Uncovering Parent’s and Children’s Ideas in Science

Journal Article | May 2020

The Benefits of Integrating Engineering Into Science

Journal Article | April 2023

Can a Simple Engineering Project Be Used To Teach Some Science?

Journal Article | January 2021

Advancing Alloys

Journal Article | April 2020

The manufacture of metal alloys is ubiquitous, yet infrequently discussed in high school coursework as concepts related to them are often too complex or abstract for beginning science students. However, earlier…

It's Dark So Early!

Journal Article | December 2020

An Evolution in Teaching Natural Selection

Journal Article | January 2023

Energy in Its Many Forms

Journal Article | January 2023

Assessment for English Learners

Journal Article | January 2022

Finding Time for Science

Journal Article | February 2020

Using a Systems Thinking Approach to Figure Out Why a Ball Drops, Bounces, and Stops

Journal Article | October 2018

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. In this issue, learn how to develop students’ systems thinking skills and have them apply these skills to discover and explain the…

Learning to Teach with Science Representations

Journal Article | January 2023

Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk

Journal Article | May 2023

Particulate Matters

Journal Article | July 2022

Will It Form a New Substance?

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out how students determine whether a new substance with a different chemical makeup is formed when…