BSCS ViSTA modules are online, videocase-based materials designed to support teacher learning in preservice teacher education courses or in-service professional development programs. Each module represents approximately 30 hours of learning...
Teacher Resources
BSCS offers a variety of resources for the grades K–college science educator. From handbooks to online professional development, we have tools you can use to improve your inquiry-based science education classroom.
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Across the Sciences (ATS), an online resource for high school teachers, is now available from BSCS! This practical and innovative resource is available for pre-service and in-service teachers instructing multidisciplinary science courses as...
Since it was first released in 1960, The Biology Teacher’s Handbook has been counted among teachers’ most valuable resources. The third edition was published in 1978 and was taken out of print in the mid-1980s. The fourth edition is...
One of the greatest challenges is trying to understand what inquiry is. This is because inquiry is one simple word used to describe a complex set of abilities and ideas about science. Why Does Inquiry Matter? Because that’s What Science is...
In BSCS Science Tracks, students learn basic concepts through engaging experiences that involve them both physically and mentally in the processes of scientific inquiry and technological design. BSCS Science Tracks Handbook: A...
In the late 1990s, Leon Lederman coined the term “physics first” for his proposal that a physics-chemistry-biology sequence of science courses in high school is one that better accommodates the dramatic advances that have occurred in science...
This CD contains a set of engaging activities that align with the 2005 Evolution Symposium organized by BSCS, American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), and National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), which brought together...
The 2005 Evolution Symposium, organized by BSCS, American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), and National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), brought together leading experts and provided science teachers with a general review of...
BSCS teamed up with American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) to present a special evolution symposium at National Association of Biology Teachers’ (NABT) annual convention in Chicago (Fall 2004).
This book presents the...
Developed by BSCS and MW Productions, Galápagos: An Inquiry into Biological Evolution is composed of a multimedia CD-ROM featuring simulated fieldwork in the Galápagos Islands and a student field log that guides students through...
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