When I was teaching AP Environmental Science in Houston, Texas, one of my biggest frustrations was air quality. It's one of the most relevant, student-facing topics in the entire curriculum—my students lived in a city with real air quality issues...
Getting students genuinely curious about optics can be a challenge. But when they can point to the lens in their smartphone camera, the prescription in their glasses, or the aperture on a DSLR and say "I understand how that works"—that's when the ...
What if your students could build a wind turbine, optimize it through real investigation, and use it to pump water uphill—all while covering circuits, electromagnetism, energy transfer, and engineering design in one connected renewable energy...
Students observe motion constantly—objects falling, rolling, colliding—but making sense of why that motion looks the way it does can be challenging. Why does a dropped phone fall straight down, while a ball launched from a table foll...
Black History Month offers a powerful opportunity to celebrate historical milestones as well as highlight Black scientists and engineers who are shaping the world right now. From vaccine development and climate justice to clean energy and cancer res...
Beer’s law is a cornerstone of high school and introductory college chemistry—but it’s often taught with chemicals that require extra safety considerations and disposal planning. After teaching Beer’s law for decades using traditional compou...
2025 has been a year of momentum and meaningful progress. We grew our Trendsetters Community, launched remote logging for Go Direct® sensors, and added new sensors to our lineup. We also continued modernizing our suite of analysis apps to give educ...
From everyday activities like opening a door or riding a bike to more complex applications like designing safer cars or propelling rockets into space, force impacts countless aspects of our daily lives. Yet, for many students, force remains an abstr...
If you’ve ever tried to explain acids and bases and gotten blank stares, it might be time to bring in the hot sauce. I was inspired by this year’s National Chemistry Week theme, “The Hidden Life of Spices,” to cook up a new Vernier activity,...
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are essential concepts in any biology class, but because they’re abstract, they’re often tricky for students to grasp. As a former biology educator, I know how challenging it can be to help students move b...