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Journal Article

Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning

This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the typical college setting. Student development of such abilities is essential for sound decision making...

By Kathleen Koenig, Krista E. Wood, Larry J. Bortner and Lei Bao

Postsecondary Chemistry Curriculum Labs Physics Research Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Moving Continents

By Jeff D. Thomas, Sally Valentino Drew and Kelsey Constantino

Earth & Space Science Inquiry Labs NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Count Birds for Science This Winter With Project FeederWatch

By Jill Nugent

Middle School Biology Citizen Science General Science Interdisciplinary Labs

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Surface-X

By Daniel McKinney

High School 5E Careers Crosscutting Concepts Engineering Instructional Materials Labs Lesson Plans NGSS Physical Science Physics Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Technology Three-Dimensional Learning

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Get the Scoop on Soil Microbes

By Jill Nugent

High School Citizen Science Earth & Space Science Labs

Journal Article

Conducting Science Labs in a Virtual World

By Denise Wright

Inclusion Labs Teaching Strategies Technology

Reports Article

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, October 27, 2020

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Biology Chemistry Climate Change Disabilities Earth & Space Science Environmental Science General Science Inclusion Interdisciplinary Labs Lesson Plans Life Science News Professional Learning old STEM Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Surveying the Safety Culture of Academic Laboratories

The university traditionally has been the foundation for young adults’ professional development, yet the proclivity toward safety culture has garnered less focus in higher education than in the workforce. A survey of faculty at a medium-sized, rese...

By Emily Faulconer, Zachary Dixon, John C. Griffith, and Hayden Frank

Postsecondary Labs Safety

Journal Article

Qualitative Analysis of Ray Optics in a College Physics Laboratory: A 5E Lesson

This paper describes an alternative approach to teaching and learning practices in an undergraduate physics laboratory. The instructor plans and implements the 5E instructional model into the laboratory instruction. The article includes an example ...

By Ozden Sengul

Postsecondary 5E Labs Physics

Journal Article

Earthworm Distribution in the Schoolyard Ecosystem

By Lauren Reuss and Gaston Small

Middle School Biology Labs Life Science

Journal Article

Planting 3D Instruction in Your Classroom

By JONATHAN BOWERS AND LISA KENYON

Middle School Labs Physical Science

Journal Article

Finding Team Clean

By KATHRYN A. BALDWIN, R. LANCE POTTER, ELI HOLM, KAT HALL, BRIAN WALKER, AND REBECCA HANSEN

Middle School Environmental Science Labs

Journal Article

Army Ants and Their Guests

By TAMASHI HETTIARACHCHI, VICTORIA M. SCHILLING, TODD CAMPBELL, JANE O’DONNELL, AND JANINE CAIRA

Middle School Biology Earth & Space Science Labs

Journal Article

Messy Data, Real Science

[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 scientific questions pertinent to their...

By AMY HAMMETT AND CHAD DORSEY

High School Biology Climate Change Computer Science Labs Life Science