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Journal Article

High School Science and Engineering Fairs: Lessons Learned

By Frederick Grinnell and Simon Dalley

High School Informal Education Inquiry Labs NGSS Research Science and Engineering Practices STEM Three-Dimensional Learning

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Engaging Students in Scientific Practices With the Notebooks of Alexander Graham Bell

By Peter DeCraene

High School Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Physical Science Physics

Journal Article

Career of the Month: Astronomer

Astronomers study objects that are outside of the Earth’s realm, such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies. Chris Carilli is an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), which operates the National Science Foundation’s Kar...

By Luba Vangelova

High School Astronomy Careers

Journal Article

Hair-Raising Fun!

By Sherab Tenzin, Mihye Won, and David Treagust

High School Assessment General Science Lesson Plans Pedagogy Physical Science Physics Research Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

CCE For Me: Students Demand High-Quality Climate Change Course Offerings

By Timothy E. Muhich and Richard B. Rood

High School Climate Change Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Literacy Phenomena Policy STEM

Journal Article

What If?

By Alicia Boisvert

High School Assessment Biology Climate Change Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum English Language Learners Evolution Instructional Materials Life Science NGSS Phenomena

Journal Article

Using Adapted Primary Literature in the Science Classroom

By Miranda Wilson and Tanya Dimitrova

High School Interdisciplinary Literacy Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Three Steps to Making Assessment Simpler and More Relevant

By KenT Lui

High School Assessment Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

The Importance of Gusto in Teaching Gems

By Paul G. Hewitt

High School Physical Science Physics Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Tests, Quizzes, Exams … Oh My!

By Ann Haley MacKenzie

High School Assessment Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

Blog Post

Safety Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Ken Roy

Middle School High School Postsecondary General Science Safety

Web Seminar

Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Start of School: Effective Discourse Strategies for Creating Inclusive Science/STEM Classrooms, September 20, 2022

This web seminar by members of NSTA’s Professional Learning Committee is designed to help teachers deepen their understanding of the effective and practical strategies to facilitate academic discourse that promotes inclusive science and STEM classr...

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary General Science

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: Space Telescope Discoveries of Today and Tomorrow, December 1, 2022

Astronomers have been launching space telescopes above the obscuring effects of the Earth’s atmosphere for decades. Since 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has re-written textbooks and inspired the public with stunning images of the universe. In Jul...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Astronomy Earth & Space Science Engineering STEM