The Green Room: Environmental Research Projects

Journal Article | October 2011

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses doing a research project/science fair project that has an environmental focus.

An O-“fish”-ial Research Project

Journal Article | December 2008

In this “O-“fish”-ial” research project, third-grade students use multiple resources to research several fish species, write a research paper and develop a PowerPoint presentation to communicate their findings. In…

Teacher Research: Challenging Our Assumptions

Journal Article | August 2009

Teacher research—often called “action research”—is an intentional and systematic inquiry into one’s own classroom practice with the goal of improved student learning (Cochran-Smith and Lytle 1993). In this article, the…

Tech Trek: Science research on the Internet

Journal Article | January 2003

Young students often get frustrated when trying to find useful information on the Internet for school purposes and end up jumping from one point of interest to another, keeping little focus on the task at hand. To help…

Environmental Research Puts Science into Action

Journal Article | March 2007

The new paradigm for student research should be articulations and collaborations with local governmental, academic, and civic entities. This will enable students to make lasting contributions to bettering their…

Student Symposia on Primary Research Articles

Journal Article | October 2000

This article describes how conducting in-class symposia in which students present primary research articles can provide a window into the process of scientific research and communication, broaden students’ exposure to…

Current Research: Summer Reading Suggestions

Journal Article | June 2009

To supplement your summer reading, NSTA’s affiliates would like to suggest some recent articles on education research. These articles cover a variety of topics that include diversity, technology, and science teacher…