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…

The Greenhouse Effect

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the greenhouse effect. The probe is designed to reveal whether students confuse the greenhouse effect with other environmental concerns or lump the…

Essential Ingredients for a Scientific Consensus: Climate Change Edition

Blog Post | October 2022

Where did the different alleles come from?

Lesson Plan | July 2023

What caused Hurricane Ida to rapidly intensify?

Lesson Plan | September 2024

Why Does the Green Crab Love Climate Change?

Lesson Plan | January 2021

Where did these different alleles come from?

Lesson Plan | June 2023

Why Do Surfaces Warm Differently?

Lesson Plan | September 2020

How Do We Know What Isopods Do?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

How Can We Pull Colors Apart?

Lesson Plan | October 2020

How Can Vaccinating One Population Affect Another?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

Coldest Winter Ever!

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about weather versus climate. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguish between a one-time weather-related change and a change in climate…

Are They Talking About Climate or Weather?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about climate. The probe is designed to find out whether students distinguish between weather and climate.