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In this column the leadership of the SCST shares its views with JCST readers. This month's issue features the position statement on the scholarship of college science teaching adopted by the SCST executive board.
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Is Collaborative Grouping an Effective Instructional Strategy?
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While problem solving is a generally accepted goal of most science courses, it has previously been difficult to determine the extent to which students’ problem-solving abilities are impacted by these courses.…
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This article examines the outcomes of undergraduate research in relation to the individual expectations of students participating in this research.
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The end of a year is always a time for reflection and looking back. Even though December may feel more like mid-year for teachers, the end of the calendar year inevitably brings top-10 lists, reviews of the best the…
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Scavenger Hunts: Chasing Down Scientific Answers
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Describing a scavenger hunt activity that stimulates active learning, the authors present objectives, examples, pitfalls, grading methods, and an evaluation based on their course experiences with the technique. Although…
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How many of our students come to the classroom with little background knowledge about the world around them and how things work? To help students develop conceptual understanding and explore the design process, the…
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Scope on Safety: Debugging safely
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The hazards of pests in the classroom are numerous. Mice can contaminate food and supplies and trigger asthma attacks, cockroaches can cause allergic reactions and aggravate asthma, flies can spread disease, bee and…
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Students use the BIDDI (Brainstorm, Investigate, Debrief, Debate, Indentify) process to understand settling rates, permeability, and porosity.
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Feed Up, Feedback, and Feed Forward
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In this article the authors describe how a kindergarten science teacher uses the feed up, feedback, and feed forward inquiry-based approach to assessment during a unit on conservation of resources.
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Safer Science: Building Safety in Foreign Language
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A school is about to undergo major renovations and new construction to handle a growing student population. So some science classes and labs are assigned to other parts of the building temporarily. Most teachers are…
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"'Ooh, these things give me the willies, and I am not getting near them." "Wonder what those things are and what they eat?" Statements like these were heard amongst preservice students as they embarked on "bug"…
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Tried and true: Feeding of Diarmis Proboscis
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The feeding of Diarmis proboscis is an exciting outdoor laboratory activity that demonstrates a single concept of adaptations--cryptic colorations. The students are “transformed” into D. proboscis in order to learn how…
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The Early Years: Measuring Learning
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This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this month’s issue the activity assesses what children understand about measurement.
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Scope on the Skies: Lunar looks and latitude
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During December, the Sun gains a bit of notoriety as its celestial position this month marks a change of seasons, a solstice. The word solstice describes the day, or moment, when the Sun stops its north or south…
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After the Bell: Weekend home labs
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Through a series of weekly homework assignments dubbed "Weekend Home Labs," families are enjoying learning science together. Students take home an assignment that asks them to use common household materials to…
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