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Archive: Science Update: An Eclipse 'Double-Header' is Coming this School Year! August 31, 2023

There will be an annular eclipse this fall and a total eclipse next spring visible in the U.S. Join veteran astronomers and educators Dennis Schatz and Andrew Fraknoi to learn more about what's happening, where the eclipses will be visible, how to vi...

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Learning to Teach with Science Representations

By Meredith Park Rogers, Cindy Hmelo-Silver, Celeste Nicholas, Dionne Cross Francis, and Joshua Danish

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Performance Expectations Professional Learning Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Q: How Does the Sun’s Heat Get To Us Here on Earth?

By Matt Bobrowsky

Elementary Phenomena Physical Science

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Is It A Change?

By Patrick Brown

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Modeling Energy

By Delaney Carone, Ashley Perkins, and Catherine Scott

Elementary Instructional Materials NGSS Physical Science Three-Dimensional Learning

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Come On Feel The Noise

By Ellen Gow, Jerrid Kruse, Susan Wees, Kristy Dee, and Leslie Hernandez

Elementary Inquiry Physical Science Three-Dimensional Learning

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Eco Chess

By Colby Tofel-Grehl, Sarah Braden, Candace Penrod, Laura Wheeler, Tyler Hansen, Andrew Jones, and Clayton Chamberlain

Elementary Interdisciplinary Life Science Physical Science Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Seeing The Light

By Christine Anne Royce

Elementary Literacy NGSS Phenomena Physical Science

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Energy in Its Many Forms

By Heather Pacheco-Guffrey

Elementary Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Pedagogy Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 24, 2023

By Debra Shapiro

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Leadership Matters!

By Page Keeley

Elementary Administrators Advocacy Leadership

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Energy

“Energy is liberated matter, matter is energy waiting to happen.” — Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything ...

By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn

Elementary Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Life Science Physical Science Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 17, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Chemistry Distance Learning Earth & Space Science English Language Learners General Science Inclusion Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Labs Lesson Plans Life Science Literacy Mathematics Multilingual Learners News Physics Professional Learning Research Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 10, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Preschool Administration Careers Computer Science Curriculum Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Engineering Environmental Science Equity Evolution General Science Inclusion Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Learning Progression Life Science News Physical Science Physics Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies

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Laboratory Eye Protection Denial Syndrome

By Ken Roy

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Preschool Safety