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Archive: Book Beat Live! Uniting Scientific Discovery with Engineering Design: Discovery Engineering in Biology: Case Studies for Grades 6-12, September 21, 2022

A great number of the amazing innovations in modern society have resulted from someone making a careful observation, a mistake, or finding out new or different information from experimentation. These unique and serendipitous discoveries tell a story,...

Middle School High School Postsecondary Biology Engineering Life Science STEM

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Archive: NSTA/ASTE Archive: The Role of Instructional Materials in Science Teacher Education, November 17, 2022

Four presenters involved in equitable science instructional materials, policy, and professional development share their thoughts on current status and recommendations for the future of research, policy, and practice as we seek to reform science ...

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary General Science

Journal Article

The Power of Families and Community

By Beth Murphy

Informal Education STEM

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Teacher-Learning, Meaning-Making, and Integrating ISE Practices in Diverse Urban Classrooms

By Jennifer D. Adams, Amy DeFelice, and Susan McCullough

Informal Education STEM

Journal Article

Young Mathematicians: A Successful Model of a Family Math Community

By Kristen Reed and Jessica Mercer Young

Early Childhood Elementary Informal Education Preschool Instructional Materials Mathematics Professional Learning Research STEM

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Archive: FA22: Are Your Lab SOPs in Place for a Safer School Year? October 3, 2022

As the 2022-2023 school year starts, it’s time to re-establish our STEM spaces (for the purposes of this web seminar, STEM spaces include a science lab, technology, and engineering lab [i.e., construction lab], makerspace, etc.) and make sure every...

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Preschool General Science

Journal Article

Partnering With Our Food Pantry to Distribute At-Home STEM Kits

By Elegan Kramer

Informal Education Equity Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Literacy STEM

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Archive: FA22: Lab Safety Considerations for Pre-Service Secondary Science/STEM Teachers, September 26, 2022

This interactive web seminar will begin with an overview of safety protocols specific for doing secondary level safer science/STEM classroom/laboratory activities with Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance Advisor/specialist and, Director of ...

Middle School High School Postsecondary General Science

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Archive: FA22: Lab Safety Considerations for Pre-Service Elementary Science/STEM Teachers, September 19, 2022

This interactive web seminar will begin with an overview of safety protocols specific for doing elementary level safer science/STEM classroom/laboratory activities with Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance Advisor/specialist and, Director of...

Elementary Postsecondary General Science

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What makes muscle proteins so different from other proteins in our body? (Playlist Version)

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How do cells know which amino acids go together to make certain proteins? (Playlist Version)

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What exactly are proteins and how are the proteins we make different from those we eat? (Playlist Version)

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How do people build muscles if they are not eating muscle proteins? (Playlist Version)

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Archive: Science Update: Earthquakes: What’s Shakin? September 15, 2022

Did you feel it? An earthquake is a shaking movement of the Earth’s Crust as stress overcomes friction. This web seminar will provide basic background to help attendees make sense of this natural phenomenon.  Earthquakes, what they are, w...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Computer Science Earth & Space Science Engineering Mathematics Technology