Citizen science is a rapidly growing emerging field in science and it is gaining importance in education. Therefore, this study was conducted to document the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of biology teachers who participated in a citizen science project involving observation of wild bees and identification of butterflies. In this paper,…

Described is a program which attempts to prepare teachers in a fashion that approximates the instructional setting which is expected in science classrooms utilizing the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS) programs. It is specifically designed to support the in-service preparation of ISCS teachers. It includes two basic categories of…

In recent years educators and educational researchers in the U.S. have begun to introduce engineering design activities in secondary science classrooms for the purpose of scaffolding science learning as well as supporting such general problem-solving skills as decision making and working in teams. However, such curricula risk perpetuating a…