Idea Bank: Starting the Year off Right

Journal Article | June 2004

As science teachers today are called upon to meet the goals set out by state and national standards and the No Child Left Behind Act, teachers cannot afford to waste classroom time. Efficient classroom management is now…

Idea Bank: International Polar Year in the Classroom

Journal Article | December 2007

The International Polar Year (IPY) is one of the most ambitious international science programs ever organized, currently involving over 60,000 scientists from 63 countries. The goal is to broaden humankind’s…

The Early Years: Static Electricity: The Shocking Truth

Journal Article | February 2013

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue highlights activities about static electricity.

Clickers Beyond the First-Year Science Classroom

Journal Article | October 2010

This case study’s primary objective is to describe the implementation of the electronic response system (clickers) in a small (N = 25) second-year physics course at a large public university and to draw attention of the…

The Early Years: Reading Stories, Making Predictions

Journal Article | October 2011

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses using books to help students learn to make predictions.

Scope on the Skies: A busy school year for spacecraft

Journal Article | August 2001

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. In this month’s issue learn about the busy year for spacecraft as well.

A Tireless Advocate

Journal Article | January 2022

What If?

Journal Article | July 2022

Two-Year Community: A Six-Year Review of Student Success in a Biology Course Using Lecture, Blended, and Hybrid Methods

Journal Article | June 2014

This article presents a comparison of the success rates of different teaching methods for students enrolled in a general biology course with laboratory for majors in a community college.

Looking Toward the Skies

Journal Article | October 2023

Water Play Is Science

Journal Article | March 2022

Design Thinking With Preschoolers

Journal Article | January 2022

NGSS for Our Youngest Learners: Explorations in Coding

Journal Article | March 2023

Global Connections

Journal Article | June 2021