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In Legislation to Support Climate Change Education, Symbolism is Not Enough by Glenn Branch
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It’s a perfect storm. No fewer than fifteen measures to support climate change education in the public schools have been introduced in the statehouses of ten states so far in 2020. Why? Perhaps legislators are beginning…
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Coronavirus Lesson for Elementary Students
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Author: The COVID-19 global pandemic has led to major changes in our everyday lives, a situation that can be scary for both young people and adults. Understanding helps alleviate fear. This coronavirus lesson was…
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I would like to find some time-efficient way to have students share their learning or their observations with me (individually) without having to take in two classes of science notebooks. —J., Ohio “School should…
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Stimulate Science Learning with Student Debates
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The new NSTA Press book It’s Still Debatable! Using Socioscientific Issues to Develop Scientific Literacy by Sami Kahn gives students plenty to discuss. For educators looking to develop their students’ thinking…
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How Can You Assess the Science Your Children Are Doing and Learning?
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A guest post by Cindy Hoisington (choisington@edc.org), an early childhood science educator and researcher at Education Development Center Inc. in Waltham MA; Regan Vidiksis, a researcher at Education Development Center…
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The Vernier Go Direct EKG Sensor: The Heart in Action
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The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed. Or so wrote Charlotte Brontë in the poem Evening…
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I want to know if there are ways to incorporate [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)] into more or all subjects? How would a teacher begin to integrate English or social studies with STEM? —M,…
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Equity in STEM Education: It’s All About Culture!
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Guest post by Alicia Santiago When you think about diversity, how does it show itself? When you stand before your students, do the faces looking back at you look like your own? Most likely, your answer is “no.”…
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Building STEAM With Model Railroads
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Are you a science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) teacher seeking a new way to interest students in these subjects? While model railroading is not a new hobby, STEAM teachers can accomplish learning…
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Medical Schools Offer STEM Pipeline Programs
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In Newark, New Jersey, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School offers Science, Medicine, and Related Topics, a pipeline program for underrepresented students interested in careers in medicine, dentistry, biomedical research…
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Being Shielded to Avoid A Safety Pickle!
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I. Demonstration Hazards A common demonstration that science teachers have used over the years is titled “The Electric Pickle.” It illustrates the fact that when an electric current passes through a salt solution, the…
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Coronavirus Meets ... Physics? Making a Biological Topic Fit into a Physics World
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Author: Stephanie Duke, Physics Teacher and Science Department Chair at Graves County High School in Mayfield, KY If you heard about a high school science class completing a unit on the novel coronavirus, you’d…
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What Does It Really Take to Get High School Students to Make Their Ideas Visible?
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Asking high school students to reveal what they really think about what causes a natural or designed phenomenon is risky business. Risky in that it requires students to take the intellectual and social risk of sharing…
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Going Public: Revealing Student Thinking in Science by Missy Holzer
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Our classrooms are dynamic places where young learners gather to figure out the natural world. How can we be sure they are all making sense of the phenomena during this process? How do we know what they are thinking?…
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