OSTB 2021

Page | November 2020

OSTB 2021 Winning Titles Animal Homes Mary Holland Arbordale Publishing Take a home tour of selected bugs, birds, and mammals. Beautiful, full-page photos complement descriptions, materials, and uses of animals’ homes. A Spanish edition is available (Also in Spanish, Las casas de los…

Using <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i> Television Episodes to Teach Science—Investigating Scientific Topics through the Medium of Television

Journal Article | February 1998

For over a decade, we have used science fiction films to build interest in and awareness of real science at both the college and precollege levels. Star Trek: The Next Generation series discusses many scientific topics…

Archive Science Update: The Wonderful World of Plasma Physics: From the Birth of Stars to Building Cell Phones, February 20, 2025

Web Seminar | November 2024

What is inside our sun and&nbsp;other&nbsp;stars? What fills up the interstellar space? What is&nbsp;lightning? Trying to answer similar questions that come to the curious mind expanded our understanding of what happens…

Best STEM Books K–12 2026

Page | November 2025

Best STEM Books K–12 2026 Best STEM Books winners explore problems and possible solutions in the scientific world and, where applicable, in the lives of the protagonists. Instead of focusing on specific content, the Best STEM Books emphasize real-world issues that cross disciplinary boundaries.We…

Science and the Star Wars Universe

Blog Post | November 2016

When Rogue One: A Star Wars Story&nbsp;debuts next month, science teachers&nbsp;who use the Star Wars films in their&nbsp;classrooms will have another tool not&nbsp;just for teaching science, but also for&nbsp;…