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Mole Hills Out of Mountains

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Mole Hills Out of Mountains

I would like to find some time-efficient way to have students share their learning or their observations with me (individually) without having to take...

By Gabe Kraljevic

Teaching Strategies

Stimulate Science Learning with Student Debates

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Stimulate Science Learning with Student Debates

The new NSTA Press book ...

By Carole Hayward

Elementary Teaching Strategies

How Can You Assess the Science Your Children Are Doing and Learning?

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How Can You Assess the Science Your Children Are Doing and Learning?

A guest post by Cindy Hoisington (choisington@edc.org), an early childhood science educator and researcher at Education Development Center Inc. in Wal...

By Peggy Ashbrook

Early Childhood Elementary Teaching Strategies

The Vernier Go Direct EKG Sensor: The Heart in Action

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The Vernier Go Direct EKG Sensor: The Heart in Action

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were bro...

By Martin Horejsi

High School Postsecondary Biology Technology

Branches and STEM

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Branches and STEM

I want to know if there are ways to incorporate [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)] into more or all subjects? How would a teac...

By Gabe Kraljevic

STEM Teaching Strategies

Equity in STEM Education: It’s All About Culture!

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Equity in STEM Education: It’s All About Culture!

Guest post by Alicia Santiago When you think about diversity, how does it show itself? When you stand before your students, do the faces looking ba...

By Lynn Petrinjak

Equity STEM

Building STEAM With Model Railroads

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Building STEAM With Model Railroads

Are you a science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) teacher seeking a new way to interest students in these subjects? While model railr...

By Debra Shapiro

STEM Teaching Strategies

Medical Schools Offer STEM Pipeline Programs

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Medical Schools Offer STEM Pipeline Programs

In Newark, New Jersey, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School offers Science, Medicine, and Related Topics, a pipeline program for underrepresented stude...

By Debra Shapiro

Careers STEM

Being Shielded to Avoid A Safety Pickle!

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Being Shielded to Avoid A Safety Pickle!

I. Demonstration Hazards...

By Kenneth Roy

Safety

Coronavirus Meets ... Physics? Making a Biological Topic Fit into a Physics World

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Coronavirus Meets ... Physics? Making a Biological Topic Fit into a Physics World

Author: Stephanie Duke, Physics Teacher and Science Department Chair at Graves County High School in Mayfield, KY...

By Korei Martin

Biology Physics STEM Teaching Strategies

Presenting to Peers

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Presenting to Peers

By Sharon Delesbore

Pedagogy

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What Does It Really Take to Get High School Students to Make Their Ideas Visible?

Asking high school students to reveal what they really think about what causes a natural or designed phenomenon is risky business. Risky in that it re...

By Angie Berk, Jen MacColl and Kristen Moorhead

High School Biology Equity Inquiry Physics Teaching Strategies

Going Public: Revealing Student Thinking in Science by Missy Holzer

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Going Public: Revealing Student Thinking in Science by Missy Holzer

Our classrooms are dynamic places where young learners gather to figure out the natural world. How can we be sure they are all making sense of the phe...

By Kate Falk

Middle School Assessment Equity Inquiry Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

Making Students’ Thinking Visible Through Discussion by Dana McCusker and Marisa Miller

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Making Students’ Thinking Visible Through Discussion by Dana McCusker and Marisa Miller

As the assistant director of science for Mastery Charter Schools I have had the pleasure of working with Dana McCusker and seeing her excellent teachi...

By Kate Falk

Elementary Earth & Space Science Equity Inquiry Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

Explore Before Explain to Engage More Students

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Explore Before Explain to Engage More Students

A new addition to the Instructional Sequence Matters series has arrived!...

By Carole Hayward

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