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Lesson Plan

Why Do Fireflies Light Up?

By Rita Januszyk and Alison Haas

Elementary Life Science NGSS

Lesson Plan

Needs of Seeds

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seeds. The probe is designed to find out what students think most seeds need to germinate. ...

By Page Keeley

Elementary Assessment Life Science

Blog Post

Teaching About How Scientists Work—With a Focus on Claims-Evidence-Reasoning

By Matthew Bobrowsky

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Assessment General Science Inquiry New Science Teachers NGSS Preservice Science Education Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Archived Conference Session

The Kavli Foundation Keynote Presentation: The Story of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt: How Science Progresses. Engage Fall 2020

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Earth & Space Science General Science

Reports Article

Freebies for Science Teachers, June 8, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Postsecondary Preschool 5E Careers Chemistry Citizen Science Climate Change Computer Science Curriculum Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Engineering General Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Life Science News Physical Science Physics STEM Teaching Strategies

Archived Conference Session

Featured Presentation: Science Is All Around Us - Miss America - Engage Keynote Fall 2020

By Camille Schrier (Miss America 2020 and Biochemist: Sewell, NJ)

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Postsecondary STEM

Journal Article

NGSS Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer rich opportunities for both science and language learning. This article presents science and language instructional shifts, grounded in the NGSS and contemporary thinking in second language acquisiti...

By Alison Haas, Jennifer Whitten, and Carol Biskupic Knight

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts Earth & Space Science Multilingual Learners NGSS Pedagogy Three-Dimensional Learning

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: Parker Solar Probe Close Up View of the Sun’s Environment, November 18, 2021

Launched on 12 August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is venturing closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft. It is revolutionizing our understanding of the long-standing mysteries of the near-Sun environment. The new science data show new phenom...

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Astronomy Chemistry Earth & Space Science Engineering Physics STEM Technology

Reports Article

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 1, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Astronomy Chemistry Climate Change Computer Science Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Environmental Science General Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Life Science Literacy Mathematics New Science Teachers News NGSS Physical Science Physics Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Technology

Reports Article

Freebies for Science Teachers, May 25, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Biology Careers Citizen Science Climate Change Curriculum Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Multilingual Learners Environmental Science Equity General Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Life Science News NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

Web Seminar

Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Making the Most of EdReports’ Resources, June 9, 2021

EdReports is a nonprofit organization that provides free reports on the quality and alignment of instructional materials in mathematics, English Language Arts, and science, as well as professional development on high quality instructional materials a...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Middle School General Science

Reports Article

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, May 18, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Preschool Assessment Biology Climate Change Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Engineering Environmental Science Equity General Science Inclusion Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Life Science Mathematics News NGSS Professional Learning old Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning