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Modeling Astronomy was developed in collaboration with the Global Hands On Universe project. The story line has four major models, each framed by a driving question: How do we measure space? [...]

Marta teaches physics and a little bit of chemistry and earth science just outside of St. Paul, Minnesota. She has been using Modeling Instruction since 2014. Marta writes about her teaching at [...]

On August 29th AMTA launched a new event: Virtual Happy Hour! Every once in a while we just need to kick back and talk with other members of “our tribe”…so once each week [...]

Improving STEM Education is Arizona with SB 1038   So, if you have not heard, the Arizona legislature this past session passed a bill called SB 1038. The Act’s official title is the “Arizona [...]

Laura Lawrence- Asheville School Science Instructor and Director of Professional Development What am I missing?  This was the nagging question I asked myself a few years ago during the exam [...]

May 2017 AMTA Member Spotlight From: http://www.westvalleyview.com/articles/2017/03/22/la-joya-community-hs-physics-teacher-honored Submitted by Glenn Gullickson on 03/22/2017 It’s not always all [...]

The “Course-Pak” combines worksheets, readings, and the student’s lab notebook into a single resource to support classroom modeling instruction. As a familiar, textbook-like [...]

By: Laura Swiatek, Sarah Palmer, Marc Ehrhardt, Keith Frase We are four chemistry teachers in a suburban high school coming from very diverse experiences: some immediately began their careers in [...]