The Riddle of the Red Queen

Case Study | December 2017

Where’s the Evidence?

Case Study | April 2020

The Shifty Salmon of Auke Creek

Case Study | February 2021

A Song from the Past

Case Study | September 2022

National Science Teaching Association Policy Agenda

Position Statement | November 2025

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

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…

Teaching and Learning About COVID-19 During the Pandemic

Blog Post | August 2020

18 Science Teachers Named District Winners in Shell Science Lab Challenge

Press Release | May 2020

Safer Laboratory Dissection Activities

Blog Post | January 2024

How to Design a Performance Task

Journal Article | February 2019

Follow a sequence of steps to develop an authentic performance task.

The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change

Journal Article | July 2019