What’s a Fun Activity That Combines Science With Art?

Journal Article | August 2020

The Downstream Collaborative Project

Journal Article | May 2020

Earthworm Distribution in the Schoolyard Ecosystem

Journal Article | June 2020

Rotting Apple

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…

Will It Form a New Substance?

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out how students determine whether a new substance with a different chemical makeup is formed when…

Methanol Use in School Science Labs: Danger, Will Robinson!

Blog Post | October 2022

Test Blueprints in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | September 2019

Sitting in a fall staff meeting, you lean over to tell a science teacher colleague you have settled in for the school year. You have learned your students’ names, your seating chart has changed, and your first…

Disciplinary teacher organizations urge federal coordination of public education

Press Release | March 2025

Early Childhood Engineering and Natural Resources

Journal Article | August 2020

Superhero Physics

Journal Article | March 2020

Scientific Literacy in the Post-Truth Era

Journal Article | April 2020

What If?

Journal Article | July 2022

A Window to the Wild

Journal Article | January 2021

A Simple Sketch Tool to Foster Creativity in a Science Context

Journal Article | August 2021

Supporting Students In Writing Scientific Explanations

Journal Article | March 2020