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.
This post, written by Lesley Anderson, 2021-2022 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, will provide ideas on how to help students learn about Thomas Edison and the phonograph.
Einstein Teacher Fellow Peter DeCraene explores how newspapers use imagery and analogies to help readers understand large numbers and make them more accessible.
In this post by Einstein Teacher Fellow Lesley Anderson see how a historic image of the solar system can help engage students in the study of the universe.
