Modeling Change With Clay

Journal Article | December 2014

Bilingual primary students create imaginary landscapes to model slow changes to Earth's surface.

Modeling Molecular Machinery

Journal Article | January 2015

Activities, simulations, and computer-modeling programs help students visualize how proteins work.

Using Models Scientifically

Journal Article | September 2015

Scientific models help students understand the water cycle.

Modeling Water Filtration

Journal Article | September 2014

Model-eliciting activities create opportunities to incorporate new standards and evaluate teacher performance.

Math, Science, and Models

Journal Article | August 2011

Fourth-grade students express erosion understanding in an interdisciplinary way. The authors describe the use of different forms of 2- and 3-D models to show students how, when, and why scientists and mathematicians use…

The Campus Ecosystem Model

Journal Article | February 2002

Interdisciplinary teaching, research experience, and active, collaborative strategies have all been identified as practices highly favorable to the learning process. By using the university campus as the focus for the…

Working Model Hearts

Journal Article | November 2009

Despite student interest, the heart is often a poorly understood topic in biology. To help students understand this vital organ’s physiology, the author created this investigation activity involving the mammalian heart…

Modeling Collaboration for Learning

Journal Article | January 2017

The Science Museum of Minnesota’s offers a well-developed model for implementing the Engineering is Elementary curriculum in Minnesota school districts for grades K–5, as well as a program for preservice teachers and…