Big Books Have a Big Impact on Elementary Science Education

Journal Article | July 2023

Preservice elementary teachers are faced with the daunting task of learning enough about every subject to support their students’ development of foundational ideas. Teacher preparation programs and professional…

Force and Motion Ideas

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to comprehensively elicit students’ ideas about the relationship between force and motion. The list of possible answers includes several distracters that are based on learning…

Quickly Teaching Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration—Part 2

Journal Article | February 2019

In the February 2019 issue we looked at teaching speed and velocity. Now we’re ready to tackle acceleration.

Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning

Journal Article | December 2020

This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the typical college setting. Student development of such abilities is…

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, October 24, 2023

Reports Article | October 2023

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 23, 2024

Reports Article | July 2024

Freebies for Science Teachers, May 11, 2021

Reports Article | May 2021

Freebies for Science Teachers, August 17, 2021

Reports Article | August 2021

Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, April 5, 2022

Reports Article | April 2022

Grandpa’s Flying Hammer

Case Study | January 2021

What force is pushing the model rocket up?

Lesson Plan | October 2022

The Art and Science of Prompt Engineering

Blog Post | January 2025