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Journal Article

Design Your Own Navy

High school students grew up online and in video games. FLEET is a free ship-design simulator that reaches students in their native environment—video games. It is also a physics simulator that applies content first learned through hands-on sci...

By MICHAEL BRISCOE

High School Curriculum Engineering Physical Science Physics STEM

Journal Article

Spicing Up Your Classroom With Games

When was the last time you sat in a classroom as a student instead of as the teacher? Did you notice what types of activities you enjoyed and which frustrated or bored you? I have found profound professional development as a student—and the subject...

By Melanie Pearlman

Middle School High School General Science Instructional Materials

Journal Article

More than a Game

By Steve Metz

High School Computer Science General Science Technology

Journal Article

From Bean to Cup

For most people, coffee roasting is a mysterious process. Chemically, it’s equally mysterious; the roasting process gives rise to over 800 compounds. The science of coffee, from seed to bean to cup of aromatic brew, includes multiple areas of ...

By Tom Cubbage

High School Biology Chemistry Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum

Journal Article

Quickly Teaching Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration—Part 2

By Paul G. Hewitt

High School Curriculum Physical Science Physics

Journal Article

Envisioning the Possibilities of Educational Gaming with Carl Sagan

Science games and simulations—whether in the form of a board game or a system incorporating augmented or virtual reality—can provide students with opportunities to visualize abstract concepts, engage in active learning and knowledge construc...

By KELLIE TAYLOR

High School Advocacy Aerospace Earth & Space Science General Science

Journal Article

Do Plants Breathe?

“Plants do photosynthesis and animals do cellular respiration.” At some point in our science classes many of us have had this statement uttered to us by a teacher or said it to help students remember one of the key distinctions between plants and...

By Jennifer l. Maeng and Amanda Gonczi

High School Biology Chemistry Curriculum Life Science

Journal Article

Teaching With Simulations

Interactive science simulations (sims) have become popular tools for science educators, and research confirms that sims can improve student learning (Rutten, van Joolingen, and van der Veen 2012). Over the past 15 years, the PhET Interac- tive S...

By ARGENTA PRICE, CARL WIEMAN, AND KATHERINE PERKINS

High School Computer Science Engineering Labs NGSS STEM Teaching Strategies Technology