From the Field: Events and Opportunities, October 5, 2021

Reports Article | September 2021

Student-Driven Research in the First Year

Journal Article | October 2020

We designed the Integrated Sciences First-Year Program (ISFP) to introduce students to the nature and process of science early in their academic career, help them develop skills and competencies, and create an…

Using Narratives to Evoke Empathy and Support Girls’ Engagement in Engineering

Journal Article | July 2020

Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students

Journal Article | January 2023

This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the subject. The physics content is driven entirely by what appears in…

Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Spanning Two Semesters of Biology Impact Student Self-Efficacy but not Future Goals

Journal Article | February 2021

Course-based undergraduate research is promoted as an equitable strategy for providing the benefits of research experiences to a larger, more diverse population of students pursuing science degrees. Here, we report the…

Design and Impact of an Undergraduate Civic Science Course

Journal Article | April 2020

An interdisciplinary group of faculty members from Tufts University developed an undergraduate civic science course designed to help students better understand and interpret the broad, sociocultural impacts of science…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, November 30, 2021

Reports Article | November 2021

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 10, 2022

Reports Article | January 2023

$13.2B in Emergency Money for K–12 Schools Now Available

Blog Post | April 2020

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, March 11, 2025

Reports Article | March 2025

NSTA Members Don’t See Increasing Popularity for Science Fairs

Blog Post | August 2022

18 Science Teachers Named District Winners in Shell Science Lab Challenge

Press Release | May 2020

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 15, 2021

Reports Article | June 2021

How Do Animals Brush Their Teeth?

Journal Article | December 2018

The Effect of Science Education Classes on Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes About Science

Journal Article | June 2019

This study examined the attitudes toward science of elementary preservice teachers at a large public university in Texas. The study utilized a version of the well-established Test of ScienceRelated Attitudes (TOSRA) to…