Middle School Resources

Grades 6-8, is a time of tremendous physical, emotional, and cognitive changes for students. It is also a pivotal time for understanding and gaining enthusiasm for science.

Featured Resources

Using Daily Dos to Connect Middle School Students to the Natural World

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Army Ants and Their Guests

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Making Sense of the Human Body

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Why Does Population Size Change?

Lesson Plan

Journal and Lesson Plans

Middle School Journal

Lesson Plans

NSTA Competitions

Shell Science Lab Challenge

For teachers

eCYBERMISSION

For teachers and students, grades 6-9

Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision

For students, grades K-12

Bestselling Middle School Books

NSTA Press Book

The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.A key aspect of learning in K–12 education is the idea that what studen...

NSTA Press Book

Novel Engineering, K–8: An Integrated Approach to Engineering and Literacy

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. With the Novel Engineering approach, “students become excited about ...

NSTA Press Book

Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Have you been wondering how well your students understand engineering and...

NSTA Press Book

Understanding Climate Change, Grades 7–12

Get help teaching one of the hottest topics in science with Understanding Climate Change, Grades 7–12. This nine-session module is written to be pra...

Latest Resources

Blog Post

Long Overdue: Results From a National STEM Lab Safety Study

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, October 4, 2022

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, September 27, 2022

Web Seminar

Web Seminar: Case Studies from Connected Science Learning: Developing Critical Consciousness in Middle-School Science Through Engineering for Sustainable Communities, November 14, 2022

Join us on Monday, November 14, 2022, from 7:00 – 8:15 PM ET to learn about a case study from Connected Science Learning....

Web Seminar

Web Seminar: Exploration Generation: Sensemaking in Rocketry, November 9, 2022

Join us on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, from 7:00 – 8:30 PM ET to learn about sensemaking, rocketry, and instructional materials that you can use in...

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, September 20, 2022

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Surface Shape Shifting

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Getting a Sense of Local Air Quality

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Using Reflective Thinking to Learn About Relative Distances of Solar System Objects

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, September 13, 2022

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Making Group Work Natural

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Equity in Science

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