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Journal Article
Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
Journal Article
The Poetry of Science: Citizen Science
Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. Talking about this poem shows how regular people can join with scientists to study nature and observe p...
NSTA Press Book
A Joint publication of Corwin and NSTA Press...
By Alan Colburn
NSTA Press Book
Big Data, Small Devices: Investigating the Natural World Using Real-Time Data
Now your students can transform their mobile phones and tablets into tools for learning about everything from weather to water quality. Big Data, Smal...
By Donna Governor, Michael Bowen, Eric Brunsell
NSTA Press Book
Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices
When it’s time for a game change, you need a guide to the new rules. Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engi...
By Christina V. Schwarz, Cynthia Passmore, Brian J. Reiser
Journal Article
Learn how rural students in Kentucky shared their classroom knowledge by presenting on health topics and new technologies at flea markets, swap meet...
By Robin Cooper, Kim Zeidler, Diane Johnson, and Jennifer Wilson
Journal Article
STEM Learning Across Boundaries
It’s important to acknowledge that words matter in research communities. Bronwyn Bevan discusses the language surrounding in-school and out-of-sch...
By Bronwyn Bevan
Journal Article
Modeling Collaboration for Learning
The Science Museum of Minnesota’s offers a well-developed model for implementing the Engineering is Elementary curriculum in Minnesota school dist...
By Lauren Causey, Shannon McManimon, and Emily Poster
Journal Article
SciGirls Strategies aims to increase the number of high school girls recruited to and retained in nontraditional, technical STEM pathways. The program...
By Rita Karl, Bradley McLain, and Alicia Santiago
Journal Article
Skynet Junior Scholars (SJS) is an online astronomy program that allows youth to conduct inquiry-based investigations. This article describes the SJ...
By Kathryn Williamson, Sue Ann Heatherly, Vivian Hoette, Eva Erdosne Toth, and David Beer
Journal Article
Professional Development Disguised as Museum Outreach
Exploration Place shows how its educators embedded professional development into elementary classrooms in Wichita, Kansas. ...
By Jan Luth, Kimberly McDowell, and Laurel Zhang
Journal Article
Through a business funded collaborative, this Research Experience for Teachers program involves businesses, schools, and a museum to give teachers f...
By Robert Payo and Meg John
Journal Article
Working Together for Test Success
Sky Ranch Outdoor Education program shows how it collaborates with formal educators to enhance student test scores and achieve its program outcomes....
By Dan Carpenter and Todd Witt