There was an opinion piece in the New York Times on Sunday by Thomas Friedman entitled Teaching for America. On the front page on the Times website, the article title was Teaching to Win. Friedman's article is supportive of current reform efforts, and the charge that...
The dinosaur footprint puzzle is an interesting way to engage students in an investigation and discussion of dinosaurs. The footprint puzzle is an activity that has been used by science teachers for a long time. It was first used in the text Investigating the...
Perhaps one of the most important roles that science teachers play, apart from helping their students become excited about and learn science, is being a mentor to an apprentice or beginning teacher. My own experience in the mentoring process was as a beginning...
I received an email from the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation announcing that they are now accepting applications for its prestigious KSTF Teaching Fellowships. Renewable for up to five years and valued at up to $150,000, the highly competitive Fellowships support...
Yesterday I wrote about the drive to "standardize" curriculum in the U.S. through the implementation of Common Core Standards. Already, we have the Common Core Standards in Mathematics and Reading, and National Research Council has hired Achieve (the same...
Last week this question appeared on the NARST (National Association for Research in Science Teaching) Discussion List: Can anyone suggest a resource (or resources) that addresses the problem of how to engage resistant in-service science teachers to experiment with...
