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Archive: Science Update: Is Cancer Inevitable? July 14, 2022
What should teachers, their students, and the general public know about the current state of cancer diagnoses, research, and treatments, and what opportunities exist for studies that could lead to contributing careers? Join Johns Hopkins University B...
Journal Article
Using Human-Centered Design to Enhance the Guest Experience at the Dallas Arboretum
By Rob Rouse, Dara Rossi, and Dustin Miller
Reports Article
Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, May 24, 2022
By Debra Shapiro
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Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, May 17, 2022
By Debra Shapiro
Journal Article
Investigating Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching and Learning Science
To inform teacher education programs, it is imperative to uncover preservice teachers’ (PSTs) implicit and tacit beliefs about teaching and learning science. The study of teachers’ beliefs requires a range of methodological approaches to unearth ...
By Ezgi Yesilyurt
Journal Article
Self-regulated learning (SRL) is the metacognitive aspect of learning that goes beyond learning content and skills. With SRL, students are aware of their content understanding and learning progress and use advanced thinking skills to create goals and...
By Stephanie Toro
Journal Article
Interdisciplinary Lessons on Energy and Entropy
This article presents ideas and narratives of an experiment on the concept of energy developed for an honors seminar on energy and a mechanics course. We argue that energy is an idea best taught in an interdisciplinary manner. While most physics cour...
By Mika Munakata, Ashwin Vaidya, and Dirk Vanderklein
Journal Article
Why Do People Say, “I Believe in Science”?
Many people in the general public say, “I believe in science.” Why don’t they say, “I believe in reading” or similar statements about other subjects? Perhaps people say, “I believe in science” because science is different than other sub...
By Kristy M. Palmer
Web Seminar
The NGSS and other standards based on the Framework of K-12 Education are quite complicated and often tricky to interpret. What teachers need is an easy-to-use reference guide to the standards, and since its’ release in 2014, the NSTA Quick-Ref...
Reports Article
Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, May 10, 2022
By Debra Shapiro
Web Seminar
The Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Competition recognizes exceptional and innovative science educators for their exemplary approaches to science lab instruction utilizing limited school and laboratory resources. The competition also raises awar...
Web Seminar
Through the STEMwave program, students learn how to build AI-based chatbot solutions for the school website. The program dives deep into machine learning and natural language processing; creating a memorable and meaningful project-based environment i...
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Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, April 26, 2022
By Debra Shapiro