Creating a New Environment for Science Learning

Journal Article | September 2020

The Importance of Teaching and Learning About the Ocean: Ocean Literacy as a Critical Component of Science and Environmental Literacy

Position Statement | March 2025

Safety and School Science Instruction

Position Statement | June 2020

Using technology to sensitively and sensibly meet students' needs in the science classroom

Journal Article | October 2019

Strategies for increasing student engagement

Does It Have to Touch?

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about types of forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that forces can act both in direct contact with an object and at a…

Where Do You Find Earth’s Plates?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Earth’s plates. The probe is designed to find out where students think tectonic plates are located.

Freebies for Science Teachers, Week of July 3, 2020

Reports Article | July 2020

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, May 28, 2024

Reports Article | May 2024

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 9, 2024

Reports Article | July 2024

Celebrating 80 Years of Success

Blog Post | July 2024

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 21, 2025

Reports Article | January 2025

Moving Continents

Journal Article | December 2020

Colorful Creations

Journal Article | September 2019

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature.

Studying Collisions

Journal Article | March 2022

Using Structured Decision-Making in the Classroom to Promote Information Literacy in the Context of Decision-Making

Journal Article | July 2022

An important facet of college students’ science literacy and job market preparation is developing skills for finding and applying information to decision-making about complex real-world problems. We developed a…