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Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Leading the Implementation of High-Quality Instructional Materials to Enact Standards: Practical Guidance From the Field, November 7, 2022

High-quality instructional materials (HQIM) designed for next generation science can make a difference in the quality of equitable science teaching and learning throughout the educational system and for all learners (i.e., for all leaders, teachers, ...

Middle School General Science

Web Seminar

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

In this web seminar, the presenters share how an Engineering for Sustainable Communities (EfSC) approach in the middle grades can foster critical consciousness and support strong connections between classrooms and communities. The presenters show how...

Postsecondary Informal Education Middle School Engineering General Science STEM

Web Seminar

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

Journal Article

Surface Shape Shifting

By Bob Riddle

Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science

Journal Article

Getting a Sense of Local Air Quality

By Jill Nugent

Middle School Citizen Science Climate Change Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials STEM

Journal Article

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

By Sissy S. Wong

Middle School Earth & Space Science Inquiry Physical Science

Journal Article

Making Group Work Natural

By Katie Murano, Jesse Wilcox, Jaclyn Easter, and Cat Lucht

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Instructional Materials

Journal Article

Equity in Science

By Katie Coppens

Middle School Equity Inclusion Interdisciplinary

Journal Article

The Human Side of Our Dynamic Earth

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School Climate Change Earth & Space Science Interdisciplinary

Journal Article

“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

Blog Post

Safety Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Ken Roy

Middle School High School Postsecondary General Science Safety

Web Seminar

Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Start of School: Effective Discourse Strategies for Creating Inclusive Science/STEM Classrooms, September 20, 2022

This web seminar by members of NSTA’s Professional Learning Committee is designed to help teachers deepen their understanding of the effective and practical strategies to facilitate academic discourse that promotes inclusive science and STEM classr...

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary General Science

Web Seminar

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