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NSTA Virtual Conference: Connecting In-school and Out-of-school STEM Learning and Teaching, December 7, 2019

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NSTA Virtual Conference: Connecting In-school and Out-of-school STEM Learning and Teaching, December 7, 2019

Blended STEM learning experiences that connect in-school and out-of-school learning are a key recommendation in the recently released America’s Strategy for STEM Education: Creative, blended educational opportunities that combine elements from t...

Elementary High School Middle School STEM

Encouraging Students to Engage in Argument With Evidence

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Encouraging Students to Engage in Argument With Evidence

When I first began to shift my curriculum to support the Next Generation Science Standards, I was a bit overwhelmed!...

By Michelle Monk

High School Equity Inclusion Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

Arguing From Evidence to Discover the ‘Why’

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Arguing From Evidence to Discover the ‘Why’

In my science classroom, students look at evidence all the time. Sometimes it is in photos or videos; sometimes in charts and graphs; and sometimes we generate our own data through investigations. A more traditional approach previously used is asking...

By Rebecca Schumacher

Middle School Elementary High School Administration Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Equity General Science Inclusion Inquiry NGSS Policy Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

What Will Be Your Legacy as a Science Teacher?

Notes from the field editor ...

By Ann Haley Mackenzie

High School Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Crosscutting Concepts as Productive Ways of Thinking

Tips and techniques for creative teaching ...

By Vicente Talanquer

High School Crosscutting Concepts NGSS Pedagogy

Journal Article

An Interview With Cognitive Scientist Lindsay Portnoy

Cognitive scientists study how people learn. This type of knowledge can be applied in a diverse array of fields, ranging from advertising to journalism and academia. Lindsay Portnoy is a lecturer at Northeastern University’s Graduate School of Educ...

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers Interdisciplinary

Journal Article

Exploring Cell Biology Through a Silent Teaching Film From 1929

Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress ...

By KALEENA BLACK

High School Biology Instructional Materials

Designing Engineering Projects That Teach Science Concepts by Cory Culbertson

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Designing Engineering Projects That Teach Science Concepts by Cory Culbertson

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the engineering projects in my courses. On the surface, they don’t seem like something I need to worry about. My students love these projects and talk about them all year. My administration likes the student-...

By Cory Culbertson

High School Disciplinary Core Ideas Engineering NGSS Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies

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