Biological Diversity

Journal Article | August 2018

Warming Water

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about thermal energy. The probe is designed to find out whether students think cold things can have energy.

Let’s Be Litter Free

Journal Article | September 2019

Investigating anthropogenic litter in local ecosystems

Ice Cubes in a Bag

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter (or mass). The probe is designed to reveal whether students think matter (or mass) is conserved during a change in state.

Scope on Safety: STEM: A question of safety.

Journal Article | August 2012

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses the growth of STEM lessons and the need to address hazard recognition and safety training relative to the use of hand and power…

Making Connections with Digital Data: Digital camera technology helps students draw connections between their hypotheses, data, and inferences

Journal Article | December 2003

Digital cameras can provide added value to classroom data collection allowing the students to make visual connections between their hypotheses, data, and inferences. Digital data appears more concrete and "real" to…

Why is something that’s happening out in the ocean such a danger to us on the land?

Lesson Plan | January 2021

How Can We Tell What Season It Is?

Lesson Plan | August 2020