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Zer Vue; Chia Vang; Celestine N. Wanjalla; Andrea G. Marshall; Kit Neikirk; Dominique Stephens; Sulema Perales; Edgar Garza-Lopez; Heather K. Beasley; Annet Kirabo; Yelena Janumyan Doe; Desmond Campbell; Letimicia Fears; Ahmad Alghanem; Estevão Scudese; Beverly Owens; Derrick J. Morton; Clintoria R. Williams; Zachary Conley; Hinton Antentor Jr. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Physiology is an important field for students to gain a better understanding of biological mechanisms. Yet, many students often find it difficult to learn from lectures, resulting in poor retention. Here, we utilize a learning workshop model to teach students at different levels ranging from middle school to undergraduate. We specifically designed…
Descriptors: Workshops, Physiology, Science Education, Hands on Science
Deon T. Miles – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Students in a typical instrumental analysis course may learn more than 30 analytical techniques. There are more than 150 components associated with the instrumentation that they learn. To help students organize this large amount of information, we classified these components into four categories: sources, samples, discriminators, and detectors. In…
Descriptors: Pictorial Stimuli, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Science Education
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Elizabeth Ayers – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2024
Cognitive processes such as learning and thinking are theorized to be an interaction between the mind, body, and environment in four ways: embodied, embedded, enacted, and extended. Collectively, these four types represent the four "E"s of cognition. The "Next Generation Science Standards" has called for curricular reform that…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Science Education, Environment, Handheld Devices
Parra, Jessica Zlockie – Geography Teacher, 2019
A lot of the activities of daily living require energy, playing video games, making dinner, turning on the lights, using a computer, and perhaps even brushing our teeth requires energy. In this unit students discover what energy is, think about where it comes from, analyze options for making energy evaluate feasibility in different parts of the…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Lesson Plans, Energy, Elementary School Teachers
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Bergman, Daniel – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2020
The Periodic Table of Elements is a valuable resource for chemists and all kinds of STEM professionals. However, it can be initially overwhelming and intimidating to some students. This hands-on lesson introduces abstract concepts in the periodic table through a tangible experience with simple toys and household objects. Students collaborate and…
Descriptors: Toys, Manipulative Materials, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Diaz, Maria Eugenia – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2019
This qualitative study explores the in- and out-of-school experiences that could have influenced elementary preservice teachers? beliefs and attitudes toward learning and teaching science. Participants were 126 Latina/o EC-6 preservice teachers in the context of a 16-week undergraduate level elementary methods course. Data sources consisted of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes, Beliefs
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Parsons, Allison Ward; Bryant, Camille Lawrence – Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Early, effective instruction to introduce both science vocabulary and general academic language may help children build a strong conceptual and linguistic foundation for later instruction. In this study, a design research intervention was employed to expose children to a variety of interrelated science content words to increase both the breadth…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Vocabulary
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Daneshamooz, Saeed; Alamolhodaei, Hassan; Darvishian, Saeed; Daneshamooz, Soniya – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The project team gathered data with the assistance of Recreational and Cultural Organization of Mashhad Municipality, Organization of Mashhad Municipality and Science and Astronomy Science Center of Mashhad Municipality, Khorasan Razavi, Islamic Republic of Iran. This paper discusses the effect of science center on attitude of students who visit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teaching Centers, Scientific Attitudes, High School Students
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Riedinger, Kelly – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2015
In this exploratory case study, I investigated the ways that youth engaged in negotiating their identity during learning conversations at an informal science education camp. In particular, I was interested in exploring the ways that youth positioned themselves within their learning group and how this influenced their identities as learners of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Identification (Psychology), Science Education, Informal Education
Tuchscherer, Tyson – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2010
The Calculator Controlled Robots activities are designed to engage students in hands-on inquiry-based missions. These activities address National science and technology standards, as well as specifically focusing on mathematics content and process standards. There are ten missions and three exploration extensions that provide activities for up to…
Descriptors: Graphing Calculators, Educational Technology, Robotics, Discovery Learning
Vogt, Gregory L.; Rosenberg, Carla R., Ed. – 1993
Rockets have evolved from simple tubes filled with black powder into mighty vehicles capable of launching a spacecraft out into the galaxy. The guide begins with background information sections on the history of rocketry, scientific principles, and practical rocketry. The sections on scientific principles and practical rocketry are based on Isaac…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Hands on Science, Integrated Activities
Banilower, Eric R.; Fulp, Sherri L.; Warren, Camille L. – Horizon Research, Inc. (NJ1), 2008
This report summarizes the activities and findings of the external evaluation of the "Science: It's Elementary" (SIE) program in the period June 2007 through May 2008. The SIE program is managed by ASSET Inc. and overseen by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. SIE is an initiative aimed at improving elementary science instruction…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Cohort Analysis, Elementary School Science, Strategic Planning
Newman, Dianna L.; O'Connell, Raymond W. – 1997
This document reports on the first year of a three year course of study for high school students in New York state known as the Science Research Program (SRP). SRP affords students the opportunity to conduct scientific research in conjunction with research scientists and professionals in the field. The program implementation incorporates the…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Hands on Science, High Schools, Higher Education
Johnson, Harriet Lynn – 1991
Teachers agree that utilizing a laboratory method of teaching is both expensive and time consuming. In addition to the cost of materials, one must consider the provision of laboratory facilities and the amount of teacher and laboratory assistant time needed for preparation, facilitation, and clean-up. The need to maximize learning while minimizing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Science, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstrations (Educational)
Basham, Laura B. – 1994
Fourth-grade students (83% of whom were identified as "at risk") in an inner-city school in the southeastern United States participated in a hands-on, interdisciplinary unit about the environment for 2 weeks. Lessons covered a wide range of environmental issues such as pollution, rainforest devastation, recycling, and Earth appreciation.…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Attitude Change, Classroom Research, Elementary School Science