Skip to main content
 

All Resources

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: Space Weather on Our Approach to Solar Max, August 15, 2024

Join us on Thursday, August 15, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about space weather from NASA. In this web seminar, we will delve into the recent solar storm that illuminated the skies with stunning auroras across North America on May 10t...

Preschool Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Astronomy Chemistry Earth & Space Science Physical Science Physics STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Next Generation Science Standards: A Decade of Invigorating Implementation, October 9, 2024

In the last decade since the publication of A Framework for K-12 Science Education (National Research Council, 2012) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), 20 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the NGSS. Most other states hav...

Preschool Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education General Science

Web Seminar

Archive: FA24: Reviewing a Proposal for NSTA Conferences, October 2, 2024

During this web seminar, the conference team will guide you through the process of reviewing and giving feedback, ensuring you have all the tools you need to provide a strong evaluation for each conference proposal.During this program participants wi...

Preschool Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education General Science

Web Seminar

Archive: SU24: Submitting a Successful Proposal to Present at NSTA’s National Conferences, August 27, 2024

Are you planning to submit a session, poster, or workshop proposal for educator sessions at the National Conference on Science Education? NSTA conferences offer valuable experiences that place the needs of educators front and center, providing an inv...

Preschool Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Informal Education General Science

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: FDA’s Genomic Epidemiology Program for Foodborne Pathogens – GenomeTrakr, September 26, 2024

GenomeTrakr is a whole genome sequencing (WGS) tool used to identify foodborne pathogens and reduce foodborne illness. GenomeTrakr is the first distributed network of labs using WGS to identify pathogens. It consists of several labs in the United Sta...

Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Biology Chemistry General Science Life Science STEM

See America and Its National Parks

Journal Article

See America and Its National Parks

Right to the Source...

By Danna Bell

Environmental Science Instructional Materials News

The Galileo Gambit

Journal Article

The Galileo Gambit

Fact or Faux?...

By Douglas Allchin

High School Literacy News

Fostering Inclusive Collaboration: Strategies to Disrupt Inequities in Student Groupwork

Journal Article

Fostering Inclusive Collaboration: Strategies to Disrupt Inequities in Student Groupwork

This paper examines challenges in student groupwork, emphasizing the impact of collaborative learning dynamics on outcomes. Addressing uneven participation and unintentional exclusion, it explores nuanced aspects of perceived student status, revealin...

By Anna Karina Monteiro, Michele Cheyne, and Lauren Kline

High School Curriculum Equity Teaching Strategies

Group Learning Routines as a tool to build equitable learning experiences in a Biology classroom

Journal Article

Group Learning Routines as a tool to build equitable learning experiences in a Biology classroom

The vision behind the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is that all students engage in explaining phenomena and designing solutions with three-dimensional learning. Authentic sensemaking involves opportunities for learners to share, analyze, a...

By Elizabeth Chatham, Joy Otibu, and Andrea Sau

High School Biology Environmental Science Equity NGSS Sensemaking Social Justice

Early Retirement: Making Sense of Patterns in Historical Data of Retired Hurricanes

Journal Article

Early Retirement: Making Sense of Patterns in Historical Data of Retired Hurricanes

Long after a hurricane passes over and through any region or coastal area, the memories of it often linger. There may be visual reminders of the storm and the day lives may have been changed, or lost, forever. Hurricanes can be long-lived storms. The...

By Christopher Roemmele, Joby Hilliker, and Victoria Clayton

High School Crosscutting Concepts Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Sensemaking Teaching Strategies

BEE Ambassadors for Pollen

Journal Article

BEE Ambassadors for Pollen

This lesson allows students to engage in sense-making through the cross-cutting analysis of the form and function of pollen, carried by pollinators. Students observe the microscopic features of pollen and how insects transport these fine, but critica...

By Laura Wheeler, Rita Hagevik, and Kathy Cabe Trundle

High School Biology Engineering

Asset 2