Winter officially begins during the third week of each December in North America. This calendar event known as the solstice is marked as the sun briefly “stands still” as its position in the sky reaches the greatest distance from the earth. This celestial alignment is experienced as the shortest day of the year by people […]

NSTA’s Science Scope is a peer-reviewed journal for middle level and junior high school science teachers. In the November 2008 issue authors Kerri Richardson, Catherine Matthews and Catherine Thompson offered on-the-ground insights into why proportional reasoning is particularly important for middle school teachers to understand in order to instruct their students in developing inquiry skills. […]

“Youth Voices” is an open call from WGBH Teachers’ Domain for ideas from 13-18 year olds who would like to produce video segments about climate change. “Youth Voices” will kick off in January, with a series of three informative webinars for student filmmakers. To find out more check out WGBH […]