snowy) Day

Journal Article | January 2017

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network.

General Chemistry II: Setting the Stage on the First Day With Jeopardy

Journal Article | June 2014

This article describes using an interactive Jeopardy-type review for the first-class meeting as a means to engage students, review the previous semester content, and set expectations for the new semester of our general…