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Archive: Book Beat Live! The 2023 Outstanding STEM Books List: Ignite Students’ Interest in Science and Engineering! What’s on your Holiday Gift List? December 13, 2022

How do we prepare 21st-century kids for challenges and jobs that we currently cannot even describe? The Best STEM Books can help by celebrating convergent and divergent thinking, analysis and creativity, persistence, and the sheer joy of figuring thi...

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Exploring Natural Disasters through Primary Sources

By Cheryl Lederle and Stacie Moats

High School Climate Change Earth & Space Science Literacy Phenomena

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Geologist

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers Earth & Space Science

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Using Teacher Talk Moves to Help Students Talk Like Scientists

By Kraig A. Wray, Scott McDonald, Hee-Sun Lee, and Amy Pallant

High School Inquiry NGSS Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

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Teaching Environmental Social Justice

By Donna L. Ross, Kimberly Elliot, and Jeff Bonine

Biology Environmental Science Equity Life Science Multicultural Social Justice

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Visualize Your Pulse With Physical Computing

By James Newland and Sissy S. Wong

High School Biology Computer Science Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Labs Makerspace Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices STEM Technology Three-Dimensional Learning

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Accomodating Visually Impaired Students in Secondary Science

By Sandy Watson and Jeremy Bell

Disabilities Inclusion Multilingual Learners Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Wildfire!

By Michael Giamellaro, Elinor Wilson, and Heidi Dixon

Chemistry Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Phenomena Physical Science

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Getting to the STEM of Environmental Justice

By Fatemeh Mirghassemi

High School Environmental Science STEM Teaching Strategies

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Aha! Moments When Teaching Acceleration

By Paul G. Hewitt

High School Physical Science Physics

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A Science Teacher-Friendly Primer on Implicit Bias

By Kurtz Miller

Equity Inclusion Multicultural Social Justice

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Gender Identity Inclusive Pedigree Chart for High School Biology

By Sal Kaczowska and Susan Groziak

High School Biology Equity Inclusion Multicultural Social Justice

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Direct Instruction

By Ann Haley MacKenzie

New Science Teachers Pedagogy Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Where on Earth Is Mars?

By Bob Riddle

Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science

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Get in the “Sknow” for Science!

By Jill Nugent

Middle School Citizen Science Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials

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Coordinating Modeling With Content Representations to Support Students’ Three-Dimensional Learning

By Susan M. Kowalski, Betty Stennett, and Lindsey Mohan

Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Multicultural NGSS Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices

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Using Summary Tables to Support Students’ Explanations of Science Phenomena

By Kraig A. Wray, Jonathan D. McCausland, Scott McDonald, Amy Pallant, and Hee-Sun Lee

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Reimagining Science Lessons Through Translanguaging

By Sage Andersen, Karina Méndez Pérez, and María González-Howard

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Interdisciplinary Multilingual Learners NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Bringing the Ethical Debate to Life

By Deena L. Gould, Tyler Eglen, Tawnya Brusstar, Gene Moran, Tamara Merritt, and Ruth Wylie

Middle School Biology Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Life Science NGSS Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Oh Deer! Using Socioscientific Issues to Teach Inquiry-Based Lessons With English Language Learners

By Sissy S. Wong, Jie Zhang, Heather Domjan

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Inquiry Multilingual Learners Three-Dimensional Learning

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Three-Dimensional Learning

By Patty McGinniss

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Doing It All

By Amanda Sanderman and Chelsie Byram

Elementary 5E Crosscutting Concepts Earth & Space Science Interdisciplinary

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Don’t Forget the Demo!

By Christopher Roemmele, Steven Smith, Sarah Nern, Brett Criswell, and Missy Holzer

Elementary Engineering Maker Spaces Teaching Strategies

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When Can We See Makali‘i?

By Lori Andersen

Elementary Astronomy Earth & Space Science Pedagogy Teacher Preparation

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Observing the Unobservable

By Jessica McClain, Celeste Nicholas, Katherine Zimmermann, Edward Pierce, Joshua Danish, and Qiu Zhong

Astronomy Earth & Space Science Phenomena Physical Science

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Bringing Engineering Into Play

By Jesse Wilcox, Caitlyn Potter, Sarah Nolting, Sarah Voss, and Elyse Webb

Elementary Engineering Interdisciplinary

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Q: Do You Have an Activity for Daily and Seasonal Patterns and Motions of Earth?

By Matt Bobrowsky

Elementary Astronomy Earth & Space Science

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Courageous Cheetah Car

By Rebecca Stobbs and Jeanne Norris

Engineering Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary

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Moon, Math, and Literacy

By Candi Clevinger, Alissa A. Lange, and Elizabeth Schock

Elementary Astronomy Earth & Space Science Interdisciplinary Literacy

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Making Sense of Apparent Brightness

By Alexis Kaczor, Laura Robertson, Jamie Price, Lindsay Lester, and Ryan Nivens

Elementary Astronomy Earth & Space Science Physical Science

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Shining a Light

By Alida Acosta and Jerrid Kruse

Elementary Astronomy Earth & Space Science Physical Science

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Patterns From Earth’s Place in Space

By Christine Anne Royce

Elementary Astronomy Earth & Space Science Literacy

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Eliciting Students’ Initial Ideas About the Sun–Earth System

By Page Keeley

Elementary Assessment Astronomy Earth & Space Science

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Earth’s Place in the Universe

By Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

Elementary Astronomy Interdisciplinary Literacy

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Space Science Explorations as Equity

By Alissa A. Lange

Early Childhood Astronomy Earth & Space Science Equity

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Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

By Louanne Jacobs

Early Childhood Astronomy Earth & Space Science Literacy

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Earth’s Place in the Universe

By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn

Early Childhood Elementary Astronomy Earth & Space Science