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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 8, 2025
By Debra Shapiro
Web Seminar
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...
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
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 1, 2025
By Debra Shapiro
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers: June 24, 2025
By Debra Shapiro
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers: June 17, 2025
By Debra Shapiro
Web Seminar Series
Enhancing Instruction with the NSTA Sensemaking Tool
Join us for a dynamic four-part webinar series, scheduled on March 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, where educators will explore how to use the NSTA Sensemaking Tool to give actionable feedback on lessons, and support instructiona...
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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...
Web Seminar
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...
Web Seminar
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...
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What does it take to create a science classroom where students feel empowered to share their ideas, ask questions, and figure things out together? ...
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What makes instructional materials high quality—and how can you tell the difference between a resource that simply covers content and one that truly supports deep, three-dimensional learning?...
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What does it really mean for students to make sense of science?...
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Many educators didn’t experience Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking during their own K–12 education, which makes implementing it in today’s classrooms both challenging and exciting....
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, June 10, 2025
By Debra Shapiro