Evolution: Education and Outreach
In 2000, Lawrence Lerner and the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation reviewed state science standards in 49 states and the District of Columbia, specifically with respect to the coverage of evolution. We repeat his survey for all current standards publicly available as of May 2009 and discuss the history...
Resource Type: Education Reports, Professional Resources
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
A list compiled by the Operation Physics Elementary / middleschool physics education outreach project of the American Institute of Physics.
Resource Type: Education Reports, Professional Resources
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Ohio State University (OSU)
In this article, we discuss some common misconceptions about weathering and erosion, volcanoes, and earthquakes. We also provide tools for formative assessment and ideas for teaching the correct scientific concepts.
Resource Type: Education Reports, Professional Resources
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE)
The purposes of this paper are to exam online Internet content of an Earth and environmental science (EES) course and determine if the format and design of the Internet content is appropriate for students with visual disabilities. The course used external Web sites on the Internet as the main...
Resource Type: Education Reports, Professional Resources
University of Minnesota (UM)
This report lists misconceptions on: science itself; earth's setting; earth's structure; plate tectonics; earthquakes; mineral and rock terms; volcanoes; paleomagnetism; ocean systems; river systems; deserts; groundwater and karst systems; glacial systems; climate; and greenhouse warming.
Resource Type: Education Reports, Professional Resources
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
The Science Teacher
The following list of Earth science misconceptions, compiled from surveys and misconception research, may provide a starting point for discovering and contending with student misconceptions. 
Resource Type: Education Reports, Professional Resources
Grade Level: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
This report lists common misconceptions about solar-terrestrial physics. The misconception is given along with a detailled description of the correct processes.
Resource Type: Education Reports, Professional Resources
Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
A new report from the Board on Testing and Assessment and the Board on Science Education, Assessment and the Next Generation Science Standards, describes the types of new assessments that will be needed to gauge student progress. The committee recommends a systems approach, one that uses a range of...
Resource Type: Education Reports, Professional Resources
United States Department of Education (ED)
Mapping the Nation is an interactive map that pulls together demographic, economic, and education indicators—nearly one million data points—to show that the United States is a truly global nation.
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National Research Council (NRC)
This report presents a summary of the presentations and discussions from the workshop. The chapters do not directly follow the order of the sessions. Instead, the presentations and discussions at the workshop are grouped by topic. Chapter 1 addresses the rationale for the workshop. Chapter 2...
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