Tech Trek: The collaborative works of wikis

Journal Article | February 2008

Wikipedia is part of a new generation of public documents—collectively known as wikis—to which many different writers may make contributions. Due to the collaborative nature of wikis, controversy flares up from time to…

SCST: 'What Am I Doing Here?' Some Thoughts on How This Column Might Better Serve Its Audience

Journal Article | February 1997

In this column the leadership of SCST shares its views with JCST readers. In this month’s issue, the new SCST president shares thoughts on the column and reminds members that it is a place where they can be speaking and…

Targeting Future Teachers

Journal Article | February 2003

Science in Perspective, a third-semester, speaking-intensive course for nonscience majors and future teachers, builds on participants’ prior science background to help them more fully understand and apply scientific…

Family Style Engineering

Journal Article | November 2012

Teaming up with the larger school community and inviting families to learn alongside students has benefits for all. Students and their families learn to apply the engineering design process in a variety of contexts…

Editor’s Corner: Why Study Environmental Issues?

Journal Article | January 2010

There are many compelling reasons to include environmental education (EE) in our science classes. Environmental issues are interdisciplinary—facilitating their inclusion in both physical and life science. They are also…

The Green Room: Genetically Modified Crops

Journal Article | March 2013

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue discusses the pros and cons of genetically modified crops.

Science Sampler: Teacher for a day—Sometimes the front of the classroom is the best place to learn

Journal Article | October 2003

Demo Day is a day in which students assume the role of teacher. This allows students to gain valuable research and presentation skills, learn how to teach science to younger students, and experience learning from the…

Idea Bank: Building a Periodic Table

Journal Article | August 2001

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank, an introductory unit on the periodic table of elements is adapted for a blind physical science student,…

Editorial: Our Journal

Journal Article | February 2007

The Journal of College Science Teaching is one of four journals published by the National Science Teachers Association. Each of the journals serves the educators working at a different level of education. JCST shares…

More Than Meets the Eye

Journal Article | November 2009

On a partly sunny afternoon, a fourth-grade class at the Marietta Center for Advanced Academics in Marietta, Georgia, was gearing up to explore key concepts regarding the nature of light. Armed with translucent beads…

Implementation of an Explicit and Reflective Pedagogy in Introductory Biology Laboratories

Journal Article | October 2010

Students need to reflect on the practice of science to fully understand the nature of science (NOS), which is an important component of scientific literacy. In this paper, the authors describe how to implement an…

The Urban Tree Project

Journal Article | January 2010

Geospatial technologies have emerged over the last 15 years as one of the key tools used by environmental scientists (NRC 2006). In fact, educators have recognized that coupling geospatial technologies with…

Libros de Ciencias en Español (2009)

Journal Article | February 2010

Bienvenido—Welcome to our yearly list of recently published Spanish or bilingual science texts. Although most of these titles are for grades K–2, Spanish-speaking scientists-to-be of all ages will find these selections…

Science Sampler: Museums as resources for science teachers

Journal Article | June 2004

Need local resources to complement your science curricula? Why not check out your local museum, zoo, or nature center? A class visit to an informal science center can do wonders to broaden students’ horizons while…

Editor’s Roundtable: Sculpting the Earth’s surface

Journal Article | September 2008

Our students need to know about the structure of the Earth and about the geological processes that shape its surface—both the long-term and the everyday processes, the abrupt shifts of faults, the sustained movements of…