Habitat Change

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think individuals intentionally change their physical characteristics or behaviors in…

Genetics for All

Journal Article | February 2020

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 29, 2021

Reports Article | June 2021

Gender-Inclusive Biology: A framework in action

Journal Article | August 2021

Highlights From the NSTA Research Committee

Blog Post | February 2025

Freebies for Science Teachers, September 28, 2021

Reports Article | September 2021

Talking Trash

Journal Article | May 2020

Collaboration Through Critical Service Learning—In Search of Earth’s Secrets

Journal Article | September 2023

Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, April 12, 2022

Reports Article | April 2022

Turning Tests Into Tasks

Journal Article | February 2019

Learn how to build a summative performance assessment from a standardized test question.

Freebies for Science Teachers, January 4, 2022

Reports Article | December 2021

Placemat Instructions

Journal Article | January 2023

A Novel Rubric Format for Providing Feedback on Process Skills to STEM Undergraduate Students

Journal Article | June 2021

To improve student process-skill development, a novel type of rubric was developed that goes beyond a typical analytic rubric by providing detailed feedback to students. Process skills are transferable skills such as…

Are Learning Progressions a Useful Pedagogical Tool for Instructors?

Journal Article | October 2021

Learning progressions (LPs) present a potential tool to guide students toward deeper understanding of core concepts as they move through a curriculum. In addition to providing a theoretical scheme for education…

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

Reports Article | January 2025