Listserv Roundup: Four Stellar Modeling Resources for Those Who Teach About the Sun and Solar System

Journal Article | February 2017

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. The author focuses on the NGSS crosscutting concept of Systems and System Models and uses the…

Model-Based Inquiry in Biology: Three-Dimensional Instructional Units for Grades 9-12 (e-book)

eBook | April 2023

This book is your chance to shift the emphasis of your high school biology curriculum away from “we need to learn about this topic in order to do well in class” to “we need to figure out why or how things happen in the…

Learning with Inquiring Minds: Students are introduced to the unit on gas laws and properties of gases using the 5E model

Journal Article | December 2003

In this article, the teacher moves from a lecture-oriented classroom to a student-centered classroom by redesigning the unit on gas laws based on the five phases of the 5E instructional model—engagement, exploration,…

Peer-Led Team Learning: A new teaching model focuses on student achievement through active learning

Journal Article | December 2000

Students are more likely to honestly express their ideas—both scientifically valid conceptions and misconceptions—in a peer group where they have no fear than in front of a teacher who will be issuing grades. The Peer-…

Engaging Students in Scientific Practices: What Does Constructing and Revising Models Look Like in the Science Classroom?

Journal Article | February 2012

In this article, the authors look in-depth at scientific practice number 2—developing, evaluating, and revising scientific models to explain and predict phenomena—and what it means for classroom teaching.

An Inquiry-Based Approach to Teaching the Spherical Earth Model to Preservice Teachers Using the Global Positioning System

Journal Article | February 2013

This article describes an inquiry-based lesson to deepen preservice teachers' understanding of the spherical Earth model using the Global Positioning System.

Favorite Demonstration: An Interactive, Fiery Model of Genetic Complementation—Shedding Light on a Conceptually Difficult Biological Topic

Journal Article | August 1999

The phenomenon of complementation is not only one of the most important, but it is also one of the most challenging concepts for undergraduate genetics students to grasp. Complementation occurs when parents with the…

Maps and models

Blog Post | September 2011

Click here for Table of Contents My principal questioned why I had U.S. and world wall maps on my request list. “You teach science, not geography” was his comment. But the maps were ordered, and during lessons we…