Using AI to Foster Ethical Conversations in Science Classrooms

Blog Post | November 2025

STUDENTS GATHER AS WINNERS OF WORLD’S LARGEST K-12 SCIENCE COMPETITION

Press Release | June 2023

STUDENTS GATHER AS WINNERS OF WORLD’S LARGEST K-12 SCIENCE COMPETITION

Press Release | June 2024

STUDENTS GATHER AS WINNERS OF WORLD’S LARGEST K-12 SCIENCE COMPETITION

Press Release | June 2025

Using an Instructional Team During Pandemic Remote Teaching Enhanced Student Outcomes in a Large STEM Course

Journal Article | January 2022

The unplanned shift to online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic challenged many instructors teaching large-enrollment courses to design learning environments that actively engaged all students. We looked at how…

Interactive, Physical Course Materials as Formative Assessment Opportunities to Improve Student Learning of Molecular Structure-Function Relationships

Journal Article | November 2022

Physical and life science disciplines emphasize how basic structural units influence function, yet it is challenging for students to understand structure-function relationships, particularly at molecular scales.…

Empowering Science Education With AI: Enhancing Three-Dimensional Learning

Blog Post | October 2024

How AI Is Transforming Critical Thinking in Science Education

Blog Post | April 2025

NSTA Announces 2024 Shell Urban Science Educator Development Award Winners

Press Release | May 2024

Use of Interrupted Case Studies to Promote Argumentation in Chemistry

Journal Article | March 2023

There has been an increase in the number of studies about educational scenarios aimed at promoting argumentation. Special attention is given to scenarios involving case studies. In this article, we report on the…

Regional Winners of Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Competition Announced

Press Release | August 2022

Using Growth Rings on Wooden Blocks and Plywood to Enhance Students’ Spatial Reasoning Skills

Journal Article | May 2023

Spatial reasoning is one of the most challenging skills to master in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This article reports the results of a teaching intervention that involved using…

What Lies Beneath?

Journal Article | January 2023

Symbols in Physics

Journal Article | April 2021

Symbols are a cornerstone of the written language of physics and mathematics but inconsistencies in their use pose a challenge to students. This article reports on interviews held with first-year undergraduate physics…

Distributing Expertise to Integrate Computational Thinking Practices

Journal Article | April 2020