Forces at Work: The Top 5 Reasons for Belonging to a Professional Organization

Journal Article | February 2001

Although we all interact within our classrooms and with our students all of the time, we also need the dynamic of peer interaction. This article describes the benefits of participating in a professional organization for…

Science Sampler: The eight-step method to great group work

Journal Article | March 2004

Many science teachers already understand the importance of cooperative learning in the classroom and during lab exercises. However, many teachers shy away from group work because of the challenges associated with…

Science 101: How Does Speech-Recognition Software Work?

Journal Article | October 2016

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue explains the origins of speech-recognition software.

Research and Teaching: Transforming the Lowest-Performing Students: An Intervention That Worked

Journal Article | June 2012

This article describes a small-scale study to investigate if a brief timely intervention focusing on specific study strategies would improve student performance in university science courses.

Science 101: How do the new fluorescent lightbulbs work?

Journal Article | November 2009

This is a timely question; given that in 2012 incandescent bulbs (the regular lightbulbs you’ve used for many years) won’t meet energy efficiency standards and will be phased out. To address the question, the author…

Science Shorts: Word Wall Work—Supporting Science Talk

Journal Article | March 2009

One goal of classroom teachers is for students to develop the ability to recognize and understand the vocabulary of science. Classroom teachers also understand that students “need to keep expanding their understanding…

Science 101: Q: How Do Self-Driving Cars Work?

Journal Article | June 2017

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses the science behind self-driving cars.

After the Bell: Water harvesting II: Working toward being green

Journal Article | February 2008

As you have read in the previous After the Bell column, water harvesting is a process of diverting and collecting rainwater. One of the main reasons to harvest rainwater is to reduce the demand on local sources of…