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Journal Article

Designing to Disrupt Traditional Conceptions of Scientific Competence

Pervasive narratives about who and what counts as competent in science disproportionately impact students historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and are perpetuated in the design of STEM courses. Equity-...

By Sabriya N. Rosemond, Erin S. Palmer, Kelly C. Y. Wong, Vishnu Murthy, and Angelica M. Stacy

Postsecondary Chemistry Equity Teaching Strategies

Reports Article

Freebies for Science Teachers, Week of July 30

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Preschool Astronomy Biology Careers Chemistry Curriculum Earth & Space Science Engineering Equity General Science Inclusion Instructional Materials Life Science Mathematics Multicultural News Physical Science Professional Learning old STEM Teaching Strategies

Reports Article

Freebies for Science Teachers, Week of July 20, 2020

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Preschool Biology Chemistry Engineering Equity General Science Inclusion Interdisciplinary Life Science Physical Science Physics STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

Lesson Plan

Why Did the Reaction Happen So Fast?

Middle School Elementary High School Chemistry Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Combustion and a Jumping Flame

By Cole Entress

Middle School Chemistry Phenomena Physics

Lesson Plan

How Will the Charged Objects Interact?

Middle School High School Chemistry Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Lesson Plan

Why Is Water Sphere-Shaped in Space?

Middle School High School Aerospace Careers Chemistry Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Advancing Alloys

The manufacture of metal alloys is ubiquitous, yet infrequently discussed in high school coursework as concepts related to them are often too complex or abstract for beginning science students. However, earlier introduction to metallurgy in classro...

By Christina Polcino, Billyjack Jory, Jean Sabety, Laura Grenot Jones, Jared Ashcroft, and Brandon Rodriguez

High School Chemistry Earth & Space Science Labs

Journal Article

A Chemistry Puzzle to Be Solved

By Barry Friedman

High School Chemistry Labs

Journal Article

Understanding Chemical and Physical Changes

By Christine Anne Royce

Elementary Chemistry Physical Science

Journal Article

A Learning Tool for Chemistry and Health Professions Students: Mnemonics for Writing Net Ionic Equations

Chemical mnemonic devices have been designed to aid students in understanding chemical concepts in previous years. This has been done for concepts such as oxyanions, ozonolysis, tautomerization mechanisms in organic chemistry, and writing reactions o...

By Angela L. Mahaffey

Postsecondary Chemistry Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Arguing About a Chemical Change

Use a sample ACT writing prompt in an explore-before-explain instructional sequence to a 9th-grade physical science class to promote student learning and demonstrate that mass is conserved in a chemical reaction ...

By Patrick Brown

High School Chemistry Literacy NGSS Teaching Strategies