Combustion and Energy Transfer Experiments: A Laboratory Model for Linking Core Concepts Across the Science Curriculum

Journal Article | December 2006

Core concepts can be integrated throughout lower-division science and engineering courses by using a series of related, cross-referenced laboratory experiments. Starting with butane combustion in chemistry, we expanded…

Computational Thinking and Modeling

Playlist | July 2021

Engaging Students in Scientific Practices: What Does Constructing and Revising Models Look Like in the Science Classroom?

Journal Article | February 2012

In this article the authors look in-depth at scientific practice number 2—developing, evaluating, and revising scientific models to explain and predict phenomena—and what it means for classroom teaching.

Engaging Students in Scientific Practices: What Does Constructing and Revising Models Look Like in the Science Classroom?

Journal Article | February 2012

In this article the authors look in-depth at scientific practice number 2—developing, evaluating, and revising scientific models to explain and predict phenomena—and what it means for classroom teaching.

Listserv Roundup: Four Stellar Modeling Resources for Those Who Teach About the Sun and Solar System

Journal Article | February 2017

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. The author focuses on the NGSS crosscutting concept of Systems and System Models and uses the…

Model-Based Inquiry in Biology: Three-Dimensional Instructional Units for Grades 9-12 (e-book)

eBook | April 2023

This book is your chance to shift the emphasis of your high school biology curriculum away from “we need to learn about this topic in order to do well in class” to “we need to figure out why or how things happen in the…

Learning with Inquiring Minds: Students are introduced to the unit on gas laws and properties of gases using the 5E model

Journal Article | December 2003

In this article, the teacher moves from a lecture-oriented classroom to a student-centered classroom by redesigning the unit on gas laws based on the five phases of the 5E instructional model—engagement, exploration,…