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Physical and life science disciplines emphasize how basic structural units influence function, yet it is challenging for students to understand structure-function relationships, particularly at molecular scales.…
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Book Chapter |
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12 is the one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine your approach to high school physical science. The book discusses the 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and…
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Teaching Teachers: Evolving the Physics Mindset
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This column enhances the repertoire of preservice and inservice teachers. Changing perceptions and attitudes toward the teaching and learning of physical science
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This chapter, by Zong Vang, Eric Brunsell, and Elizabeth Alderton, addresses the inclusion of scientific argumentation in elementary classrooms and its connection to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). It…
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Focus on Physics: Skateboard Physics
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This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. This month's issue uses physics to explain a skateboard move.
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An introductory physics course may be run like a video game, where students have an almost unlimited number of attempts to demonstrate their competencies through a sequence of zero-penalty assessments until the end of a…
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Physical Education Meets Physical Science
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An interdisciplinary lesson allows students to experience physical science firsthand.
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Book Chapter |
Have you been wanting to probe your students’ thinking about major concepts in matter and energy? Have you been wishing for formative assessment tools in both English and Spanish? Then this is the book you’ve been…
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Elementary school teachers and university researchers combine their expertise to help students construct an understanding of force—and discover something of the nature of science in the process. Second- and third-grade…
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Using a learning center to promote STEM development in early childhood.