Promoting STEM Persistence Through an Innovative Field Trip–Based First-Year Experience Course

Journal Article | October 2019

The authors describe how they introduced a field trip–based course as a requirement for all first-year science majors.

Crosscutting Concepts as Productive Ways of Thinking

Journal Article | August 2019

Tips and techniques for creative teaching

Science Plus ELA: A Natural Fit

Journal Article | August 2020

Citizen Science Helps the Birds and Bees

Journal Article | September 2020

Soil Texture 5E

Journal Article | September 2020

Standards Are Not Curriculum

Journal Article | September 2020

The Aurora Borealis

Journal Article | November 2020

Developing the Next Generation of Elementary Science Teachers

Journal Article | December 2020

National science education documents emphasize new learning outcomes of elementary students; therefore, the preparation of elementary teachers should be revised to meet these challenges. This article describes how…

Shake A Bush

Journal Article | May 2020

Finding the Next Diamond Mine

Journal Article | May 2020

Exploring Barriers to the Use of Evidence-Based Instructional Practices

Journal Article | October 2021

Recent reform documents in postsecondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields recommend the use of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs) in the classroom. National surveys in the…

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.

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, December 15, 2020

Reports Article | December 2020

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, July 27, 2021

Reports Article | July 2021

Essential Laboratory Safety Signage

Blog Post | August 2021