All Middle School resources

Book Chapter

Understanding Climate Change, Grades 7–12 (Book Sample)

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 practical and accessible. It provides both extensive background and step-by-step instructions for using...

High School Middle School Climate Change Earth & Space Science Science and Engineering Practices

Journal Article

Investigating Bark Beetle Outbreaks

Model and explain the cause of recent bark beetle outbreaks....

Middle School Life Science Lesson Plans Citizen Science

Journal Article

Making in the Middle: Robots and Sequences

This column explores maker spaces, engineering, and more. This article presents a lesson that allows students to engage with robotics as they work through three modules exploring sequences. ...

Middle School General Science STEM Technology Makerspace

Journal Article

Teacher's Toolkit: Using the Five Practices to Facilitate a Meaningful Discussion on Plate Tectonics in a Middle School Classroom

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This issue explains how you can encourage abstract reasoning and scientific thinking through a Five Practices Discussion....

Middle School Earth & Space Science General Science NGSS Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Surface Tension and Surfactants

By Todd Hoover

Middle School Interdisciplinary Physical Science

Blog Post

One District’s Path to Improving Student Discourse

If you’ve spent any time exploring the shifts in NGSS instructional practices you will understand the call for “less sage on the stage and more guide on the side.” While such a metaphor can be applied to a variety of science classroom settings,...

By Sean Musselman

Elementary Middle School High School NGSS Teaching Strategies