Teaching Science in Diverse Classrooms: Real Science for Real students (2nd edition)

Chapter 18: Can't We Just Teach the Science? 03.06.2025 10:59 ↓

Understanding the current attention to equity in science education.

Chapter 17: The Toughest Year So Far 01.06.2025 16:50 ↓

Teaching science in an era of turbulence and trauma.

Chapter 16: Notes from a Classroom Visit 25.05.2025 24:51 ↓

Putting ideas into practice as a new science Teacher.

Update on the Second Edition 30.04.2025 1:36 ↓

Coming soon—the second edition of Teaching Science in Diverse Classrooms. With three new chapters!

Afterword: Good Reasons for Becoming a Science Teacher 14.09.2020 5:04 ↓

An appeal for more people to consider science teaching as a career. (An earlier version of this essay was published on the op-ed page of the Newark Star-Ledger.)

Chapter 15: Playing School vs. Doing Science 14.09.2020 14:30 ↓

Providing all students with access to the means of knowledge generation.

Chapter 14: Teaching at the Boundaries of Our Knowledge 06.09.2020 17:24 ↓

Being knowledgable enough about what we teach to not feel like a fraud.

Chapter 13: The Black Belt Science Teacher 05.08.2020 19:45 ↓

Differentiation and a speculative learning progression for science teachers. 

Chapter 12: Mentoring New Science Teachers 29.07.2020 18:30 ↓

Novices get better when we support them with good feedback. An earlier version of this essay appeared as "10 Things to Know About Mentoring Student Teachers" in the April 2013 edition of  Phi Delta Kappan magazine

Chapter 11: Observing Candles and Classrooms 22.07.2020 19:45 ↓

Learning from other teachers by withholding judgment

Chapter 10: Before Today, I Was Afraid of Trees 15.07.2020 19:40 ↓

Rethinking nature deficit disorder in diverse classrooms. An earlier version of this essay appeared in Fall 2011 issue of the magazine Rethinking Schools.

Chapter 9: In Praise of Field Trips and Guest Speakers 08.07.2020 13:30 ↓

Bringing the inside-out and the outside-in for science learning

Chapter 8: Eyes Like a Scientist 01.07.2020 10:41 ↓

Framing safety as part of scientific practice for students.  

Chapter 7: What if the Stork Carried 20-sided Dice? 24.06.2020 11:08 ↓

On the Use of Models and Simulations as Tools for Thinking

Chapter 6: Reconsidering labs & demonstrations for doing model-based inquiry 17.06.2020 19:50 ↓

Don't throw away those owl pellets just yet.

Chapter 5: HeLa Cells, High-Speed Chases, and Other Essential Questions 10.06.2020 9:21 ↓

Because science class should not be a trivia game. This episode explores what it means to use an essential question in teaching science, and how this can connect to teaching science for social justice.

Chapter 4: Responding to Student Questions Without Giving Answers 04.06.2020 17:30 ↓

"Maybe it will just have to remain a mystery forever." This episode tells the story of Mr. Teague, and how he doesn't answer questions in his physics classroom.

Chapter 3: Every Misconception a Shiny Pebble 28.05.2020 5:19 ↓

Glimpsing Beautiful and Productive Extensions of Prior Knowledge

Chapter 2: Eliciting Students' Ideas 28.05.2020 10:46 ↓

Student Ideas as the Raw Material of Science Teachers’ Work

Chapter 1: Aiming for Culturally Relevant Science Teaching 27.05.2020 16:40 ↓

An Argument for Meeting Our Students Where They Are

Introduction 27.05.2020 12:04 ↓

Teaching Real Science to Real Students: On Being a Thoughtful Science Teacher and Doing a Good Job