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Web Seminar Series

SP25: Designing Equitable, 3D, Curriculum-Anchored Assessments: Topic Study for K-12 Educators

Do you want to design an engaging, three-dimensional assessment that you can use in your classroom that is connected to your instructional materials and coherent from the perspective of your students?...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Preschool General Science

Web Seminar Series

WI25: Supporting Student Sensemaking with the Crosscutting Concepts: Topic Study for K-12 Educators

Students who use CCCs regularly build confidence in their science practices and develop a stronger sense of science identity. Each session presents participants with the opportunity to consider the different ways in which the CCCs can be used in the ...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Preschool General Science

Web Seminar Series

FA24: Making Sense of Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning: Topic Study for K-12 Educators

This web seminar series, scheduled on October 22, 29, November 12, and 19, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern time, provides educators and administrators the opportunity to develop or deepen* an understanding of the three-dimensions of teaching an...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Preschool General Science

Web Seminar

Archive: FA24: Catching Up & Charging Ahead: Safely Using Li-Ion Batteries in Our School Classrooms/Laboratories, October 28, 2024

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have an increased presence in our school classrooms and laboratory instructional spaces, including cell phones, tablets, laptops, and equipment. However, Science/STEM teachers nationwide are forced to adopt and make use...

Preschool Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education General Science

Capturing Photons

Journal Article

Capturing Photons

Smart Telescope technology and its suggested use for the Science classroom....

By Bob Riddle

Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science

Conducting authentic moth research with students to encourage scientific inquiry.

Journal Article

Conducting authentic moth research with students to encourage scientific inquiry.

Studying moths is an excellent way to include students in science practices by introducing them to a ubiquitous but under-appreciated animal group that can be found in their local places, including urban, suburban, agricultural, forested, and other h...

By Brian Keas, Peter White, Christopher Brown, David Stroupe, Sara Best, M. LeTarte

Middle School Biology Research

Explanation and Argumentation: How Middle School Students Make Sense of the Phenomenon of Niagara Falls

Journal Article

Explanation and Argumentation: How Middle School Students Make Sense of the Phenomenon of Niagara Falls

The Framework and NGSS emphasize using lines of evidence to construct explanations and develop arguments that demonstrate understanding about scientific phenomena. For this vision to be actualized in science classrooms, students must engage in invest...

By Kenneth Huff

Middle School 5E Phenomena Sensemaking

Loud and Clear Project: An Introduction to Geospatial Tools for Project-Based Learning

Journal Article

Loud and Clear Project: An Introduction to Geospatial Tools for Project-Based Learning

Project-based and student-driven learning continue to be at the forefront of school reform efforts. Technology is a significant bridge and tool used empower and leverage student projects. Geospatial technologies continue to be underutilised in the mi...

By Kurtz Miller

Middle School Instructional Materials STEM Technology

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