Application of Core Science Concepts Using Digital Video: A "Hands-On" Laptop Approach

Journal Article | June 2012

Students use freeware to make a short video with text, images, and music as a way to explain scientific concepts that are traditionally difficult for students to apply. The data from this study underscore the impact…

Guest Editorial: Our Science Story: When Science Inquiry Meets the Common Core

Journal Article | January 2015

An opinion piece that shares information about an interactive science journal.

The Learning-Focused Transformation of Biology and Physics Core Courses at the U.S. Air Force Academy

Journal Article | December 2008

An institution-wide focus on deep learning has made significant changes in the biology and physics core course curriculum at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The biology course director has reworked course objectives to…

Building a Better Biology Lab? Testing Tablet PC Technology in a Core Laboratory Course

Journal Article | November 2008

Tablet PC technology can enliven the classroom environment because it is dynamic, interactive, and “organic,” relative to the rigidity of chalkboards, whiteboards, overhead projectors, and PowerPoint presentations.…

Combustion and Energy Transfer Experiments: A Laboratory Model for Linking Core Concepts Across the Science Curriculum

Journal Article | December 2006

Core concepts can be integrated throughout lower-division science and engineering courses by using a series of related, cross-referenced laboratory experiments. Starting with butane combustion in chemistry, we expanded…

Guest Editorial: The Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core State Standards: Proposing a Happy Marriage

Journal Article | August 2013

The author suggests ways in which these two documents complement one another and can support teachers to bring a subject-matter serious perspective to teaching and learning in grades preK through five.

Science and the City: Community Cultural and Natural Resources at the Core of a Place-Based, Science Teacher Preparation Program

Journal Article | October 2010

The departments of Geology and Education at Brooklyn College collaborated with five informal educational institutions in the development of a place-based graduate program for Earth science teachers. The team used “…