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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
There will be an annular solar eclipse on October 14, 2023 and a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 in the US – an Eclipse Double-Header – with everyone in North America seeing at least a partial eclipse....
Blog Post
Future Approaches to Instructional Materials in STEM Education
By Okhee Lee, New York University; Tricia Shelton, NSTA; Scott E. Grapin, University of Miami
Web Seminar
Archive: Science Update: An Eclipse 'Double-Header' is Coming this School Year! August 31, 2023
There will be an annular eclipse this fall and a total eclipse next spring visible in the U.S. Join veteran astronomers and educators Dennis Schatz and Andrew Fraknoi to learn more about what's happening, where the eclipses will be visible, how to vi...
Journal Article
Many undergraduates use research internships to gain experience for graduate school. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs involve heavy research and lab work duties, for which students are often unprepared and lack oppo...
By Adam T. Murry, Nan Yuan, and Dean Atkinson
Journal Article
Teaching Assistant Responses to COVID-19
Undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants (TAs) are tasked with instructing undergraduate courses with little to no professional development (PD). To better develop PD opportunities, it is important to understand the benefits of improving TAs�...
By Cody Smith, Deepika Menon, Annette Wierzbicki, and Jenny Dauer
Journal Article
Immersive Learning Through Experiential Inquiry of a Virtual Epidemic
By Tyler Hansen, Deborah Fields, Amanda Strawhacker, and Yasmin Kafaiy
Journal Article
By Delaney Worthington, Andrew Warnock, Mike Viney, Victoria Jordan, Jennifer Mclean, Karina Hassell, Lynne Judish, and Courtney Butler
Blog Post
Future Approaches in STEM Education
By Okhee Lee, New York University; Tricia Shelton, NSTA; Scott Grapin, University of Miami
Journal Article
Connecting the LGBTQ+ Community With Science Centers and Youth Programs
By Jan Mokros and Jen Tuttle Parsons
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
Archive: Science Update: From Apollo to Artemis: NASA’s Return to the Moon, February 16, 2023
More than 50 years after the Eagle landed at Tranquility Base, NASA has begun its campaign to return astronauts to the surface of our Moon. Named after the mythical twin sister of Apollo, the Artemis program aims to establish a permanent base of oper...
Blog Post
Science Trade Books and the 5E Model: A Mix of the Right Ingredients
By Christine Anne Royce
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 ...

