Up To the Moon!

Journal Article | December 2020

Sharing the Wonder of Natural History

Journal Article | March 2019

Help students overcome nature-deficit disorder with these outdoor activities.

The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change

Journal Article | July 2019

The Feeding Minds and Families Afterschool STEM Program

Journal Article | December 2020

Investigating Earth’s Interactions

Journal Article | May 2020

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…

Mass, Volume, and Density

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. The probe is designed to find out whether students have commonly held ideas about mass, volume, shape, and other properties that interfere…

Unpacking the STEM Disciplines

Journal Article | January 2019

Changes in Elementary Teachers’ Conceptions About Matter

Journal Article | October 2020

While research has investigated elementary teachers’ understanding of science content, such research is often limited to topics typically not addressed in elementary school curricula. Yet, research has illustrated that…

Combustion of Rocket Propellants

Playlist | July 2024

Building Bridges

Journal Article | December 2020

We describe a hands-on, collaborative activity designed to illustrate general properties of evolution, provide practice for quantitative skills, promote creativity and collaboration, and enable student self-assessment…

A Water Wheel Challenge!

Journal Article | January 2019