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As districts develop plans for their 2020-21 school year, science educators will play an important role in educating students about COVID-19 and the u...

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Lesson Plan

How Can We Tell What Season It Is?

Early Childhood Elementary Informal Education Crosscutting Concepts Earth & Space Science Is Lesson Plan Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices

NSTA Press Book

Once Upon a Physical Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers

Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. The authors of this book have been in your shoes. These experienced science teachers...

By Jodi Wheeler-Toppen, Matthew Hackett, Karen Kraus

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Web Seminar

Archive: Back to School with NSTA, NSELA, and CS3, August 20, 2020

The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), the National Science Education Leadership Association, and the Council of State Science Supervisors ...

Postsecondary Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Pre-service Teachers Preschool General Science

Lesson Plan

How Can a Helicopter Fly on Mars?

Early Childhood Elementary Middle School Informal Education Aerospace Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Engineering Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Physics Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Empathy in Action

By Mallory Tuominen

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Engineering Inquiry Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Codesigning With Indigenous Families and Educators

By Carrie Tzou, Elizabeth Starks, Meixi, Amanda Rambayon, Sara Marie Ortiz, Shawn Peterson, Paradise Gladstone, Ellie Tail, Arianna Chang, Elise Andrew, Xochitl Nevarez, Ashley Braun, Megan Bang

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