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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 22, 2025

By Debra Shapiro

Kindergarten Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary 5E Climate Change Environmental Science General Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Life Science News NGSS STEM Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Archive: Science Update: Bringing Quantum Science to the K-12 Classroom, November 6, 2025

Over the past 100 years quantum mechanics has become central to scientists’ understanding of the physical world: from governing the rules of chemical bonds, to underlying the workings of electronics and computers, to deepening the answers to qu...

Postsecondary Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Pre-service Teachers Preschool Technical and Vocational Education Physical Science Physics STEM Technology

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Archive: Book Beat Live! Encores and Premieres, September 15, 2025

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Preschool Early Childhood Elementary Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers General Science

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Archive: Unlocking Success: A Step-by-Step Guide to NSTA Proposal Submissions, August 19, 2025

Ready to share your best ideas with the science education community? Whether you are considering a session, poster, or workshop, we will break down the submission journey and help you craft a proposal that stands out. In this interactive sessio...

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The Explore-Before-Explain Guidebook for Science Education: Creating High Quality Lessons for the Classroom and Professional Learning

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

Elementary High School Middle School Preschool Curriculum Pedagogy Phenomena Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation Sensemaking

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 1, 2025

By Debra Shapiro

Kindergarten Elementary Middle School High School Careers Climate Change Distance Learning Earth & Space Science General Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans News Physics Professional Learning Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies

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Archive: Enhancing Instruction with the NSTA Sensemaking Tool

Web Seminar 1: Introduction to the NSTA Sensemaking Tool Discover the purpose, design, and structure of the NSTA Sensemaking Tool and how it reflects current research on the instructional shifts needed to teach three-dimensional science. Participant...

Early Childhood Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Review Sensemaking Three-Dimensional Learning

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Archive: Instructional Routines to Support Sensemaking, March 11, 2026

Helping students make sense of complex scientific ideas requires more than just content delivery—it requires purposeful, consistent opportunities for thinking, talking, and connecting ideas. Instructional routines are structured, repeatable str...

Postsecondary Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School General Science Three-Dimensional Learning Administrators Sensemaking

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Archive: Learn and Lead: How to Support Teachers Making the Shift to 3D Teaching and Learning, January 21, 2026

As science education evolves, the shift toward three-dimensional (3D) teaching and learning—integrating disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices—represents a transformative opportunity for educ...

Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Sensemaking Three-Dimensional Learning

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Archive: Learn and Lead: What is 3D Learning? Practical Guidance for Leaders, October 29, 2025

Three-dimensional (3D) learning is at the heart of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and today’s science education reform—but what does it really look like in classrooms, and how can leaders support its implementation system wi...

Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Sensemaking Three-Dimensional Learning

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Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Building a Culture of Sensemaking: Creating Classrooms Where Student Thinking Drives Learning, August 27, 2025

What does it take to create a science classroom where students feel empowered to share their ideas, ask questions, and figure things out together? ...

Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Sensemaking Three-Dimensional Learning

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