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Archive: Science Update: Space Weather: The Sun, Earth, and You, December 4, 2025

The Sun is constantly churning and bubbling. In addition to the radiation that supports life on Earth, the Sun often releases particles energetic enough to harm Earth-based and near-Earth assets. Just like meteorologists are able to interpret weather...

Postsecondary Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Preschool Astronomy Biology Chemistry Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Life Science STEM

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Archive Science Update: Ocean and Coastal Acidification: Building Community Resilience to Our Changing Ocean, March 13, 2025

The ocean acts like a sponge, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Increased absorption by the ocean causes changes to our ocean's chemistry from pole to pole. This is known as ocean acidification. Ocean acidification has regional and local ...

Postsecondary Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Preschool Biology Chemistry Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Life Science STEM

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Archive: Science Update: Making a Marine Debris "MAP": Collecting Marine Debris Data with NOAA's Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project, September 18, 2025

Marine debris is a widespread pollution problem in our ocean and waterways. It can harm wildlife, habitats, and our economy. This issue is human-caused, but it also has human solutions. One of the best tools we have to combat marine debris is underst...

Preschool Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Biology Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Life Science STEM

Making Motion Meaningful: Mapping Body Movements onto Graphs

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Making Motion Meaningful: Mapping Body Movements onto Graphs

The ability to interpret graphs is foundational to understanding many science topics, although mastering this skill can prove challenging to many students. This article illustrates how a lesson on motion graphs was implemented in physical science cla...

By Rebecca Vieyra, Colleen Megowan-Romanowicz, Daniel O'Brien, Chrystian Vieyra Cortés, Mina Johnson-Glenberg

High School Biology Engineering Interdisciplinary Life Science

“Black is Beautiful”: A Culturally Relevant/Responsive High School Biology Lesson

Journal Article

“Black is Beautiful”: A Culturally Relevant/Responsive High School Biology Lesson

This biology lesson uses the science of central dogma to “critique and question the politics of representation that systematically devalue[s] Blackness” (hooks, 1995, p.131). Students’ understanding of protein synthesis is extended in discussin...

By Eddie Taylor

High School Biology Equity Inclusion Interdisciplinary Life Science

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