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Journal Article
“I Never Thought of Science as Something Like This”
Learn about how a university-based teacher preparation program, public schools, and local science-focused museums implement an ecological approach to STEM learning in Chicago. ...
By Daniel Birmingham, Lara Smetana, Heidi Rouleau, and Jenna Carlson
Journal Article
Environmental Education and STEM (E-STEM)
The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) shares the programs and publications it developed to advance E-STEM—the integration of environmental education into STEM. ...
By Kristen Kunkle
Journal Article
Digital Observation Technology Skills
Digital Observation Technology Skills (DOTS) is a framework for integrating modern, mobile technology into outdoor, experiential science education. DOTS addresses longstanding tensions between modern technology and classical outdoor education by ca...
By R. Justin Hougham, Marc Nutter, and Caitlin Graham
Interactive E-book Kids
Bobby and Carmen are at summer engineering camp. They have been challenged to design and build a useful project for their fellow campers. Time is short, and most of the materials have been used! Will Bobby and Carmen succeed in using science and engi...
Interactive E-book Kids
In Kristel Pushes and Pulls, a bed mysteriously ends up hanging in a tree in Kristel’s front yard. Kristel is determined to figure out how it got there and e-book readers will help her figure it out. As Kristel progresses through the day, she explo...
Interactive E-book Kids
The Sunlight Science e-book engages readers through an interactive story that features a family outing at the beach. Learners investigate, along with the characters, the phenomenon of sunlight heating sand, rocks, water, and other surfaces. Readers a...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about reflection. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that all objects we can see reflect some light. The probe is provided in English and Spanish. This book sele...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about sound. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that sound is produced by vibrating matter. The probe is provided in English and Spanish. This book selection ...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter (or mass). The probe is designed to reveal whether students think matter (or mass) is conserved during a change in state. The probe is provided in Englis...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the physical process of melting. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize melting as a change in state from solid to liquid that involves an interaction between ...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about molecules. The probe is designed to uncover whether students recognize that objects, materials, and substances of both a biological and physical nature are made of molecules. T...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about gravity. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that gravity is a universal force that exists everywhere on Earth and in space, regardless of whether air...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about temperature. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that non–heat-producing objects exposed to the same ambient conditions will have the same temperatur...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about animals. The probe is designed to find out what characteristics students use to determine whether an organism is classified as an animal. The probe is provided in English and S...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about living and nonliving. The probe is designed to find out what attributes students consider when determining if something is living or was once living. The probe is provided in E...