Building a Science Community

Journal Article | February 2021

Discovery Engineering in Biology: Case Studies for Grades 6–12

NSTA Press Book | November 2019

Show your students how amazing it can be to just “see what will happen” when they blend biology, engineering, and serendipity. Focusing on innovations sparked by accidental or unexpected observations, the case studies…

Extreme Science: From Nano to Galactic

NSTA Press Book | March 2009

Whether we are imagining microbes or mammoths, dinosaurs or diatoms, molecules or stars, people of all ages are fascinated with the very large and the very small. New technologies have enabled scientists to investigate…

Family Science Clubs

Journal Article | October 2023

Educators are increasingly recognizing that significant amounts of science learning take place over the course of one’s lifetime and that much of this learning takes place outside of school settings (NRC 2009).…

Discovery Engineering in Physical Science: Case Studies for Grades 6–12

NSTA Press Book | April 2019

Who knew that gecko feet inspired scientists to develop a stickier adhesive or that cockleburs in dog fur led to the invention of Velcro? Discovery Engineering in Physical Science uses these and other surprising cases…