Lunch-Trash Solar Stills: Learning About the Engineering Design Process Through Earth Science

Journal Article | January 2013

Create a water-purification systems with recyclables.

Case Study: Why I Like Clicker Personal Response Systems

Journal Article | October 2007

For those of you unfamiliar with clicker personal response systems, a clicker is a handheld remote that students use to enter their responses to multiple choice questions. The question is displayed on the classroom…

Scope on the Skies: A year in the skies

Journal Article | August 2003

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue highlights the astronomical events for the 2003-2004 school year.

Scope on Safety: Allergies—Nothing to sneeze at

Journal Article | December 2008

The list from the nurse’s office of students with known allergies seems to get longer each year. Allergy symptoms can range from a simple red rash or itch to life-threatening anaphylactic shock. Interestingly enough,…

Teaching Photosynthesis

Journal Article | June 2004

This activity is designed to get students engaged in learning the topic of photosynthesis. Students are given a sheet with various facts about photosynthesis on it. They cut the clues out, sort them into categories, and…

Building Acceptance for Pedagogical Reform Through Wide-Scale Implementation of Clickers

Journal Article | December 2009

Many instructional strategies exist that address poor student success in the sciences. They often go untapped, however, due to the knowledge or time needed for implementation. This article presents a formula for success…

The Early Years: The Matter of Melting

Journal Article | December 2005

This month's Early Years column reveals how establishing a shared language through experiences can help young students and teachers exchange ideas and information about science concepts. The experiences that occur as…

Is the Inquiry Real?

Journal Article | June 2009

When describing activities in today’s K–12 science classrooms, the word inquiry often causes some confusion. As a result, many of us find ourselves asking the same questions: How do we know when inquiry is authentic?…

Idea Bank: Lessons Learned From Test Writing

Journal Article | February 2008

It is a passion for students’ authentic engagement in science that influenced the author’s decision to heed the Utah State Office of Education’s (USOE) call for test writers at a professional workshop last summer. The…

Editor's Corner: Why Math in Science Class?

Journal Article | December 2002

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue and the major role science teachers play in how students learn and use math skills.

Case Study: What Killed Leah Miller: Abuse or Natural Causes?

Journal Article | October 2011

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this month’s issue the authors explore brain and eye anatomy and…

Visual Literacy in Science

Journal Article | June 2010

While diagrams make the text more visually appealing and provide an image of the text, they also do much more. Subsequently, the authors designed a series of lessons for students to discover the many purposes of…

Ooey, Gooey, FISH GUTS!

Journal Article | March 2004

Hook your students onto inquiry-based science by implementing this ooey, gooey fish guts activity into your science curriculum. The author developed this fish dissection lesson as an inexpensive, safe, and clean…

M&M Mystery

Journal Article | January 1999

In this M…

Ask the Experts—November 2006

Journal Article | October 2006

The following questions are addressed in this month’s Ask the Experts column: “If energy is conserved and we begin to store “renewable” energy sources such as wind and solar energy, what happens to our environment as a…