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Hard-to-Teach Biology Concepts, Revised 2nd Edition: Designing Instruction Aligned to the NGSS (e-book)

“This book does not contain a recipe to follow as you plan and deliver lessons. Nor is it a set of predesigned lessons for use in biology classrooms. Instead, it features both an instructional framework you can use as you plan and sets of research-...

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Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards

Assessments, understood as tools for tracking what and how well students have learned, play a critical role in the classroom.Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standardsdevelops an approach to science assessment to meet the vision...

Elementary High School Middle School Assessment Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

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Exemplary STEM Programs: Designs for Success (e-book)

Everybody talks about STEM initiatives, but is anybody doing them effectively? This book’s answer is a resounding yes! It tells the inside stories of 24 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs that both connect with the Next Gene...

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How Do Scientists Work?

Fourth-grade students examine animal tracks to explore the nature of science....

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Demystifying Nature of Science

Two activities help young children understand nature of science....

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Taking the "Mystery" Out of Argumentation

A traditional mystery-powders lesson is modified to emphasize argumentation....

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Three, Two, One ... Blast Off!

Third-grade students learn about the nature of science through a rocket engineering challenge....

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Integrating the Nature of Science

A lesson on interdependent relationships and ecosystems gets a boost when students learn how they are acting like scientists....

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Editor's Note: Learning About the Nature of Science (NOS)

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

General Science Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Literacy

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Guest Editorial: Nature of Science and Its Fundamental Importance to the Vision of the Next Generation Science Standards

This article shows how NOS is related to the NGSS...

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Teaching Through Trade Books: How Do We Know What We Know About the Universe?

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s lessons focus on how our understandings about the universe change as we develop technologies that allow us to gather new evidence....

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The Early Years: The Nature of Science in Early Childhood

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses ways to incorporate nature of science into the early childhood classroom....

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Formative Assessment Probes: Is It a Theory? Speaking the Language of Science

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue focuses on a probe that is designed to find out if students (and teachers) distinguish scientific theories from the common use of the word theory and if they understan...

Elementary Assessment Multilingual Learners

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Science 101: How Do We Use Calculus in Science?

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue describes the role of calculus in science classes....

Elementary Middle School Engineering Mathematics Professional Learning old

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Safety First: Feather, Feet, and Fin Safety in the Classroom

This article describes the safety and responsibility issues that come with using animals in the classroom....

Elementary Life Science Labs Safety

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Methods and Strategies: Sculpt-a-Scientist

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue describes an artistic activity that shapes fourth-grade students' perceptions of scientists....

Elementary General Science 5E Instructional Materials NGSS Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Careers Multicultural New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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Engineering Encounters: The Tightrope Challenge

When confronted with a robotics engineering task, fourth-grade students develop growth mindsets....

Elementary Engineering STEM Science and Engineering Practices

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Magnetism: More Than Just Objects Attracted to Refrigerators

Use the 5E model to assess students' prior knowledge about magnetism....

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Assessing Student Progress Along a Solar System Learning Progression

Unify disparate astronomical concepts with the help of the NGSS....

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Just Do It! Performance Tasks in the Science Classroom

Provide opportunities for students to become familiar with and comfortable using hands-on performance tasks....

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A Penny for Your Thoughts

Help students learn how to develop the essential skill of creating their own testable hypotheses....

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Gearing Up for Engineering

Explore gears and forces through a hands-on investigation using simple machines....

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Including Often-Missed Knowledge and Skills in Science Assessments

Use common specifications and scoring plans to develop successful assessments....

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Popular Science Nonfiction and the Connection Between Literacy and the NGSS

Expose students to inspirational works they can critique and share....

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Moving Ahead With Alternate Conceptions

Develop an alternate-conceptions survey instrument and inventory....

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Editor's Roundtable: Align Your Assessments With Three-Dimensional Learning

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....

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Everyday Engineering: Why the Statue of Liberty is Green: Coatings, Corrosion, and Patina

This column provides an inside look at the marvels of engineering in everyday life. This month's issue describes a 5E-learning-cycle lesson where students test different types of coatings on pennies to observe how the coatings affect the amount of co...

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Tried and True: What's the Matter? Looking Beyond the Macroscopic

This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This month’s issue describes a lesson in which students have concrete learning experiences to help them construct their own meaning to gain a richer understanding of the ...

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Scope on Safety: Safety in Numbers

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses how crowded conditions affect instructional effectiveness, lab safety, and teacher liability....

Middle School General Science Labs Makerspace Safety

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Scope on the Skies: Mars Meets MAVEN and MOM

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses two spacecraft that will enter orbits around Mars to observe the planet's atmosphere and environment....

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Using Mobile Devices in Field Science

A herpetology research experience to build students' 21st-century skills....

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Lights and Larvae

Using optogenetics to teach recombinant DNA and neurobiology....

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Going Viral

Using laptops, flash drives, and YouTube videos to model the structure and function of viruses....

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Cellulose Breakdown

Investigations into making liquid fuel from plant biomass....

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Supporting Newly Hired Science Teachers

Using research to inform practice....