Science Sampler: Weathering database technology

Journal Article | January 2005

Collecting weather data is a traditional part of a meteorology unit at the middle level, but making connections between the data and weather conditions can be a challenge for students. One way to help students make…

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…

Research and Teaching: The STEM-ALL Project: Co-teaching to Improve Science Teacher Information and Technology Literacy

Journal Article | June 2019

The authors examine co-teacher effectiveness through the theoretical lens of intensity of effort by two coteaching university professors and their students’ academic achievement.

Using technology to Blend Teaching and Basic Research

Journal Article | October 2006

The CHANCE (Connecting Humans and Nature in the Costa Rican Environment) program is a coordinated effort between The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) that trains…

Listserv Roundup: Technology tools for a paperless classroom

Journal Article | October 2017

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics.This month shares how to create a paperless classroom.

Listserv Roundup: Technology Tools for Paperless Homework

Journal Article | November 2017

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics. This month’s column is all about the technology tools NSTA e-mail listserv members use to assign and…

Integrating Technology: Web Conferencing for Student Engagement

Journal Article | March 2018

This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. Many classrooms are not located close to universities or research facilities, which reduces the available number…

Integrating Technology: Depth of Knowledge and Conceptual Understanding

Journal Article | June 2018

This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. This article shows how an engaging, interactive online density simulation allowed students to predict, manipulate…