Guest Editorial: The National Science Imperative—Focusing on the Future: Increasing Research Funding and Making America Thoroughly Science Literate

Journal Article | October 1998

The future will be dramatically different—not only from today but even from our best predictions. The 21st Century will be a rapid-paced century of scientific breakthroughs. This article features the major developments…

Every Day Science Calendar: February 2007

Journal Article | January 2007

This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.

Accomplishing Multiple Goals Through Community Connections

Journal Article | March 2007

With schools being asked to accomplish more and more, it is increasingly important to, whenever possible, address multiple goals in teaching. Educating the whole child dictates that we find ways to ensure our graduates…

Get SunWise

Journal Article | June 2004

Providing sun-safe environments, schedules, and activities; teaching and modeling sun-safe behaviors; and implementing a sun-safe school policy are ways that schools can help protect children from sun overexposure and…

Formative Assessment Probes: Labeling Versus Explaining

Journal Article | January 2013

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses the life cycle of a butterfly.

First-Year Students Benefit From Reading Primary Research Articles

Journal Article | February 2011

Primary research articles discuss aspects of scientific inquiry that are important in understanding the nature of science. Yet, most introductory science courses use textbooks that ignore the scientific process;…

The Magic Mirror

Journal Article | November 2009

In “The Magic Mirror” lessons described here, children explore reflection and mirror phenomena in the environment. They make a mirror, explore a hinged mirror with its many images, and look at symmetries. The activities…

Making the Connection

Journal Article | February 2009

Secondary science teachers are faced with an increasing number of students whose first language is not English and charged with preparing them for federal- and state-mandated end-of-course exams. In many states, these…

Editor's Note (March 2001)

Journal Article | February 2001

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

Editor's Note: The Importance of Visual Literacy

Journal Article | October 2012

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

SCST: Hypotheses, Theories, and Laws—A Look at Textbooks’ Treatment of an Issue from the CASE Standards

Journal Article | October 1998

In this column the leadership of the Society for College Science Teaching (SCST) shares its views with JCST readers. This month's issue features an introduction to a document entitled "CASE Standards for Science Teacher…

Choosing Primary Literature in Biology to Achieve Specific Educational Goals

Journal Article | January 2000

A professor at SUNY Geneseo, the author reports on her experiences using primary literature as the major focus of a seminar on evolutionary biology. The author, having discovered that the choice of articles can be the…

Sequencing General Chemistry

Journal Article | February 2003

The material in the authors’ general chemistry curriculum has been rearranged into a sequence thought to be more logical to students than the traditional sequence. This fresh approach does not radically change course…

A Ladder of Thinking

Journal Article | March 2004

Introducing students to metacognition, or thinking about one’s thinking, allows them to discover the value of reflection. Courses related to thinking theory are often included in the curriculum for high-achieving…

Career of the Month: An Interview with Cryptographer Bruce Schneier

Journal Article | October 2005

For the general public, the field of cryptography has recently become famous as the method used to uncover secrets in Dan Brown's, "The Da Vinci Code." But the science of cryptography has been popular for centuries--…