-
Career of the Month: An Interview with Perfumer Christopher Laudamiel
Journal Article |
This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s column focuses on the job of a perfumer.
-
Career of the Month: An interview with hurricane researcher Christopher Landsea
Journal Article |
Do you find yourself gazing at the sky, curious about the forces of nature? Meteorologists’ curiosity drives them to understand Earth’s atmospheric phenomena and how it affects Earth and the life on our planet. The…
-
Motor Impaired / Orthopedic Disability
Page |
Motor Impaired / Orthopedic Disability James Prescott Joule (1818–1889) was an English physicist who studied thermodynamics, leading to the famous “Joule’s Law.” He was born with a spinal disorder that required him to be home schooled. Motor impaired/orthopedic disabilities include a…
-
The Science Teacher Editorial Board
Page |
The Science Teacher is an award-winning, peer-reviewed, practitioners' journal for grade 9-12 teachers, university faculty responsible for teacher preparation, and state and district science supervisors and leaders. The…
-
Building Picnic Tables ... and Community
Journal Article |
-
Creating and Using Instructionally Supportive Assessments in NGSS Classrooms
NSTA Press Book |
Imagine handing out assessments that spark enthusiasm rather than dread. In six easy-to-follow steps, this book empowers science teachers to create tasks that guide students to use their knowledge, not just memorize…
-
Windows on the Inquiry Classroom
Journal Article |
A complete video and documentary record of an inquiry-based nonscience majors’ course has been captured (the “Fire and Ice” Collection). Every moment of 27 class sessions may be observed from several points of view (…
-
Journal Article |
This article describes how clickers (student response systems) may be used to assess and support the development of productive process skills and discourse patterns within student teams during class periods. Clicker…
-
Journal Article |
-
Journal Article |
-
Journal Article |
This study investigated the stability and persistence of prospective elementary teachers’ conceptual understanding of average speed. A questionnaire containing two questions about average speed was administered to the…
-
Focusing the Lens of the Crosscutting Concepts on Secondary Science Learning
Journal Article |
-
Undergraduate Student Conceptions of DNA and Their Understanding of Basic Science
Journal Article |
An understanding of basic science is central to student success at the university level, even for students who will never work in scientific fields. Our investigation into students’ understanding of DNA is part of a…