Welcome to the Science Education Research Guide! Using this guide you can learn how to find:
Check out the CSULB Library Science, Engineering & Math Weblog/RSS Feed
California Department of Education Science Content Standards (http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/index.asp)
The Why Files: Science behind the News (http://whyfiles.org)
Weekly articles write to explain the science in todays most current events. You can browse archives or search for topics. They have also be organized to match science standards and include a bibliography with articles and links.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (http://www.enc.org/)
"Provides the best selection of math and science education resources on the internet"
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/)
A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
National Center for Science Education (http://www.natcenscied.org/)
"A nonprofit, tax-exempt membership organization working to defend the teaching of evolution against sectarian attack. We are a nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and 'scientific creationism' out."
SEGway Science Education Gateway (http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/segway/)
"SEGway is a national consortium of scientists, museums and educators working together to bring the latest science to students, teachers, and the general public."
Smithsonian Education (http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/index.html)
"Teaching materials from the worlds largest museum complex."
Librarians Index to the Internet (http://lii.org/search/file/scitech)
A listing of science sites selected by librarians. LII "provide(s) a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources, serving California, the nation, and the world." You can search for websites, too.
Project Interactivate (http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/)
"The goals of Project Interactivate are the creation, collection, evaluation and dissemination of interactive java-based courseware for exploration in science and mathematics."
Visionlearning (http://www.visionlearning.com/)
"Visionlearning is a new educational resource for faculty and students. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Visionlearning provides high-quality science learning modules that have been shown to be more effective than traditional textbooks in teaching science." Some sections require free registration.
Science Service (http://www.sciserv.org/)
"Science service is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the understanding and appreciation of science among people of all ages through publications and educational programs." Website includes Science News Online, sponsored science fairs, list of science training programs and more.
The Whys Guy (http://www.hep.uiuc.edu/home/mats/whysguy.html)
This website archives video clips from TV show spots from a physics professor at University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Mat Selen about science, astronomy and physics.
National Science Resources Center (http://www.nsrconline.org/)
"The National Science Resources Center (NSRC) provides leadership, services and products for improving the learning and teaching of science." It has three centers including the Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER) Center, the Professional Development Center, and the Curriculum Development Center.
Science for the Fun of It (http://www.lib.virginia.edu/science/resources/scifun.html)
The website from the University of Virginia Science and Engineering Libraries lists over 100 links to "whimsical and unusual scientific websites of all varieties suitable for all ages."
Science Demonstrations (http://www.chem.umn.edu/outreach/Demos.html)
Website from the University of Minnesota Chemistry Outreach Program has directions from over 40 different scientific demonstrations.
Exploratorium (http://www.exploratorium.edu)
Website of the San Francisco museum of science, art and human perception. Explore online exhibits such as the accidental scientists, global climate change, sport science, solar activity, perception, language, and more. Also has a section devoted to teachers including a digital library of 3,000 images and movies and spotlights on current events.
Also try the Science Explorer with over 50 experiments.
--Iron Science Teacher at the Exploratorium. Watch 25+ webcasts of competitions based on the popular cooking show, Iron Chef. Contestants (Science teachers) are given an ingredient and must create a science or math lesson using that ingredient-examples include food coloring, chocolate, tennis balls, kitty liter, PVC pipe, pumpkins, hot dogs, and much more.
WISE: Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (http://wise.berkeley.edu/)
"WISE is a simple yet powerful learning environment where students examine realworld evidence and analyze current scientific controversies," for grades 5-12.
GEM: Gateway to Education Materials (http://www.thegateway.org/)
Search for science projects and experiments based on topic or grade level.
Howtoons (www.howtoons.org)
One-page comics with projects for kids from making ice cream, marshmellow shooter or a soda bottle rocket and much more.
Dr. Jay's Science Problem of the Week (http://www.highschoolscience.com/sqotw.html)
Explore the weekly science problems geared mainly toward ages 13 through 18.
Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) (http://www.astc.org/)
"ASTC is an organization of science centers and museums dedicated to furthering the public understanding of science among increasingly diverse audiences."
Biology Browser (http://www.biologybrowser.org/)
Explore this well organized and easy to use directory of links organized by organism, subject, or geography. Includes daily biology news updates and changing featured websites.
Office of Science Education at the National Institutes of Health (http://science.education.nih.gov/)
"The Office of Science Education plans, develops, and coordinates a comprehensive science education program to strengthen and enhance efforts of the NIH to attract young people to biomedical and behavioral science." Includes links to science projects and resources for teachers.
Bug Bios: Shameless promotion of insect appreciation (http://www.bugbios.com)
"This site aims to help you really see insects for the miniature marvels they represent and to understand how intertwined our cultures have become with these creatures."
Guide to the Animal Kingdom for Students and Educators - BIOSIS(http://www.biosis.org/free_resources/classifn/classifn.html)
Connect with links organized using a "simplified (and somewhat abbreviated) classification scheme for the whole animal kingdom. It allows you to easily position an animal group within the overall scheme of things, and link to related information."
The Biology Project (http://www.biology.arizona.edu/)
"The Biology Project, an interactive online resource for learning biology, developed at the University of Arizona...is fun, richly illustrated, and tested on 1000's of students." It has designed for biology students at upper levels.
National Human Genome Research Institute (http://www.genome.gov/)
"The National Human Genome Research Institute led the Human Genome Project for the National Institute of Health, which culminated in the completion of the full human genome sequence in April 2003." Find information about the project and future research.
The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education (http://medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html)
Website with "over 1900 images along with text, tutorials, laboratory exercises...that demonstrate gross and microscopic pathologic findings associated with human disease conditions."
Yuckiest Site on the Internet (http://www.yucky.com)
A site full of entertaining and interesting facts about some yucky things such as digestion, hiccups, circulation, dandruff, ear wax and much more. Also includes worm world, roach world, games and more.
United State Geological Science Learning Web (http://www.usgs.gov/education/)
"The Learning Web is dedicated to K-12 education and lifelong learning. Explore things on, in, around and about the Earth, such as land, water, plants, animals, and maps.
National Park Service: Geology (http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/education/)
Learn about using National Parks to teach geology including fossils. Website has a glossary, teacher guides, kids books, maps, images, and more from National Parks around the United States.
EarthGuide (http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/)
This huge site from Scripps Institution of Oceanography is an "educational resource in Earth and Environmental science for both students and teachers," includes links to news, guides, maps, games, and much more.
Chemistry.org (http://www.chemcenter.org/portal/Chemistry)
Website from the American Chemical Society (ACM) designed for teachers and students with articles, links, and resources.
Home Experiments (http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/HOMEEXPTS.HTML)
Collection of easy experiments that teach chemistry and physics concepts by Bassam Shakhashiri, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
NASA's Education Resources (http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html)
"Cyber-gateway to information regarding educational programs and services offered by NASA for educators and students cross the United States."
NASA Learning Technologies Project, Internet projects to explore NASA
NASA Television, view live special events and space shuttle mission coverage
NASA CORE, use to buy NASA-produced multimedia materials
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Education Gateway (http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/)
Explore JPL as "NASA's Lead center for the robotic exploration of space. JPL's unique missions and projects cover a broad range of topics including Earth science, robotics, spaceflight, the origins of life, the universe, and the solar system." The educational materials are linked to JPL's mission and projects, such as the Mars Rovers.
Who Is the Scientist? (http://www-ed.fnal.gov/projects/scientists/school.html)
Learn about children's misconceptions of scientist at the Fermilab.
How Stuff Works (http://www.howstuffworks.com/)
Huge website that gives clear, understandable explanations of how things work including computers, tattoos, nuclear bombs, rainbows, cloning, fireworks, the sun, earthquakes, roller coasters, batteries, electric cars, and much more. Includes some pop up ads.
Math Forum (http://mathforum.org/)
Website hosted by Drexel University is "a leading center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet. The Math Forum's mission is to provide resources, materials, activities, person-to-person interactions, and education produces and services that enrich and support teaching and learning in an increasingly technological world."
The National Math Trail (http://www.nationalmathtrail.org/)
"The National Math Trail is an opportunity for K-12 teachers and students to discover and share the math that exists in their own environment." Students create math problems and teachers can post them and related material on the site. Can be searched by topic.
Foot Rule: Unit Conversions (http://www.footrule.com/)
Includes conversions between units both standard and metric as well as a periodic table, and a page of scientific constants.
COAST is the CSULB library catalog. Use to find books, CD's, DVD's, videos, children's books, and more available in the CSULB Library.
Start with a keyword search using key terms on your topic. Also try a subject search using Library of Congress Subject Headings. Use the title or author search if you know the exact title or author's name. Do not search for journal articles in COAST. Need books to use in your classroom? You can search CSULB's Children's collection.
COAST search examples:
A keyword search on science AND education brings over 1300 records.
A subject search on Science -- Study and teaching brings 130 records.
A subject search on Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) brings 122 records.
Once you have results from your search, click on a title and write down the location and call number. Check the status, if it says "check shelf," go get the book!
If the book is unavailable (missing, lost, unavailable, or a date appears in status) click on Repeat search in LINK+ in the top toolbar. This checks other libraries. If the books is available, you can request the book and it will arrive at CSULB within 2-4 days (for free!).
(need Library Password to connect from home?)
1.) Search a database or index to find citations of articles that are on your topic. (What is a citation?)
Hint: For academic research you want to stick with scholarly articles published in journals like Journal of Science Education and Technology as opposed to news type articles in magazines like Newsweek. Some databases will allow you to limit your search to scholarly articles (also called peer-reviewed, juried, or refereed) by checking a box or selecting from a menu.
Start with these online databases:
ERIC (instructions)
--References to thousands of educational topics. Provides access to: Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE), indexing approximately 750 journal and serial publications, and Resources in Education (RIE), covering many different types of documents including lesson plans, research/technical reports, etc.
--Covers 1966 to present and is updated monthly
Academic Search Complete (instructions)
--General subject database containing indexing and abstracts for over 3,000 journals, with many dating back to 1985. Academic Search Complete also provides full-text data for over 1,800 journals, with some information dating back to 1985.
--Updated daily
Use additional Education databases
Print Indexes
Use for finding older articles not covered in the online databases.
The Education Index (1929 to date) L11.E3
2.) Get the article (Follow these steps until you have the article in hand):
a.) Some articles will be available in full-text or PDF format by simply clicking a link right in the database.
b.) If no link in database, click the SFX 
link which searches for the article in all CSULB databases. (If no SFX button use COAST, journals to search for the journal title.)
c.) Click the link with Full text available via ... to access the article electronically.
d.) If the SFX box says "No electronic full text available at CSULB Library" we do not have electronic access. Click on Check for holdings in COAST, the CSULB catalog to find the print article. Check the year and write down the location, call number and the ENTIRE citation (author, title, journal title, volume, number, year, pages) from the database and go find the article in the Library.
e.) If there is not a link in the SFX box to COAST, we do not have access to the journal. You can still request the article through Illiad Interlibrary Loan in 5-10 days. If you are in a hurry, you can check other nearby library's catalogs and go to that library to get the article.
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Brief list of Science Education Journal Titles |
Location of Print |
Dates available electronically |
Indexed By |
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American biology teacher |
H 1 A'O (1938 to present) |
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American physics teacher |
QC 1 A47 (1940 to 2003) |
Scitation (1999 to present) |
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Environmental education research |
ASE (1995 to 6 months ago) |
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International journal of science education |
ASE (1999 to 1 year ago) |
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Journal of biological education (British) |
ASE (1990 to present) |
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Journal of chemical education |
QD 1 J93 (1925 to present) |
Online (1996 to present) |
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Journal of college science teaching |
Q 183 U6J68 (1973 to present) |
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Journal of environmental education |
S 946 E54 (1971 to 2003) |
ASE (1994 to present) |
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Journal of research in science teaching |
Q 181 J6 (1963 to 2003) |
Wiley (1976 to present) |
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Journal of science education and technology |
Kluwer (1996 to present) |
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Journal of science teacher education |
Kluwer (1996 to present) |
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Physics education |
QC 30 P48 (1974 to present) |
EBSCO (1966 to present) |
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Physics teacher |
LB 1648 P45 (1963 to present) |
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Research in science education |
Kluwer (1996 to present) |
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Science activities |
ASE (1990 to present) |
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Science and children |
LB 1585 S35 (1963 to present) |
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Science & education |
Kluwer (1996 to present) |
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Science education |
Q 1 S385 (1942 to 2003) |
Wiley InterSci (1997 to present) |
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Science scope |
LB 158.3 M52 (latest 2 years) |
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Science spin |
MAS Ultra (2003 to present) |
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The science teacher |
Q 181 S38 (1937 to present) |
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School science and mathematics |
Q 1 S28 (1901 to 2003) |
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Super science (Blue ed.) |
Primary Search (1998 to present) |
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Technology & children |
ASE (2001 to present) |
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Technology & learning |
LB 1028 43 C53 (1991 to 1998) |
ASE (1993 to present) |
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Technology teacher |
LC 1081 M25 (1983 to 1992) |
ASE (1993 to present) |
Free Electronic Science Education Journals
CITE Journal: Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (http://www.citejournal.org)
"The Cite Journal is an online, peer-reviewed journal, established and jointly sponsored by five professional associations (AMTE, AETS, NCSS-CUFA, CEE and SITE)."
Electronic Journal of Science Education (http://unr.edu/homepage/jcannon/ejse/ejse.html)
Free, peer reviewed journal covering information and research related to science education issues, K-16. Unfortunately hasn't been updated since 2002, but plans are in place to bring it up to date this year.
Learning Environments Research- A full-text online journal (http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1387-1579)
"Learning Environments Research publishes original academic papers dealing with the study of learning environments, including theoretical reflections, reports of quantitative and qualitative research, critical and integrative literature reviews and meta-analyses, discussion of methodological issues, reports of the development and validation of assessment instruments, and reviews of books and evaluation instruments."
Electronic Green Journal (http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/)
"The Electronic Green Journal provides peer-reviewed articles, book reviews, news, and information on current printed and electronic sources concerning international environmental topics."
"Teaching Math and Science" CQ Researcher (need Library Password?)
This issue of CQ Researcher from September 2002 including background, outlook, chronology, a bibliography and more. Click on CQ Researcher and type teaching science into the left side search box.
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