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Active Learning Strategies: The Top 10
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Conceptual change instruction recognizes that students bring personal, or naive, conceptions to the classroom, which they use to explain their world, interpret situations, and create meaning (Driver et al. 2007). But…
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Editor’s Note: Investigation Skills
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To borrow an idea from John Dewey, problem solving is both the method and purpose of education. Teaching investigation skills can help students move into understanding and applying content to solve real problems.…
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Ask the Experts—September 2007
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In this month’s column, the experts address the following question: Why do mosquitoes ignore me, while they devour my brother-in-law!
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Mixture Mystery: Basic lab techniques and rules for the first day of chemistry class
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This article features a lab that is easy to prepare, takes about 30 minutes to do, involves simple equipment and techniques, and yet allows students to experience the scientific method. The only subject matter involved…
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Safe Science: Laboratory Safety: Welcome Aboard!
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Why has The Science Teacher initiated a new safety column? Walk into a typical science classroom today and you are likely to see the teacher conducting a demonstration or students doing hands-on laboratory work. This…
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Science and nonscience majors work together in a remote field setting on authentic marine research projects supervised by faculty from multiple disciplines and institutions. In the process, they learn science by doing…
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Science Sampler: Creating caddisfly cases
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The larval stage of a northern casemaker caddisfly provides a creative hands-on activity for students while also introducing them to aquatic insect development and adaptations to stream life. This project is an…
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Using toys to teach basic physical science concepts is a great way to engage students through hands-on experience with familiar objects. This article contains several activities that use toys to help students…
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The Green Room: Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
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This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue describes tar sands and the controversy surrounding them.
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The first-grade classroom was like a natural history museum. Bird nests of every shape and size lay on top of bookshelves that lined two walls. Methods students, who were visiting the classroom in preparation for the…
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Insects can be useful for investigations because they are numerous, relatively easy to find, and fascinating to students. Most elementary students have limited understandings of what exactly becomes of insects during…
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Astrobiology refers to the “origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe.” Astrobiologists study extreme environments on Earth and characterize the life forms that occupy them. These environments provide…
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The Case of the Disappearing Snack
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Who doesn't love a good mystery? Not any kid we know! Second- and third-grade students sure did as they eagerly solved The Case of the Disappearing Snack. As they investigated the "crime," students developed critical-…
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Student preconceptions are one of the greatest challenges we face as science teachers. This Predict, Explain, Observe, and Explain (PEOE) activity challenges students’ preconceived notions about why matter floats or…
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Meeting the MOON from a Global Perspective
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The MOON Project (More Observations of Nature) engages middle school students and pre-service teachers in a long-term (16-week) investigation of the Moon. It provides an opportunity to share, via the Internet, their…
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