Tech trek: Viewing volcanoes

Journal Article | February 2005

Help students make real-world connections to Earth science concepts such as volcanoes with the help of modern technology. This article enumerates several websites where students can explore these forces of nature in a…

Discovering Diversity

Journal Article | February 2000

Multicultural education seeks to “affirm cultural pluralism within a culturally diverse society and in an interdependent world” (Bennett, 1999). Therefore, the authors helped a group of preservice teachers develop an…

Book Your Summer Vacation

Journal Article | June 2012

NSTA Recommends reviewers present a summer reading list.

Chemistry on Camera: Integrating technology into the science laboratory

Journal Article | March 2001

Identifying useful, effective, and feasible methods of integrating technology into science classrooms is very important and can be challenging. With this in mind, this article features a relevant, innovative lab…

Editorial: A Night at the Circus

Journal Article | June 2007

Student evaluations of faculty teaching are imperfect and incomplete, but they are here to stay. Students’ ignorance of what it takes to do our jobs would be mostly a source of amusement, except for the fact that many—…

Teaching Through Trade Books: Let's Try It Out in the Air

Journal Article | February 2011

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. In this month’s issue, the lessons challenge students' common misconception that air is "nothing." Students participate in activities, collect evidence…

Natural Resources: A Sixth Sense

Journal Article | October 2011

This column helps bring the outdoors into your curriculum. This month’s issue talks about instilling a sense of wonder in your students.

Science Sampler: Finding learning beneath the surface—Monitoring student progress with Science Practice Learning Progressions

Journal Article | September 2010

If we want our students to become capable practitioners of scientific inquiry, we should not stop at providing opportunities to do inquiry. We need to be intentional about assessing and teaching the competencies…

Health Wise—February 2009

Journal Article | January 2009

With the increasing popularity of energy drinks, I wonder—are these drinks safe? How do they affect teens?

Building Migratory Bridges

Journal Article | October 2007

The Building Migratory Bridges (BMB) program—a collaboration between the Marvelwood School and Audubon Sharon in Connecticut and Conservation Research Education Action (CREA), a U.S. not-for-profit in Panama—uses…

Scope on the Skies: Dance of the planets and our Moon

Journal Article | June 2008

This summer, the visible planets will put on quite a display, giving us not only the opportunity to compare relative orbital motions, but to also see some beautiful arrangements and conjunctions among the planets, stars…

Science Sampler: A simple assessment solution

Journal Article | December 2007

This formative-assessment program is based on two key ideas about assessment. First, thoughtful educators use assessment results to revise their instructional approaches so that assessment is no longer a product, but a…

Science Sampler: Two heads

Journal Article | September 2007

This cooperative activity presents middle school students with the opportunity to explore and discover, as well as enjoy their own communications with one another. By employing reading, writing, and history as an…

Guest Editorial: Reflections on a Classroom Managed Through Inquiry: Moving Past "Nondiscipline"

Journal Article | February 2012

An opinion piece about how class management using inquiry engages students in meaningful science activities and effectively reduces discipline problems.

Favorite Demonstration: Forensic Analysis Demonstration via Hawaii Five-O

Journal Article | August 2006

The interdisciplinary nature of a forensics-based demonstration encourages science majors to move beyond their own narrow fields of study. The demonstration described in this column emphasizes the interconnectedness of…