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Questions are powerful tools that are central to scientific inquiry. Given the importance of investigable questions to scientific inquiry, what can teachers do to help students learn how to generate them? Possibilities…
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Personalizing the Goals of Undergraduate Research
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Research experiences are becoming increasingly available for undergraduate science students. Although many undergraduate research programs are designed with assessment-friendly outcomes as stated goals, a more…
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The authors have developed and implemented a novel general education science course that examines scientific knowledge, laboratory experimentation, and science-related public policy through the lens of feminist science…
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One way to advance inquiry in the classroom is to establish a systematic strategy for reflecting on our practice and our students’ readiness to engage in increasingly complex scientific reasoning. The Matrix for…
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Guest Editorial: Would you like to be a student in your classroom?
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Why do some teachers experience successful teaching in the middle level year after year, while others consider an eighth-grade teaching assignment equivalent to a sentence of hard labor? Why is it that some teachers and…
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Every Day Science Calendar: October 2006
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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A Workshop Approach: Using learning centers to teach early childhood science
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The science workshop approach is a method of organizing learning centers in developmentally based primary programs. The approach centers on providing a series of meaningful experiences around core science concepts.…
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Often, a bright planet that is visible over the horizon will be mistaken for a star. Some believe they can tell the difference between a star and a planet because stars twinkle, or scintillate, and planets do not. In…
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The study of zonation, the distribution of plants and animals into distinct spatial areas, is a great way to introduce students to basic ecological concepts. Students can conduct methodical, quantifying surveys of zones…
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This article describes an approach in which students develop and apply definitions prior to their formal introduction to new vocabulary. The example given is an inquiry-based lesson on geologic principles.
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This experimental program at the University of Wyoming was designed to produce teachers who have a solid foundation in science content and a realistic view of science and technology. They should be competent in…
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After the Bell: Science of the symphony: Part I
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When do we consider the science of music? When do we connect what we do in music with what we teach in science? As listeners, we often ignore the scientific bases of sound. Yet, modern composers often use the science of…
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This article describes how one teacher incorporated bird watching into her kindergarten classroom to help children develop a heightened awareness and appreciation of the natural world around them. Children use reference…
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This hands-on, minds-on zoo project provides a fun and safe opportunity for students to experience the world of animals and nature right in their own classroom. Students have the chance to work individually or in small…
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Teaching Temperature With Project-Based Learning
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In this project-based unit on weather, a fictional director of a Hungarian Wildlife Refuge invites fourth-grade students to determine whether the backyard of their school contained a variety of surface temperature…
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