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The NCCSTS Case Collection, created and curated by the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, on behalf of the University at Buffalo, contains nearly a thousand peer-reviewed case studies on a variety of topics in all areas of science.

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Increase Student Understanding of How the World Works

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The Farmer in the Lab

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Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices

Free chapter: “Developing and Using Models”

Helping Students Make Sense of the World

Disciplinary Core Ideas: Reshaping Teaching and Learning

Free chapter: "Core Idea PS4: Waves and Their Applications In Technologies for Information Transfer"

Disciplinary Core Ideas

A Head Start on Science, Second Edition: Encouraging a Sense of Wonder

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A Head Start On Science

Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes

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Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, K–2: Using Children’s Books to Inspire STEM Learning

Free chapter: Preface and “Robots Everywhere”

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Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, 3–5: Using Children’s Books to Inspire STEM Learning

Free chapter: Preface and “The Inventor’s Secret”

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Novel Engineering, K–8: An Integrated Approach to Engineering and Literacy

Free chapter: Introduction to Novel Engineering

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Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Teacher Edition

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Toward High School Biology

Argument-Driven Inquiry in Earth and Space Science: Lab Investigations for Grades 6–10

Free Chapter: Lab 7. Formation of Geologic Features: How Can We Explain the Growth of the Hawaiian Archipelago Over the Past 100 Million Years?

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Discovery Engineering in Biology: Case Studies for Grades 6–12

Free chapter: The Triumph of the Pika: Understanding Environmental Impacts on Species

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