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Science Shorts: How Many Ways Are There to Move?
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This column provides classic classroom activities that emphasize science process skills. In this month’s issue the author uses the 5E learning cycle with third- and fourth-grade students to teach that a force is a push…
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Welcome the Madagascar hissing cockroach into your classroom--they are not your average pest! This article describes the basic biology of this relatively tame creature, and how to set up and care for a classroom colony…
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Scope on Safety: Plant the seeds of safety
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Spring is in the air and many science classes take advantage of the good weather by conducting outdoor labs and taking field trips. Before venturing into the great outdoors with your class, review these plant safety…
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Commentary: Those Were The Days
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An opinion piece about reflecting back to when you were a child and sharing some science-related experiences in the classroom.
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Issues In-depth: Roll tape? Recommendations regarding video viewing in public school classrooms
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Did you know that showing a video not related to your instruction as a reward or for recreational purposes, for example, violates federal law and is a felony that may carry a penalty of up to five years and/or $150,00…
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This fun, hands-on activity helps students learn about the layers of the Earth's interior. After some background information about the structure of the Earth, students cover balloons with papier-mâché. After the "globes…
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An opinion piece about the benefits of student teaching and some tips for those just beginning their "diving" careers.
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Guest Editorial: The polished rock
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Saving the world is a pretty lofty goal. One that sounds so unattainable that most of us instinctively want to leave that up to the physicists, the brain surgeons, the chemists, and the environmental researchers. You…
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Lighten up your Lesson: Matter, optics, and bubbles
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Your students will burst with excitement as they study soap bubbles to understand the phases of matter and the reflection of light. The study of soap bubbles addresses the national Science Education Standards for grades…
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Science Sampler: Metric-asaurus—Conceptualizing scale using dinosaur models
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For middle school students who have seen only pictures of dinosaurs in books, in the movies, or on the internet, trying to comprehend the size of these gargantuan animals can be difficult. This lesson provides a way for…
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Systems Concepts Effectively Taught Using Systems Practices
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This article describes two lessons within the authors’ education module entitled, Ecological Networks, that successfully teaches introductory systems content to middle and high school students. To catch students’…
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The Prepared Practitioner: Constructivism and Conceptual Change, Part II
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As complex and theoretical as constructivist principles sounds, classroom application often boils down to two precepts. First, learning is an active process—it does not happen passively. Learners need to mentally…
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If Stones Could Talk...Epitaphs feed data for a unique after-school club
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Students learn science and mathematics through inquiry-based investigations using technology and the unique history of a local cemetery. This project helped students learn how to combine the learning of science and…
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Make Your Own Digital Thermometer!
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In the hands-on, guided-inquiry lesson presented in this article, high school students create, calibrate, and apply an affordable scientific-grade instrument (Lapp and Cyrus 2000). In just four class periods, they build…
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A guided inquiry helps students view an equilibrium system from the particulate level.
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