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Guest Editorial: A Critical Review of the National Academies’ 2021 Call to Action
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Computational Thinking and Modeling
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Why Are The Rusty Patched Bumble Bees Disappearing?
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How Can We Protect Fragile Cargo?
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Science Teachers and the Course Forward for STEM Education
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Science teachers’ voices do count—and are being heard—in Washington, D.C. On December 4, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) published Charting a Course for STEM Education, which presents a…
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I was in 6th grade at Rose Tree Elementary School in Media, Pennsylvania, in October of 1957 when Sputnik was launched. When our class heard the beep-beep-beep of its telemetry when it passed overhead, the Cold…
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Coming to a City near You—March for Science 2018
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About this time last year NSTA and many of our teachers joined millions in the streets of Washington, DC and in cities nationwide for the March for Science 2017. This year, March for Science (MfS) 2018 is scheduled for…
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Stand for Students, Stand for Science
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Since the founding of our country, indeed since the beginning of western democracy, being well-informed includes being well-informed about science. “Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted…
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The Most Profound News of Valentine’s Day 2017
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This Valentine’s Day, while most media attention was focused on the dismissal of the National Security Advisor, The New York Times ran a story that received much less media attention, but has far greater potential…
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Dear President-Elect Trump: Make STEM a National Imperative
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The presidential election last week surprised everyone, delighted some, and confounded quite a few. Wherever you landed on this spectrum post-election day, as teachers, there is one thing that we can all agree on: that…
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Science Lessons for the Next President—and Your Students
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A recent feature in Science Magazine (21 Oct 2016) offers “Science lessons for the next president.” As I read the article I realized that these lessons exemplify the reason that all citizens need to be scientifically…
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Survey Reveals Challenges with Teaching Climate Change
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This week, researchers at The Pennsylvania State University released the results of a nationwide survey of middle and high school science teachers on the teaching of climate change that tells us two things: first, we…
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Can Science Teachers Save Our Democracy?
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A few months ago, I started to write an op-ed with the statement that science teachers are saving our democracy. Why do I believe this? Because science teachers provide the tools our children need to remain well-…
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Scientists Christian Tomasetti and Bert Vogelstein published an article in the journal Science, “Variation in cancer risk among tissues can be explained by the number of stem cell divisions” (Science, January 2, 2015,…
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