Elementary School Science

Position Statement | June 2020

Developing and Implementing a Campus-Wide Professional Development Program: Successes and Challenges

Journal Article | October 2019

Gateways-ND is a 5-year, National Science Foundation–funded effort directed toward three goals: maximizing the instructional effectiveness of postsecondary STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…

Using Citizen Science to Engage Preservice Elementary Educators in Scientific Fieldwork

Journal Article | October 2016

Preservice elementary teachers’ lack of confidence in teaching science is an ongoing concern. Only 29% of elementary teachers in the field felt “very well prepared to teach life science,” according to the National…

Army Ants and Their Guests

Journal Article | May 2020

The Safety Checklist: Navigating to Safer Waters!

Blog Post | December 2021

Should Our City's Wastewater Treatment System Produce Ammonia?

Lesson Plan | February 2022

Let’s Be Litter Free

Journal Article | September 2019

Investigating anthropogenic litter in local ecosystems

How Can Wildfires Lead to Mudslides?

Lesson Plan | February 2022

Creating a Preschool Computational-Thinking Learning Blueprint to Guide the Development of Learning Resources for Young Children

Journal Article | June 2020

Growing STEM Learning Opportunities With Agriculture

Journal Article | October 2020