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Web Seminar
Are you planning to submit a session, poster, or workshop proposal for educator sessions at the National Conference on Science Education? NSTA conferences offer valuable experiences that place the needs of educators front and center, providing an inv...
Web Seminar
The editors of the January/February 2023 issue of The Science Teacher join us to discuss the Special Issue on Immunology. The issue provides space for sharing current teaching strategies and tools for teaching about epidemics and viruses. W...
Web Seminar
Archive: Science Update: Europa Clipper: Exploring an Ocean World, May 11, 2023
In this web seminar, a team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will share information about the exciting Europa Clipper mission that will explore Jupiter’s moon Europa. Launching in 2024, Europa Clipper will study Europa’s icy surface and su...
Web Seminar
The FDA recently updated the requirements for nutrition labeling that appear on most packaged food products. This presentation will review the major changes in the Nutrition Facts label, explain why they were necessary, and describe how the label can...
Web Seminar
Our oceans are filled with items that do not belong there. Huge amounts of plastics, metals, rubber, textiles, lost fishing gear, abandoned vessels, and many more items enter the marine environment every day. This makes marine debris one of the most ...
Web Seminar
Archive: Science Update: Food Agriculture – The Plant Scientist’s Toolbox, March 9, 2023
Humans have used a variety of ways to modify food crops to suit our needs and tastes for more than 10,000 years. Over this time, the plant scientists’ toolbox has grown: first with “traditional” tools (like cross-breeding, selective breeding, a...
Journal Article
Connecting pH and Molarity to Health Care
Given the recent state of social distancing, the online lab experience discussed in this article offers an economical and versatile approach to online undergraduate chemistry lab instruction. With videoconferencing software, this experience is easily...
By Angela L. Mahaffey
Journal Article
Physical and life science disciplines emphasize how basic structural units influence function, yet it is challenging for students to understand structure-function relationships, particularly at molecular scales. Undergraduates in our biology capstone...
By Robin Forbes-Lorman, Michele Korb, Amy Moser, Margaret A. Franzen, and Michelle A. Harris
Web Seminar
Archive: Exploration Generation: Sensemaking in Rocketry, November 9, 2022
This web seminar will introduce teachers to the Exploration Generation Middle School Playlist and Unit Plan. These instructional materials provide equitable STEM experiences to students and increase educator confidence in teaching rocketry. Explore c...
Journal Article
Catalyzing the Advancement of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Chemical Education
Only a relatively small number of students from underrepresented groups enter the field of chemistry, complete their degrees, and enter the workforce. There are ethical and practical concerns when we lose out on diversifying the chemical sciences and...
By Reginald Rogers and Todd Pagano
Journal Article
An argumentative writing prompt model is presented for use in a general chemistry class designed for nonscience major students. The purpose of this instructional model is to support students with rich experiences to strengthen their conceptual unders...
By Claudia Aguirre-Mendez and Ying-Chih Chen

