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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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Making Students’ Thinking Visible Through Discussion by Dana McCusker and Marisa Miller
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As the assistant director of science for Mastery Charter Schools I have had the pleasure of working with Dana McCusker and seeing her excellent teaching in action. As a science teacher leader, she has been at the…
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Explore Before Explain to Engage More Students
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A new addition to the Instructional Sequence Matters series has arrived! Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 3-5 by Patrick Brown offers examples and strategies for using POE (Predict, Observe, and Explain) and…
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Go Green This Spring, Apply for a Green Ribbon School Award by Jim Elder
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Is your school a green school? Is it doing amazing work in reducing environmental impacts, such as waste, water, energy, and transportation? Does your school work to improve the health and wellness of students and…
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Multicultural Scientific Contributions Matter Every Day
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February is designated as Black History Month. Why is this the only time that black inventors and scientists are recognized? —Tammy, Alabama It is important to expose students to the many significant…
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