Messy Data, Real Science

Journal Article | May 2020

[A] major goal for science education should be to provide all students with the background to systematically investigate issues related to their personal and community priorities. They should be able to frame…

Starting to Teach During the Pandemic

Reports Article | July 2020

A Light on Physics

Case Study | June 1999

Biological Terrorism

Case Study | August 2005

Football Fanaticism

Case Study | July 2003

Cats Have Nine Lives, But Only One Liver

Case Study | July 2008

From the Field, Events and Opportunities, April 20, 2021

Reports Article | April 2021

Integrating Science, Language, and Computational Thinking With Multilingual Learners

Blog Post | November 2022

Google Slides

Teacher Tip | September 2020

Solo Situation

Blog Post | April 2020

Keeping Students 'Science-Conscious' in Summer

Reports Article | June 2020

Chemical Bonds

Lesson Plan | April 2020

Is It a Rock? (Version 2)

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an Earth material, rocks. The probe is designed to determine whether students can distinguish between humanmade, “rocklike” materials and…

Needs of Seeds

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seeds. The probe is designed to find out what students think most seeds need to germinate.