Shining Light on the Importance of Explore-Before-Explain Experiences for Early Childhood Learners

Journal Article | January 2022

NSTA District Professional Learning Packages

Page | March 2020

NSTA District Professional Learning Packages All NSTA Programs and modules can be delivered virtually or face-to-face. NSTA offers tailored packages of onsite presentations and workshops, online experiences, and books on popular topics—including three-dimensional instruction—for schools, districts, or states. Using a…

Turn Up the Music!

Journal Article | July 2021

Interdisciplinary Lessons on Energy and Entropy

Journal Article | May 2022

This article presents ideas and narratives of an experiment on the concept of energy developed for an honors seminar on energy and a mechanics course. We argue that energy is an idea best taught in an interdisciplinary…

Adaptation of Project-Based Learning Concepts to the Organic Chemistry I Laboratory Curriculum in a Small College Environment

Journal Article | March 2023

Project-based learning (PBL) research is shown to improve students’ higher-order thinking skills. In this article, we describe an adaptation of the PBL model that is suitable for colleges with limited science,…

Big Books Have a Big Impact on Elementary Science Education

Journal Article | July 2023

Preservice elementary teachers are faced with the daunting task of learning enough about every subject to support their students’ development of foundational ideas. Teacher preparation programs and professional…

A Learning Tool for Chemistry and Health Professions Students: Mnemonics for Writing Net Ionic Equations

Journal Article | February 2020

Chemical mnemonic devices have been designed to aid students in understanding chemical concepts in previous years. This has been done for concepts such as oxyanions, ozonolysis, tautomerization mechanisms in organic…

Online Supplementary Files 2003-2021

Page | January 2020

Online Supplementary Files 2003-2021 July/August 2021Teaching Through Trade Books—Pushing, Pulling, and Predicting Force PatternsK-23-5Engineering Encounters—Turn Up the Music!Turn Up The Music Supplemental Resources     Using Toys to Create a Global ConnectionUsing Toys…

Concept-Based Probes: The Justified List

Journal Article | July 2021

What Do You Know About Soil?

Journal Article | July 2022

Is It A Change?

Journal Article | January 2023

Career of the Month: Astronomer

Journal Article | September 2022

Astronomers study objects that are outside of the Earth’s realm, such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies. Chris Carilli is an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), which operates the…

A Chemistry Puzzle to Be Solved

Journal Article | March 2020

Newton’s Prisms

Journal Article | November 2020