Seeking Other Worlds

Journal Article | December 2008

Is Earth unique in the universe? What is a habitable planet? How abundant are habitable planets? NASA’s Kepler Mission team seeks answers to these questions. Launching in 2009, Kepler is NASA’s first mission capable of…

Disequilibrium: Why do some objects fall faster than others?

Journal Article | July 2019

Using discrepant events to confront misconceptions

Scope on the Skies: Other moons

Journal Article | January 2007

Nearly 400 years ago, on January 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei turned his new telescope toward the planet Jupiter. In his notes and later in a publication titled Sidereus Nuncius, or The Sidereal Messenger, Galileo…

Perspectives: Connecting with Other Disciplines

Journal Article | January 2007

Interdisciplinary instruction is a way of approaching curriculum by organizing content and processes from more than one discipline around a central theme, issue, problem, topic, or experience (Jacobs 1989). Teachers can…

Technology and Society: Their Impact on Each Other

Journal Article | October 2004

As part of the National Science Foundation–funded Internships in Public Science Education (IPSE) program, the authors created a classroom activity that encourages middle school students to think about the interactions…

Science 101: Do other planets have summer?

Journal Article | June 2005

This articles tackles the question of whether other planets have a summer, what it consists of and how their summers relate and differ from our own on Earth.

Scope on the Skies: Sun and Moon upstage each other in October

Journal Article | September 2004

This issue of Scope on the Skies sheds light on the partial lunar eclipse and the total lunar eclipse that occurred within two weeks of each other during the month of October, 2004. In addition, it describes the…

AIDS and other Human Diseases: Teaching Science in the Context of Culture

Journal Article | April 2005

A course on AIDS presents many interdisciplinary opportunities as well as interactive pedagogies. In an AIDS course at Whittier College, students learn about the biological basis and epidemiology of the disease, tackle…

Idea Bank: Mirror Writing and Learning Physics by Helping Others

Journal Article | August 2011

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank, authors explore mirror writing and physics.