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NSTA Press Book
This guidebook uses an Explore-before-Explain instructional sequence to help you facilitate the design of active meaning-making lessons in science....
By Patrick Brown
NSTA Press Book
Productive Uncertainty in Science Education: Engaging Students in Meaningful Science Practice
Productive Uncertainty in Science Education provides the support that teachers and students need for more complex science investigations....
By Eve Manz
NSTA Press Book
Making Sense of Sensemaking: Designing Authentic K–12 STEM Learning Experiences
Dive into the transformative world of science education with this groundbreaking guide (K–12). In Making Sense of Sensemaking, readers will learn how to navigate the journey from traditional teaching to a dynamic, student-centered approach tha...
By TJ McKenna
NSTA Press Book
Model-Based Inquiry in Chemistry: Three-Dimensional Instructional Units for Grades 9-12
Transform your chemistry lessons from abstract concepts into engrossing learning experiences that help high school students understand what happens in the world. You can do it with Model-Based Inquiry in Chemistry: Three-Dimensional Instructional Uni...
By Todd Campbell, Ron Gray
NSTA Press Book
Wild Wonderings: Scientists and Their Questions
Click here to view video of Wild Wonderings Let your curiosity run wild! This lively book will inspire you to ask questions like scientists do. Why? Because questions can lead you to amazing discoveries. Like what? Like when theoretical physicist ...
By Jessica Fries-Gaither
NSTA Press Book
Learning with AI: The K-12 Teacher’s Guide to a New Era of Human Learning
Unlock the Future of Education with "Learning with AI" Discover how artificial intelligence is transforming education with "Learning with AI," a pivotal co-publication from Johns Hopkins University Press and the National Science Teaching Assoc...
By Joan Monahan Watson
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 2: 30 New Formative Assessment Probes
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By Page Keeley
NSTA Press Book
Creating and Using Instructionally Supportive Assessments in NGSS Classrooms
Imagine handing out assessments that spark enthusiasm rather than dread. In six easy-to-follow steps, this book empowers science teachers to create tasks that guide students to use their knowledge, not just memorize facts. The NGSA design process tra...
By Christopher Harris, Joe Krajcik, James Pellegrino
NSTA Press Book
Leadership by and for Science Teachers
Imagine having the opportunity to hear from 21 colleagues about their personal leadership journeys—and to get their advice. Leadership by and for Science Teachers is just such an opportunity. Author Rodger Bybee provides the insights and inspiratio...
By Rodger Bybee
NSTA Press Book
There’s a lot to love about this newly expanded book in the Picture-Perfect Science series: You can combine STEM and reading through appealing lessons that are just right for your second-grade students. Also, reading comprehension strategies are em...
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
Model-Based Inquiry in Biology: Three-Dimensional Instructional Units for Grades 9-12
This book is your chance to shift the emphasis of your high school biology curriculum away from “we need to learn about this topic in order to do well in class” to “we need to figure out why or how things happen in the world.” Using the book�...
By Ron Gray, Todd Campbell
NSTA Press Book
Activating Students' Ideas: Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence, K-5
Science teachers face an incredible challenging task of combining research on how students learn best, the three dimensions of the Science Education Frameworks that in themselves are complicated to understand, and instructional sequences that lead to...
By Patrick Brown, Page Keeley
NSTA Press Book
There’s a lot to love about this newly expanded book in the Picture-Perfect Science series: You can combine STEM and reading through lively lessons that are just right for your first-grade students. Also, reading-comprehension strategies are embedd...
NSTA Press Book
There’s a lot to love about this newly expanded book in the Picture-Perfect Science series: You can combine STEM and reading through lively lessons that are just right for your kindergarten students. Also, reading-comprehension strategies are embed...
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the Three Dimensions
Since its release in 2014, the NSTA Quick-Reference Guide has become an essential tool for educators across the country to explore the complex structure of three-dimensional standards, including the performance expectations (PEs) that integrate parti...
NSTA Press Book
Science Notebooks in Student-Centered Classrooms
Thinking made visible: That’s what happens when elementary students record their thoughts in science notebooks. This practical guide shows how notebooks can become a tangible record of their emerging understanding of and proficiency in science. Stu...
By Jessica Fries-Gaither
NSTA Press Book
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12: Explore-Before-Explain in Physical Science
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12 is the one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine your approach to high school physical science. The book discusses the 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate) as a specific pathw...
By Patrick Brown
NSTA Press Book
Crosscutting Concepts: Strengthening Science and Engineering Learning
Maybe you have a good grasp of disciplinary core ideas and science and engineering practices—critical parts of the Next Generation Science Standards—but you are looking for more resources about integrating crosscutting concepts (CCCs). Or maybe y...
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2, Second Edition: 25 More Formative Assessment Probes
“Leave no alternative science idea unchallenged!” could be the slogan of this second edition of Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2. Like the others in the bestselling series, this book is loaded with classroom-friendly features to pinp...
By Page Keeley
NSTA Press Book
Once Upon a Physical Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers
Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. The authors of this book have been in your shoes. These experienced science teachers know what it’s like to work with students who struggle to understand their science texts. Once Up...
By Jodi Wheeler-Toppen, Matthew Hackett, Karen Kraus
NSTA Press Book
A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish....
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish. ...
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish. ...
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish....
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish....
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish....
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
Universal Design for Learning Science: Reframing Elementary Instruction in Physical Science
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Here’s good news: With this practical book, you can learn from experienced elementary school educators about how to make physical science both challenging and accessible f...
By Deborah Hanuscin, Delinda van Garderen
NSTA Press Book
Novel Engineering, K–8: An Integrated Approach to Engineering and Literacy
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.With the Novel Engineering approach, “students become excited about what they are reading, writing, designing, and building! This excitement in turn helps them make stride...
By Elissa Milto, Merredith Portsmore, Mary McCormick, Jessica Watkins, Morgan Hynes
NSTA Press Book
Healthy Living, Grade 10: STEM Road Map for High School
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.What if you could challenge your 10th graders to develop a product or process that helps people embrace diet and exercise and has a positive impact on society? With this vol...
NSTA Press Book
A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish. ...
By Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan
NSTA Press Book
Human Impacts on Our Climate, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School
New in 2020!What if you could challenge your sixth graders to come up with a way to help tackle climate change in their own community? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Human Impacts on Our Climate outlines a journe...
NSTA Press Book
The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.A key aspect of learning in K–12 education is the idea that what students know and are able to do grows and evolves over time. Simple ideas learned in the early elementary...
By Ted Willard
NSTA Press Book
STEM, Standards, and Strategies for High-Quality Units
New in 2020!Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Do you, your school, or your school district want to align your science curriculum with state standards while meeting the growing demand for STEM instruction? If so, this is ...
By Rodger Bybee
NSTA Press Book
The Changing Earth, Grade 8: STEM Road Map for Middle School
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.What if you could challenge your eighth graders to help people recognize the inherent risks of living in a region that’s prone to flooding, earthquakes, and volcanoes? Wit...
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Have you been wondering how well your students understand engineering and technology concepts? Have you been wishing for formative assessment tools in both English and Spani...
By Page Keeley, Cary Sneider, Mihir Ravel
NSTA Press Book
Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom
New in 2020!“Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom is a critically important contribution toward advancing STEM teaching and learning. It blazes a trail for early elementary classroom practitioners to reflect the latest th...
By Jo Anne Vasquez, Michael Comer, Jen Gutierrez
NSTA Press Book
Scientific literacy for all students requires a deep understanding of the three dimensions of science education: disciplinary content, scientific and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts. If you actively engage students in using and apply...
By Page Keeley, Joyce Tugel
NSTA Press Book
Creating Engineering Design Challenges: Success Stories From Teachers
If you’ve ever wished for advice you can trust on how to make science and math more relevant to your middle or high school students, Creating Engineering Design Challenges is the book for you. At its core are 13 units grounded in challenge-based le...