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White, Holly; Lally, Diane; Forbes, Cory T. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2022
Groundwater is a critical component of the global water cycle and standards-based topic within science education. However, students articulate an array of ideas about groundwater systems, including their natural and human elements. One way to support students' learning about groundwater systems is through the use of data-driven, computer-based…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Grade 7, Science Process Skills
Grooms, Jonathon; Fleming, Kevin; Berkowitz, Alan R.; Caplan, Bess – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Rarely are scientific phenomena isolated to a single discipline such as biology, chemistry, physics, Earth science, or others. Rather, these phenomena span multiple disciplines and often require bringing together content and understandings from multiple disciplines to engage with or explain the target phenomena. This study uses a model-based…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Science, Interdisciplinary Approach, Chemistry
Ebert, James R.; Dolphin, Glenn; Bischoff, Paul – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2023
Three cohorts of six pre-service Earth Science teachers (undergraduate majors in Earth Science Education) participated in summer research experiences focused on developing dynamic physical models of Earth processes to help middle and high school students understand complex concepts and confront misconceptions. The pre-service teachers used…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Student Experience, Earth Science
Bhattacharya, Devarati; Carroll Steward, Kim; Forbes, Cory T. – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
In this mixed method study, we analyse the effectiveness of two pedagogical approaches -- one model-based and another non-model-based -- for developing secondary students' understanding of the phenomenon of increase in Earth's average surface temperatures, a core dimension of global climate change (GCC). Building on past research on teaching and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Davis, Amanda; Gray, Ron – Science Teacher, 2018
December 26, 2004 was one of the deadliest days in modern history, when a 9.3 magnitude earthquake--the third largest ever recorded--struck off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia (National Centers for Environmental Information 2014). The massive quake lasted at least 10 minutes and devastated the Indian Ocean. The quake displaced an estimated…
Descriptors: Seismology, Foreign Countries, Natural Disasters, High School Students
Rates, Christopher A.; Mulvey, Bridget K.; Feldon, David F. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2016
Components of complex systems apply across multiple subject areas, and teaching these components may help students build unifying conceptual links. Students, however, often have difficulty learning these components, and limited research exists to understand what types of interventions may best help improve understanding. We investigated 32 high…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Systems Approach, High School Students, Simulation
Gafney, Leo – Online Submission, 2017
This report is based on several evaluations of NSF-funded geoscience projects at Stony Brook University on Long Island, NY. The report reviews the status of K-12 geoscience education, identifying challenges posed by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the experiences of university faculty engaged in teacher preparation, state…
Descriptors: Science Education, Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation
Gregory, Christine – Science Teacher, 2012
In this article, the author describes the "Be your own groundhog" project in her grades 9-12 Earth and environmental sciences courses, in which students use citizen science databases to research the physical changes that signal the arrival of spring. This project starts with a simple question, "When will spring spring?" This goes beyond the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
Gagnon, Valoree; Bradway, Heather – Science Scope, 2012
For many years, Earth science concepts have been taught as thematic units with lessons in nice, neat chapter packages complete with labs and notes. But compartmentalized Earth science no longer exists, and implementing teaching methods that support student development of holistic understandings can be a time-consuming and difficult task. While…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Earth Science, Current Events, Science Instruction
Sneider, Cary; Stephenson, Chris; Schafer, Bruce; Flick, Larry – Science Teacher, 2014
A "Framework for K-12 Science Education" identified eight practices as "essential elements of the K-12 science and engineering curriculum" (NRC 2012, p. 49). Most of the practices, such as Developing and Using Models, Planning and Carrying Out Investigations, and Analyzing and Interpreting Data, are well known among science…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Science, Thinking Skills, Computation
Rivet, Ann E.; Kastens, Kim A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
In recent years, science education has placed increasing importance on learners' mastery of scientific reasoning. This growing emphasis presents a challenge for both developers and users of assessments. We report on our effort around the conceptualization, development, and testing the validity of an assessment of students' ability to reason around…
Descriptors: Science Education, Earth Science, Logical Thinking, Grade 9
Bikson, Tora K.; Kalra, Nidhi; Galway, Lionel A.; Agnew, Grace – RAND Corporation, 2011
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) National Science Digital Library/Distributed Learning (NSDL) program turned 10 years old in 2010. This report presents results of a preliminary program evaluation carried out by RAND and is organized around three principal goals: (1) Provide an initial evaluation of NSDL based on existing information…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, STEM Education, Program Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Feldman, Allan; Cooke, Michele L.; Ellsworth, Mary S. – Science Teacher, 2010
For scientists, the sandbox serves as an analog for faulting in Earth's crust. Here, the large, slow processes within the crust can be scaled to the size of a table, and time scales are directly observable. This makes it a useful tool for demonstrating the role of inquiry in science. For this reason, the sandbox is also helpful for learning…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Activities, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Lin, Fu-Ren; Hsieh, Lu-Shih; Chuang, Fu-Tai – Computers & Education, 2009
As course management systems (CMS) gain popularity in facilitating teaching. A forum is a key component to facilitate the interactions among students and teachers. Content analysis is the most popular way to study a discussion forum. But content analysis is a human labor intensity process; for example, the coding process relies heavily on manual…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Online Courses, Earth Science, Classification
Landstrom, Erich – Science Teacher, 2006
A few kilometers from the shores of Palm Beach County, Florida, is the Gulf Stream current--a remarkable "river" within an ocean. The current's journey across the Atlantic Ocean connects southeast Florida and southwest Great Britain as it streams steadily north at speeds of 97 km a day; moving 100 times as much water as all the rivers on…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Foreign Countries, Earth Science, Constructivism (Learning)