New NSTA Book Shows How to Blend Science Standards and STEM to Develop Effective Classroom Materials

Press Release | May 2020

Focus on Physics: How E = mc2 Helps Us Understand Nuclear Fission and Fusion

Blog Post | December 2016

Nuclear physics has an undeserved reputation for being tough for students. This article may reduce this “toughness” by showing how Einstein’s familiar equation E = mc2 relates to the reductions in mass and enormous…

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Journal Article | January 2019

Digestive System

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the digestive system. The probe is designed to find out whether students realize a main function of the digestive system is to break food down into…

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Journal Article | October 2019

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Chicken Eggs

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, and systems. The concepts underlying this probe are complex. It is…

Freezing Ice

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about freezing point. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that the temperature at which water freezes is independent of the volume.

Chicken Eggs

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, and systems. The concepts underlying this probe are complex. It is…

Service Animals in the Science/STEM Laboratory

Blog Post | December 2022

COVID-19: Sanitizing Lab PPE and More

Blog Post | September 2020

Is It an Animal?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about animals. The probe is designed to find out what characteristics students use to determine whether an organism is classified as an animal.

What’s Inside Our Solar System?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the solar system. The probe is designed to find out if students can distinguish between objects in the solar system and objects outside of the…