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How Do Students Interact With the Primary Scientific Literature in an Undergraduate Science Program?

The ability to read, understand, and interpret primary scientific literature is an essential skill for undergraduate students in science. This study aimed to provide a detailed understanding of how second- and third-year undergraduate students in a...

By Yi Hou, Heather Verkade, Jan van Driel

Pre-service Teachers Biology Literacy Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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Assessment of Demographic Biases Associated With the Ground Rules System in a Large Undergraduate Engineering Course

Despite more women and underrepresented students entering engineering, there are still gaps in achievement. A potential remedy is to establish equitable team dynamics during groupwork. Groupware systems have been implemented in the workforce and, r...

By Christine King, Kameryn Denaro, and Brian Sato

Advocacy Engineering Equity Teaching Strategies

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Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students

This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the subject. The physics content is driven entirely by what appears in the daily newspapers and general...

By E. J. Bahng, John Hauptman, and Jennifer Lowery

Literacy News Physics Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

The Tachyon Nexus

This article describes a website called The Tachyon Nexus (no relation to Tachyon Nexus Inc.), which includes reliable information about the controversial subjects of time travel and faster-than-light particles known as tachyons. This compendium of...

By Robert Ehrlich

Interdisciplinary Physics

Journal Article

Preservice Teachers’ Meaningful Science Learning

This article describes how preservice elementary teachers learn about the nature of science and develop scientific literacy through a collaborative project that prepares them to design meaningful learning experiences for students. The Life’s Repl...

By Lizzette M. Velázquez Rivera and Isaris R. Quiñones Pérez

Environmental Science Inquiry Literacy Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Using a Game to Teach Invasive Species Spread and Management

Invasive species are a major ecological and economic problem at the global scale, and education plays a major role in raising awareness and combating these species’ future spread. There are complex management and economic issues associated with p...

By Joshua Lord

Biology Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Life Science Professional Learning

Journal Article

Teaching Assistant Responses to COVID-19

Undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants (TAs) are tasked with instructing undergraduate courses with little to no professional development (PD). To better develop PD opportunities, it is important to understand the benefits of improving TAs�...

By Cody Smith, Deepika Menon, Annette Wierzbicki, and Jenny Dauer

Administration New Science Teachers Pedagogy Professional Learning STEM

Journal Article

The Role of Question-Asking in Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate research is a high-impact educational practice for which effective mentoring has been identified as a key factor in determining its success. Some researchers have argued that effective mentors help increase students’ independence an...

By Sara L. Johnson and George M. Bodner

Inquiry Preservice Science Education Research Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Ancient Antimicrobials

By Akacia Halliday-Isaac and Brooke A. Whitworth

High School Biology Labs Lesson Plans NGSS Safety Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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It’s Worth a Shot

By Kristin Ambrose

High School Biology Crosscutting Concepts Literacy News Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Is That Plausible?

By Imogen R. Herrick, Gale M. Sinatra, and Doug Lombardi

High School Advocacy Citizen Science Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Environmental Science Equity General Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Learning Progression Lesson Plans Literacy NGSS Pedagogy Policy Preservice Science Education Professional Learning Research Science and Engineering Practices Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Technology

Journal Article

An Evolution in Teaching Natural Selection

By Kadi Hogan

High School Biology Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Evolution Inquiry Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Life Science NGSS Phenomena Research Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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Right Under Our Noses

By Latesia Coleman and Heather O’Leary

High School 5E Advocacy Citizen Science Equity Inquiry Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans News Research STEM Technology

Journal Article

Using Multiple Models to Learn about COVID-19

By Jamie Elsner, Troy Sadler, Eric Kirk, Rebecca Rawson, Patricia Friedrichsen, and Li Ke

High School Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum General Science Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Mathematics NGSS Policy Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Technology

Journal Article

Immersive Learning Through Experiential Inquiry of a Virtual Epidemic

By Tyler Hansen, Deborah Fields, Amanda Strawhacker, and Yasmin Kafaiy

High School Biology Citizen Science Computer Science General Science Inquiry Lesson Plans Life Science Literacy NGSS Science and Engineering Practices STEM Technology

Journal Article

Going Viral!

By Delaney Worthington, Andrew Warnock, Mike Viney, Victoria Jordan, Jennifer Mclean, Karina Hassell, Lynne Judish, and Courtney Butler

High School Biology Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas General Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Labs Lesson Plans Life Science NGSS Pedagogy Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

We Are Living It

By Lindsey Mohan, Wayne Wright, Katie Van Horne, Joy Barnes-Johnson, Holly Hereau, Arash Jamshidi, Rebecca G. Kaplan, Audrey Mohan, Dawn Novak, Michael Novak, Allysa Orwig, Ty Scaletta, Nicole Vick, and Daniel C. Voss

Biology Curriculum Equity Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Life Science NGSS Phenomena Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

The Science of COVID-19

By Matthew Johnson, Tiffany Lewis, Kit Martin, Amber Cesare, Anthony Schmitt, Eugene Lengerich, Kristin Bittner, and Chris Divyak

High School Biology Curriculum Instructional Materials Life Science NGSS Pedagogy Science and Engineering Practices

Journal Article

Introduction to the Special Issue on Immunology

By Colby Tofel-Grehl and Brooke A. Whitworth

High School Biology Life Science

Journal Article

Did the Pandemic Impact the Brains of Our Science Students?

By Ann Haley MacKenzie

High School Biology Instructional Materials Life Science

Lesson Plan

Is It “Fitter”?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about natural selection. The probe is designed to find out how students interpret the commonly used phrase “survival of the fittest.” ...

By Page Keeley

Journal Article

Connecting the LGBTQ+ Community With Science Centers and Youth Programs

By Jan Mokros and Jen Tuttle Parsons

Informal Education Equity Inclusion STEM

Journal Article

Data Detectives Clubs: A Collaborative Approach to Data Science Through Epidemiology

By Laura Martin, Janice Mokros, Nav Deol-Johnson, Pendred Noyce, and Jacob Sagrans

Middle School Informal Education Careers Computer Science Equity Interdisciplinary Life Science

Journal Article

A Low-Cost, User-Friendly Technology for Making Samples and Artifacts Accessible to Online Audiences

By Daniel Hamilton, Jason Cervenec, Erica Maletic, and Jeremy Patterson

Middle School High School Informal Education Inquiry Technology

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: Using the Nutrition Facts Label to Meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, October 19, 2023

The FDA recently updated the requirements for nutrition labeling that appear on most packaged food products. This presentation will review the major changes in the Nutrition Facts label, explain why they were necessary, and describe how the label can...

Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Biology Chemistry Life Science STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: From Apollo to Artemis: NASA’s Return to the Moon, February 16, 2023

More than 50 years after the Eagle landed at Tranquility Base, NASA has begun its campaign to return astronauts to the surface of our Moon. Named after the mythical twin sister of Apollo, the Artemis program aims to establish a permanent base of oper...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Aerospace Earth & Space Science STEM

Lesson Plan

Is It a Rock? (Version 2)

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an Earth material, rocks. The probe is designed to determine whether students can distinguish between humanmade, “rocklike” materials and geologically formed rock materials...

By Page Keeley

Elementary Assessment Earth & Space Science

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: From Talking Trash to Taking Action: The Science of Marine Debris, April 20, 2023

Our oceans are filled with items that do not belong there. Huge amounts of plastics, metals, rubber, textiles, lost fishing gear, abandoned vessels, and many more items enter the marine environment every day. This makes marine debris one of the most ...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Chemistry Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Life Science STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: Food Agriculture – The Plant Scientist’s Toolbox, March 9, 2023

Humans have used a variety of ways to modify food crops to suit our needs and tastes for more than 10,000 years. Over this time, the plant scientists’ toolbox has grown: first with “traditional” tools (like cross-breeding, selective breeding, a...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Biology Chemistry Climate Change Environmental Science Life Science STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Book Beat Live! The 2023 Outstanding STEM Books List: Ignite Students’ Interest in Science and Engineering! What’s on your Holiday Gift List? December 13, 2022

How do we prepare 21st-century kids for challenges and jobs that we currently cannot even describe? The Best STEM Books can help by celebrating convergent and divergent thinking, analysis and creativity, persistence, and the sheer joy of figuring thi...

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool General Science STEM

Journal Article

Exploring Natural Disasters through Primary Sources

By Cheryl Lederle and Stacie Moats

High School Climate Change Earth & Space Science Literacy Phenomena

Journal Article

Geologist

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers Earth & Space Science

Journal Article

Using Teacher Talk Moves to Help Students Talk Like Scientists

By Kraig A. Wray, Scott McDonald, Hee-Sun Lee, and Amy Pallant

High School Inquiry NGSS Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Teaching Environmental Social Justice

By Donna L. Ross, Kimberly Elliot, and Jeff Bonine

Biology Environmental Science Equity Life Science Multicultural Social Justice

Journal Article

Visualize Your Pulse With Physical Computing

By James Newland and Sissy S. Wong

High School Biology Computer Science Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Labs Makerspace Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices STEM Technology Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Accomodating Visually Impaired Students in Secondary Science

By Sandy Watson and Jeremy Bell

Disabilities Inclusion Multilingual Learners Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Wildfire!

By Michael Giamellaro, Elinor Wilson, and Heidi Dixon

Chemistry Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Phenomena Physical Science