Nature of Science

Position Statement | June 2020

Safety: Got Your Number?

Blog Post | May 2022

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, March 7, 2023

Reports Article | March 2023

Spaceships

Lesson Plan | June 2021

This probe is designed to elicit students’ ideas about changing the direction of motion in the absence of air. Many students will have seen movies or television shows in which spaceships turn by banking or using wing…

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, May 6, 2025

Reports Article | May 2025

Influence of Environmental Factors on the Success of At-Risk Hispanic Students in First-Semester General Chemistry

Journal Article | March 2022

This article looks at the effects of environmental factors such as classification, residence location, and employment status of Hispanic students who unsuccessfully completed first-semester general chemistry (Chem I) at…

Rethinking Online Science Learning

Journal Article | March 2022

Fire!

Journal Article | March 2023

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

Journal Article | July 2023

Ready, Set, Create: Engineers Inspiring Youth to Build Their Dreams

Journal Article | May 2021

From Bean to Cup

Journal Article | February 2019

Coffee comes to the science lab

Using Insect Biodiversity to Build Basic Skills

Journal Article | March 2019

Using technology to sensitively and sensibly meet students' needs in the science classroom

Journal Article | October 2019

Strategies for increasing student engagement

Safety Recommendations for Closing Out the School Year

Blog Post | June 2020

Pizza Problem

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about researching a problem. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students are aware of the need to learn as much as possible about how…