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Archive Science Update: Ocean and Coastal Acidification: Building Community Resilience to Our Changing Ocean, March 13, 2025

The ocean acts like a sponge, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Increased absorption by the ocean causes changes to our ocean's chemistry from pole to pole. This is known as ocean acidification. Ocean acidification has regional and local ...

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Archive: Science Update: Making a Marine Debris "MAP": Collecting Marine Debris Data with NOAA's Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project, September 18, 2025

Marine debris is a widespread pollution problem in our ocean and waterways. It can harm wildlife, habitats, and our economy. This issue is human-caused, but it also has human solutions. One of the best tools we have to combat marine debris is underst...

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Archive: Science Update: Exploring the Applications of Low Earth Orbit Observations, May 8, 2025

The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is a joint mission between NOAA and NASA that observes Earth and provides critical data for weather forecasting in addition to many other climate change, agriculture, aviation, and disaster monitoring applicati...

Postsecondary Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Preschool Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science STEM

Learning with AI: The K-12 Teacher’s Guide to a New Era of Human Learning

NSTA Press Book

Learning with AI: The K-12 Teacher’s Guide to a New Era of Human Learning

Unlock the Future of Education with "Learning with AI" Discover how artificial intelligence is transforming education with "Learning with AI," a pivotal co-publication from Johns Hopkins University Press and the National Science Teaching Assoc...

By Joan Monahan Watson

Postsecondary High School Informal Education Technical and Vocational Education Computer Science General Science Mathematics STEM Technology Inquiry Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Careers Disabilities Equity Interdisciplinary New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation Administrators

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Archive Science Update: The Wonderful World of Plasma Physics: From the Birth of Stars to Building Cell Phones, February 20, 2025

What is inside our sun and other stars? What fills up the interstellar space? What is lightning? Trying to answer similar questions that come to the curious mind expanded our understanding of what happens to matter at high enough ...

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

Establishing a Writing Center and Why Science Teachers Need to Be in On It

Journal Article

Establishing a Writing Center and Why Science Teachers Need to Be in On It

To support the development of scientific literacy and student confidence in expressing their ideas and receiving feedback, the first author established a writing center in a large urban fringe high school. Using the peer-assisted learning (PAL) model...

By Althea Roy, Brooke Whitworth

High School Inclusion Interdisciplinary Literacy Teaching Strategies

Gemologist Nathan Renfro

Journal Article

Gemologist Nathan Renfro

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By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers Earth & Space Science Interdisciplinary

Scaffolding an Inquiry-Based Spring Constant Activity for Differentiated Physics Instruction

Journal Article

Scaffolding an Inquiry-Based Spring Constant Activity for Differentiated Physics Instruction

This activity gives students the opportunity to design an experiment, collect data, and solve for the spring constant of different springs. The use of low-cost materials and the inquiry-based structure makes it more accessible for teachers and more e...

By Eric Lindley

High School Inclusion Phenomena Physical Science Teaching Strategies

Unleashing the Power of Differentiation and Inclusivity: Designing a Multidisciplinary Exhibit for Children

Journal Article

Unleashing the Power of Differentiation and Inclusivity: Designing a Multidisciplinary Exhibit for Children

This paper describes the design and implementation of a human-centered multidisciplinary engineering course for high school students. The course was implemented and modified for both in-person and online modalities. Students worked in small groups an...

By Hoda Ehsan, Abeera Rehmat

High School Engineering Inclusion Interdisciplinary Teaching Strategies

Making Motion Meaningful: Mapping Body Movements onto Graphs

Journal Article

Making Motion Meaningful: Mapping Body Movements onto Graphs

The ability to interpret graphs is foundational to understanding many science topics, although mastering this skill can prove challenging to many students. This article illustrates how a lesson on motion graphs was implemented in physical science cla...

By Rebecca Vieyra, Colleen Megowan-Romanowicz, Daniel O'Brien, Chrystian Vieyra Cortés, Mina Johnson-Glenberg

High School Biology Engineering Interdisciplinary Life Science

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