Total Solar Eclipse
The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 was an experience that totally overloaded the senses, and seemed to blur the line between illusion and reality…
Cereal Boxes, Colanders, and the Total Solar Eclipse
On April 8th, big kids and little kids alike have an amazing opportunity to add some wonder to the old memory bank. If you happen to live in the path of totality, prepare to be amazed! Don’t miss your chance. The next solar eclipse in the US won’t happen for another twenty years!…
Achieving Equity-Mindedness and Meaningful Inclusion in Biology Lessons
The need for student identification and belonging in the scientific community begins in the biology curriculum. This requires equity-mindedness and meaningful inclusion that supports equitable classroom practices and equity science content and pedago ...
Real World Forensics: How to Identify 9/11 Victims Using STR Profile Analysis
Use inexpensive DNA teaching models to help students understand the structure of DNA, chromosomes, genes, and STRs (Short Tandem Repeats). Engage students through phenomenon-based learning to solve the identity of a 9/11 victim using STR profile anal ...
Teaching History and Science Using What? Incorporating Artifacts into Your Lessons
Bring the world into your classroom! Join Bill, Mark, and Andrea in this lively session where they’ll explore how to use actual artifacts to teach science and history. The artifacts may be represented in the textbook and digital program you are using ...
Collecting Data On Hummingbirds and Myself – Students Can Too!
Anusha Shankar has spent 9 years studying how hummingbirds manage their energy and their time. In the process, she started collecting data on herself – especially her moods and what they were influenced by, and her time and how she allocated it. Anus ...
Teaching Phenomena-Based Earth Science Using the Geology of Yellowstone
In this session, we explore a wide variety of earth science phenomena and how to apply these to high school earth science lessons. We tour Yellowstone's unique geologic system and consider how it can form the basis for phenomena-based lessons that wi ...
Teaching the Nature of Science: Strategies and Resources for Student Success
Teaching the Nature of Science is more important than ever. The events of the past year have emphasized the need for greater understanding of science as a way of knowing and how scientific knowledge is developed. Yet teachers still have concerns abou ...
Teaching Phenomena-Based Earth & Space Science
In this session, we explore a wide variety of science phenomena from high school earth and space science and how to apply these to hands-on science lessons. Utilizing resources from National Geographic and the new Earth & Space Science program, w ...
5 Ideas to Teach Science Through Distance Learning
Finding time to engage students in science was already challenging enough before being forced into distance learning by a pandemic. Now with synchronous instruction time with students even less than before when you were in class, it’s nearly impossib ...