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Archive: Book Beat Live! Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning into the K-2 Classroom, October 20, 2021

Young children come to school with a natural curiosity, along with a collection of ideas, experiences, and interests, that are tailored to the exploratory nature of STEM. Teachers can leverage these students' assets and foster shared classroom experi...

Early Childhood Elementary STEM

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Archive: November 2021: Developing a Competitive Application for Shell Teaching Awards, November 3, 2021

Shell Science Teaching Award: This award recognizes one outstanding classroom science teacher (K–12) who has had a positive impact on his or her students, school, and community through exemplary classroom science teaching. K–12 classroo...

Middle School Elementary High School General Science

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Archive: October 2021: Developing a Competitive Application for the Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge, October 21, 2021

Are you a K-12 teacher that works near a Shell asset? If so you could win a science classroom makeover. The Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Competition recognizes exceptional and innovative science educators for their exemplary approaches t...

Middle School Elementary High School General Science

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Freebies for Science Teachers, August 31, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Preschool Administration Aerospace Biology Chemistry Citizen Science Curriculum Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Engineering Environmental Science General Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Life Science Literacy Mathematics News Physical Science Physics Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies

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How Can Technology Help Reduce Our Waste?

Elementary Climate Change Earth & Space Science Engineering NGSS Performance Expectations Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom

By Alison Haas, Jennifer Whitten, and Carol Biskupic Knight

Elementary Computer Science Disciplinary Core Ideas Multilingual Learners Environmental Science Interdisciplinary NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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A Thrilling Roller-coaster Ride

By Dena Harshbarger and Joseph Wiechman

Elementary 5E Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Engineering NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Three-Dimensional Learning

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Learning the Temperature Dependency of Matter by Making Ice Cream

By Patrick Brown

Elementary 5E Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Three-Dimensional Learning

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Not Your Average Parachute

By Kelsey Lipsitz, Fred Stein, Lynn Rankin, Barry Kluger-Bell, and Rachel Jordan

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, August 24, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Aerospace Biology Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Equity General Science Inclusion Inquiry Interdisciplinary Life Science Mathematics New Science Teachers News Professional Learning old STEM

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Motivating Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions

By Tara A.W. McGill, Gail Housman, and Brian J. Reiser

Elementary Pre-service Teachers Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Interdisciplinary Physical Science Three-Dimensional Learning

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Mesozoic Measurement

By Laura B. Schneider and Angelique Kelly

Elementary 5E Earth & Space Science Pedagogy Three-Dimensional Learning

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Poetry in Three Dimensions

By Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

Elementary Literacy Physical Science

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Rubber Ducky Helps With Science

By Christine Anne Royce

Early Childhood Elementary 5E Literacy Physical Science