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Journal Article
Point of View: International Undergraduates: The Teaching Challenge
This article discusses the challenges of keeping international students involved in class activities....
Journal Article
Two-Year Community: Implementing Vision and Change in a Community College Classroom
The purpose of this article is to describe a model for teaching introductory biology coursework within the Vision and Change framework (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2011). The intent of the new model is to transform instructi...
Journal Article
In experimenting with ways of structuring the assignment and providing guidance to students, the author developed a series of tools that may be of interest to instructors wishing to implement a case-writing assignment in their course. This assignment...
Acquired Book
Guide to Implementing the NGSS
A Framework for K-12 Science Education and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) describe a new vision for science learning and teaching that is catalyzing improvements in science classrooms across the United States. Achieving this new vision will...
eBook
Argument-Driven Inquiry in Life Science: Lab Investigations for Grades 6-8 (e-book)
If you’ve been wanting to bring the benefits of argument-driven inquiry to your middle school life science classes, this book will help you get started....
Book Chapter
In this chapter, the purpose of this Lab 18 is for students to apply what they know about migration, genetic drift, and natural selection to explain the evolution of beak size in a population of birds....
Class Pack
Sunset and Shadows ClassPack: Grade 1
Based on the award-winning, best-selling Picture-Perfect STEM series, this ClassPack pairs effortlessly with the Picture-Perfect STEM Grade 1 Lesson "Sunset and Shadow Play" to combine reading comprehension, literacy, and science in your classroom! C...
Class Pack
Freezing and Melting ClassPack: Grade 2
Using Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons: 3-5: Using Children’s Books to Inspires STEM Learning in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each sufficient for a class of 28 students, are lesson-specific collections of materials—an unma...
Class Pack
Amazing Caterpillars ClassPack: Grades K-5
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Class Pack
*LAST CHANCE! This product is not eligible for return or exchange. All sales are final.* Using Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K–5 in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPack...
Class Pack
Sounds All Around ClassPack: Grades K-5
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Class Pack
Harnessing the Wind ClassPack: Grades K-5
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Class Pack
The Wind Blew ClassPack: Grades K-5
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Class Pack
Float Your Boat ClassPack: Grades K-5
*LAST CHANCE! This product is not eligible for return or exchange. All sales are final.* Using Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K–5 in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPack...
eBook
The NSTA Ready-Reference Guide to Safer Science, Volume 2 (e-book)
“Most science teachers and supervisors have anemic preservice preparation on securing and maintaining safer work environments in academic laboratories. The purpose of this volume is to raise awareness of safety issues and of how to develop a safer ...
eBook
Teaching Teachers: Bringing First-Rate Science to the Elementary Classroom (e-book)
Preservice and novice teachers feeling jittery will find this book full of workable strategies for helping students experience the wonders of science. Classroom veterans will discover new ideas, and science educators will learn how colleagues pass o...
eBook
Scientific Argumentation in Biology: 30 Classroom Activities (e-book)
“Individuals who are proficient in science should be able to understand the language of science and participate in scientific practices, such as inquiry and argumentation. Empirical research, however, indicates that many students do not develop thi...
eBook
Science Safety in the Community College (e-book)
Science Safety in the Community College is specifically designed to help two-year college faculty—including adjunct faculty—lay a good safety foundation for students in introductory science courses—even when they have widely differing science ...
Journal Article
To make our general education biology course for nonmajors more relevant and engaging, we recently implemented an instructional approach featuring collaborative, active-learning exercises. The primary point of interest in this study was the impact of...
Journal Article
Large-enrollment undergraduate science courses are often seen as “gatekeepers” and tend to support less-than-ideal pedagogical approaches. Student satisfaction with teaching and learning and gains in student conceptual understanding in these cour...
Journal Article
As science teacher educators attempt to prepare teachers to underscore the aims of the Next Generation Science Standards alongside the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, they must pay close attention to the intersection of these two content...
Journal Article
Helping Students Save: Assigning Textbooks Early Can Save Money and Enhance Learning
Education costs, especially textbook prices, are outpacing inflation and becoming a serious financial burden for college students. Because student textbook use is linked to academic performance, making textbooks more affordable and accessible is one ...
Journal Article
The use of integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction has the affordances of combining harmonious content area connections into real-world experiences that are both engaging and challenging. This article introduce...
Journal Article
An Improved Design for In-Class Review
We present the theory and implementation of a review strategy based on testing rather than lecturing. We also show the results of a beginning-of-course review using the format of a two-stage examination, in which students complete a set of questions ...
Journal Article
Two-Year Community: Integrating Reading Skills in an Introductory Science Classroom
Typically science textbooks communicate information in a discipline-specific manner. To read an average science textbook, students need to understand cause/effect, learn a new language, interpret charts/graphs, and make sense of static drawings depic...