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The NSTA Sensemaking Tool (adapted from the research-based NGSS Lesson Screener) is designed to help educators be critical consumers of curricular materials as well as create and/or revise science lessons to reflect the instructional shifts required ...
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, August 13, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, August 6, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 30, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
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?...
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 ...
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...
Web Seminar
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...
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 23, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 16, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
Journal Article
Smart Telescope technology and its suggested use for the Science classroom....
By Bob Riddle
Journal Article
Finding Instructional Resources for Teaching about Scientific Misinformation
Commentary...
By Andy Zucker
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
Journal Article
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