Arguing About a Chemical Change

Journal Article | February 2020

Use a sample ACT writing prompt in an explore-before-explain instructional sequence to a 9th-grade physical science class to promote student learning and demonstrate that mass is conserved in a chemical reaction

Getting Messy with Data

Journal Article | March 2020

Salt Crystals

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about crystalline solids. The probe is specifically designed to determine how students think atoms are arranged and move in a crystalline lattice.

Building Science Language

Journal Article | December 2020

Why is the Earth round?

Journal Article | May 2020

“Practical Use” of Volcanoes During Wartime

Journal Article | December 2020

Building Consensus for Integrated STEM and Social-Emotional Development: From Convening to Implementation

Journal Article | May 2023

Integrated Outdoor and Classroom Science Experiences to Support Civic Engagement Among Middle and High School Students

Journal Article | July 2023

Phenomena in Our Science Classrooms

Journal Article | March 2022

With, Not For: Why the Distinction Matters

Journal Article | June 2022

Career of the Month: Astronomer

Journal Article | September 2022

Astronomers study objects that are outside of the Earth’s realm, such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies. Chris Carilli is an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), which operates the…

Preparing for the Great American Eclipse of 2024

Journal Article | July 2023

Soil Scientist James Hartig

Journal Article | August 2021

Get in the “Sknow” for Science!

Journal Article | November 2022

Wipe Out: Preventing Water Hazards

Journal Article | March 2022