This blog post is by Jessica Fries-Gaither, a 2024-2025 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the Library of Congress. It is one in a series exploring how to analyze primary sources through the three-dimensions of the National Research Council’s “A Framework for K-12 Science Education” and the Next Generation Science Standards. How clean is your …
While sailors have traversed the ocean for centuries, many details of the ocean floor were a mystery until Marie Tharp and her colleague, Bruce Heezen, created a map of the ocean floor. Deepen students' understanding of plate techtonics through an exploration of that map.
This post is excerpted from a reflection submitted by Janine D’Elia, a science educator from Virginia, who participated in a 2023 summer teacher institute at the Library of Congress. Applications for the summer 2024 onsite institutes are open until February 16.
Join us at the National Science Teachers Conference in Atlanta, Georgia and learn more about the resources the Library of Congress has that support science education.
Teaching with Primary Sources Intern Celia Roskin shares science learning activities to engage students with primary sources from the 1918 influenza pandemic in comparison with 2020-2021’s coronavirus pandemic.
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will host its annual conference in St. Louis on April 11-14 and there are many ways for attendees - and everyone - to learn more about what the Library of Congress offers to science teachers.
Talking with science teachers at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference last month reminded me that a couple of years ago the Library of Congress hosted a Teacher in Residence with a background in science.
The Library of Congress will be at the National Science Teachers Association National Conference in Los Angeles, California, from March 30 through April 1, 2017. Stop by booth #2158 to discover how to access these primary sources as well as pedagogical strategies to help students analyze them.
Scientific investigations with plants are a staple in elementary school classrooms. Young learners study plant structures and functions, what plants need to grow, how plants reproduce and pass on genetic information, and how matter and energy move in ecosystems. As they learn core scientific ideas, students should simultaneously engage in the practices of scientists. Historic photographs can serve as windows into planning and carrying out scientific investigations.
