Science 2.0: Creative, Inspiring, and Jaw-Dropping Videos

Journal Article | February 2012

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue shares information about the Technology, Entertainment, and Design website.

Methods and Strategies: Evidence Helps the KWL Get a KLEW

Journal Article | January 2006

This article discusses the Know-Learning-Evidence-Wonder (KLEW) chart, a modification on the Know-Want-Learn (KWL) chart. This new chart was developed to align itself with the National Science of Education Standards…

Tried and True: Our class periodic table

Journal Article | September 2007

To facilitate discussions centered on the topic of chemistry, students can create a classroom periodic table. In order to accomplish this task, they research elements in the periodic table using various media (textbooks…

Research and Teaching: Promoting Student Learning in a Large General Chemistry Course

Journal Article | June 2004

Based on recent reports in the science education literature, curricular modifications were made to one section of a freshman-level general chemistry course. Assessment results indicate that these modifications resulted…

The Case Study: Racism and All Sorts of Politically Correct <em> isms </em> in Case Studies

Journal Article | October 2004

Case studies typically do not promulgate a particular viewpoint about a subject. They may, however, take a particular stance on an issue—one the author does not necessarily personally support or believe in—to challenge…

Slithering Into Summer

Journal Article | March 2012

This article provides ideas for introducing students to herpetology.

Tried and True: Inside the Earth: Using Cookie Dough to Teach the Layers of the Earth

Journal Article | November 2012

This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue discusses using cookie dough to assess what students know about the layers of the Earth.

Hunting for Energy

Journal Article | November 2009

“I have no energy! Energy is everywhere! Solar energy comes from the Sun. Energy drinks give you energy!” These are the typical responses from sixth-grade students when asked about what they know about energy. Students…

Tried and True: Soil is more than just dirt

Journal Article | March 2010

This article describes a series of activities in which students investigate soil, culminating in the biomimicry of reducing landfill waste. After students learned about soil’s ecosystem structure and the function of its…

Editor's Note: Stand Up and Be Counted

Journal Article | March 2000

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.

Washed Away!

Journal Article | March 2013

Fourth graders model water's role in changing Earth's surface.

Weather Detectives: Searching for Cool Clues

Journal Article | December 1998

It is a well-kept secret that weather is nature's way of redistributing energy and converting it to heat. There are many opportunities to teach these concepts—all it takes is a little detective work to recognize them.…

Enzyme Inquiry

Journal Article | August 2008

In this article, the authors describe a two-phase inquiry lesson in which students explore the catalytic activity of amylase on starch (Rungruangsa and Panijpan 1979). In the first phase, students’ prior knowledge about…

Science Shorts: Making a Case for Camouflage

Journal Article | August 2007

What child doesn’t enjoy a good game of hide-and-seek? There is the challenge of finding the perfect hiding spot and, of course, the allure of the hunt. Though children get great pleasure from the game, many members of…

Dramatic Science

Journal Article | September 2010

The setting: the science classroom. The characters: you and your students. The scene: Your students acting out scientific discoveries, modeling a frog’s life cycle, mimicking the transition from liquid to solid. This is…