Join-
The Prepared Practitioner: Groundwater—A Green Issue
Journal Article |
This issue’s theme—“Going Green”—relates to environmental education. In an article published in the Journal of Science Teacher Education, Dickerson and colleagues (2007) discuss issues related to the lack of groundwater…
-
Effective Strategies for Engaging Students in Large-Lecture, Nonmajors Science Courses
Journal Article |
This article reports on the impacts of changing an introductory environmental science class to move away from standard lecture delivery to increase student engagement in class. The class was designed around small-group…
-
Editor’s Note: Conceptual Understanding
Journal Article |
Weather. Doesn’t that sound like an easy topic to teach and learn? Children experience it without effort and without even thinking about it. But, that’s part of the problem. We need to take every opportunity to create…
-
Journal Article |
Calibrated Peer Review (CPR), an online program that purportedly helps students develop as writers and critical thinkers, is being increasingly used by science educators. CPR is an enticing tool since it does not…
-
Scope on the Skies: Follow the Drinking Gourd
Journal Article |
As you gaze into the stars during the month of February, remember the plight of African Americans and their ancestors. During the years leading up to and during the Civil War, slaves relied on their knowledge of stars…
-
A Model of the INEEL Science and Engineering Expo for Middle Schools
Journal Article |
The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) created a high-impact, inquiry-based science and engineering expo that engages students in learning and exploring science, mathematics, engineering,…
-
Journal Article |
Student performance in lecture-based versus case study-based instruction was compared in this study. Case-based teaching that emphasized problem solving and discussion significantly improved student performance on exams…
-
Scope on Safety: Clearing the air on ventilation
Journal Article |
Poor ventilation is often a topic of conversation relative to safety concerns in school science laboratories. Too often, school science laboratories have ventilation systems that are inappropriate and ineffective for…
-
Journal Article |
Science laboratories can be "cookbook" or discovery based. Since nonmajors usually lack experience in and motivation for the laboratory, a balanced use of both these approaches works best. This article provides advice…
-
Science Shorts: Inquiring About Isopods
Journal Article |
Isopods, which include favorite backyard critters otherwise known as pill bugs or roly-polies, are intriguing in more ways than one. Not only do isopods easily promote inquiry and help reduce "bug" phobia among…
-
The Virtual Solar System Project
Journal Article |
In the course, Virtual Solar System, students construct models of the solar system in an inquiry framework to learn fundamental astronomical concepts. This paper describes the course, the underlying principles for its…
-
Modeling Multidisciplinary Science
Journal Article |
A common research theme was incorporated into several biology and chemistry courses. Students in participating courses carry out different but complementary experiments and share their results in a poster session. These…
-
Journal Article |
By analyzing data collected at citizen-science websites, students can test predictions about the arrival of spring.
-
Journal Article |
After participating in a professional development class entitled “Energy and the Environment,” sponsored by the American Electric Power Company, the author studied coal as an energy source and its effect on the…
-
Scope on the Skies: Focus on Uranus
Journal Article |
It wasn’t until 1781, when William Herschel aimed his six-inch reflecting telescope toward the skies, that our solar system quite literally doubled in size with his discovery of another planet—Uranus. In this month’s…
35947 Results