Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, April 22, 2025

Reports Article | April 2025

Teaching With Simulations

Journal Article | February 2019

Teachers use simulations for student motivation, content learning, and engagement in science practices.

Science in the News

Journal Article | July 2023

Learning About Culture and Sustainable Harvesting of Native Plants

Journal Article | March 2021

Incorporating Programming, Modeling, and Data Analysis Into an Introductory Biology Course

Journal Article | January 2021

This paper describes an introductory biology course for undergraduates that heavily incorporates quantitative problem solving in activities and homework assignments. The course is broken up into a series of units, each…

Beyond Show-and-Tell

Journal Article | October 2021

Where Does Your Sidewalk End?

Journal Article | October 2021

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, June 20, 2023

Reports Article | June 2023

Freebies for Science Teachers, Week of July 20, 2020

Reports Article | July 2020

From the Field: Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 12, 2022

Reports Article | July 2022

Ice-Cold Lemonade

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that heat flows from warmer objects or areas to cooler ones.

Science and Math online resources for teaching young children

Blog Post | April 2020

Freebies for Science Teachers, August 31, 2021

Reports Article | August 2021

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, December 14, 2021

Reports Article | December 2021

Ecologist

Journal Article | March 2019

Ecologists are biologists who study entire ecosystems and the interactions among their living and non-living components. Ecology can be applied in areas such as conservation biology, natural resource management, and…