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Archive: Exploration Generation: Sensemaking in Rocketry, November 9, 2022

This web seminar will introduce teachers to the Exploration Generation Middle School Playlist and Unit Plan. These instructional materials provide equitable STEM experiences to students and increase educator confidence in teaching rocketry. Explore c...

Middle School Informal Education Aerospace Chemistry Engineering Mathematics Physical Science Physics STEM

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“It's Okay That You Add Your Touch”: Fostering Imagining and Creating Through STEAM Education

By Megan McKinley-Hicks, Ariella F. Suchow, Kadahj A. Bennett, Lyndsay Allyn Cox, Genelle Faulkner, Meghan Hill, Michael Barnett, and Helen Zhang

Middle School Informal Education Equity Interdisciplinary NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

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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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Citizen Science Framing and Delivery Models: Impacts on Young People’s Environmental Science Learning

By Jessica Wardlaw, Ana Benavides-Lahnstein, Lucy Robinson, Julia Lorke, Sasha Pratt-Taweh, Maryam Ghadiri Khanaposhtani, Heidi Ballard, and Victoria Burton

Informal Education Citizen Science Environmental Science Learning Progression Research

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Location, Location, Location!

By Beth Murphy

Informal Education Environmental Science STEM

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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

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Community-Informed STEM Teaching Strategies for Early Childhood Educators During COVID

By Tarana Khan, Cindy Beckett, Susana Beltran-Grimm, and Suzie Hicks

Early Childhood Informal Education Curriculum Professional Learning STEM Teaching Strategies

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Touching the Solar System: A Project-Based Learning Astronomy Program for Students With Visual Impairments

By Stephen Kortenkamp, Jinseok Park, Tasnim Alshuli, Garrison Tsinajinie, Sanlyn Buxner, Irene Topor, and Sunggye Hong

Informal Education Astronomy Disabilities Inclusion NGSS STEM

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The Engaging Value of Engineering Activities: Actionable Insights From Research

By Cary Sneider and Mihir Ravel

Informal Education Engineering Instructional Materials Research STEM Teaching Strategies

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The Power of Families and Community

By Beth Murphy

Informal Education STEM

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Teacher-Learning, Meaning-Making, and Integrating ISE Practices in Diverse Urban Classrooms

By Jennifer D. Adams, Amy DeFelice, and Susan McCullough

Informal Education STEM

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Young Mathematicians: A Successful Model of a Family Math Community

By Kristen Reed and Jessica Mercer Young

Early Childhood Elementary Informal Education Preschool Instructional Materials Mathematics Professional Learning Research STEM

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Partnering With Our Food Pantry to Distribute At-Home STEM Kits

By Elegan Kramer

Informal Education Equity Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Literacy STEM

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Archive: Science Update: Earthquakes: What’s Shakin? September 15, 2022

Did you feel it? An earthquake is a shaking movement of the Earth’s Crust as stress overcomes friction. This web seminar will provide basic background to help attendees make sense of this natural phenomenon.  Earthquakes, what they are, w...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Computer Science Earth & Space Science Engineering Mathematics Technology