The “Magic” of Density

Journal Article | June 2021

Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, April 5, 2022

Reports Article | April 2022

Facilitating Learner-Centered Interactions Through Applied Improvisation

Journal Article | June 2022

NGSS Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom

Journal Article | June 2021

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer rich opportunities for both science and language learning. This article presents science and language instructional shifts, grounded in the NGSS and contemporary…

Freebies for Science Teachers, February 1, 2022

Reports Article | January 2022

Using a Systems Thinking Approach to Figure Out Why a Ball Drops, Bounces, and Stops

Journal Article | October 2018

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. In this issue, learn how to develop students’ systems thinking skills and have them apply these skills to discover and explain the…

They Really Used to Think That?

Journal Article | August 2020

Why Does Water Swirl When it Goes Down a Drain?

Journal Article | January 2019

Freebies for Science Teachers, Week of July 3, 2020

Reports Article | July 2020

Talking About Forces

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students generally identify forces as pushes and pulls.

Engineering Science Teacher Creativity!

Journal Article | February 2020

Force and Motion Ideas

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to comprehensively elicit students’ ideas about the relationship between force and motion. The list of possible answers includes several distracters that are based on learning…