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Journal Article
Youth in Science Action Club (SAC) use citizen science to investigate nature, document their discoveries, share data with the scientific community, and design strategies to protect the planet. Through collaborations with regional and national partn...
By Laura Herszenhorn, Katie Levedahl, and Suzi Taylor
Journal Article
The Center for Global Soundscapes developed a five-day camp program for students with visual impairments that follows an inquiry-based learning approach to explore concepts fundamental to soundscape ecology. ...
By Maryam Ghadiri, Dante Francomano, Kristen Bellisario, and Bryan Pijanowski
Journal Article
A New Year for Connected Science Learning
Connected Science Learning Editor Dennis Schatz provides readers with news about behind-the-scenes updates for the journal....
By Dennis Schatz
Journal Article
PEEP and the Big Wide World is a public television show and website devoted to engaging preschool-aged children in developmentally appropriate science. PEEP’s newest effort is to address the needs of home-based, family childcare educators, who pr...
By Borgna Brunner
Journal Article
The Science Center of Iowa in Des Moines began an on-site preschool shortly after its doors opened in 1970, inspired by the founders’ belief in the importance of science education for early childhood learners. ...
By Amber Forrest, Jolie Pelds, and Renee Harmon
NSTA Press Book
Adventures With Arthropods: Eco-Friendly Lessons for Middle School
If you’ve ever wished you could teach with tarantulas—or roly polys, or Madagascar hissing cockroaches—this is the resource for you. It tells how to help middle schoolers get up close and personal with amazing arthropods, the bugs that make up ...
By Ron Wagler
Journal Article
Increasing STEM Outcomes Through Quality Collaborations
Discover how early childhood faculty at the University of Memphis launched a new collaborative partnership with the Children’s Museum of Memphis to develop and implement early STEM learning activities during a teaching course requirement and field ...
By Shelly L. Counsell and Felicia Peat
Journal Article
Brown University’s Science Cartoons (SciToons) series makes science fun, engaging, and easier to understand through the captivating power of storytelling and animation. ...
By Oludurotimi Adetunji
Journal Article
The Collaborative for Early Science Learning is a group of six museums in six different cities that partner with their local Head Start programs to provide training for teachers and opportunities for family engagement. ...
By Michelle Kortenaar, Victoria Fiordalis, Miriam Krause, Laurinda Willard, Cheryl Lani Juárez, Melissa Thomas, Zoe Peters, Carrie Jubran, and Alli Sribarra
Journal Article
Creating Professional Development for Informal and K–12 Educators
The results of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate surveys help science education professional development providers successfully work with educators. ...
By Lindsay Bartolone
Journal Article
Editor Dennis Schatz welcomes readers to the fourth issue, which addresses the theme STEM for Early Learners. Welcome to the fourth issue, addressing the theme STEM for Early Learners. Karen Worth, expert in science, technology, engine...
By Dennis Schatz
Journal Article
The Head Start on Engineering project engages parents and children in a multicomponent family engineering program that includes professional development for teachers, workshops for parents, take-home family activity kits, home visits, classroom ext...
By Scott Pattison, Gina Svarovsky, Ivel Gontan, Pam Greenough Corrie, Marcie Benne, Shannon Weiss, Verónika Nuñez, and Smirla Ramos-Montañez
Journal Article
A Screencasting Strategy to Support STEM Learning in the Early Grades
Learn how a research–practice partnership used screencasting to promote early elementary students’ mathematics learning and communication. ...
By Josephine Louie, Pamela Buffington, and Jennifer Stiles