Using a Systems Thinking Approach to Figure Out Why a Ball Drops, Bounces, and Stops

Journal Article | October 2018

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. In this issue, learn how to develop students’ systems thinking skills and have them apply these skills to discover and explain the…

1.5°C May Not Seem Like Much, But It’s a Really Big Deal. Here’s Why.

Blog Post | March 2022

How Can Containers Keep Stuff Cool?

Lesson Plan | May 2020

Climate Change Causes Extreme Weather Events: Yes, No, or Wrong Question?

Blog Post | July 2022

How does the design of the Artemis I five-segment booster minimize energy transfer from the rocket propellant to the metal case?

Lesson Plan | January 2024

Why is something that’s happening out in the ocean such a danger to us on the land?

Lesson Plan | January 2021

How Does the Hot Air Balloon Take Off?

Lesson Plan | May 2020

What Happened to the Marshmallow?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

Why Does it Sizzle?

Lesson Plan | September 2020

Why Do Some Microwaves Cook Faster?

Lesson Plan | July 2020

Why Are the Temperatures Changing?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

Chicken Eggs

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, and systems. The concepts underlying this probe are complex. It is…