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Archive: Sponsored Web Seminar: Industry-based Artificial Intelligence STEM Program in Your Classroom, June 1, 2022

Through the STEMwave program, students learn how to build AI-based chatbot solutions for the school website. The program dives deep into machine learning and natural language processing; creating a memorable and meaningful project-based environment i...

Middle School High School Informal Education Postsecondary Computer Science Engineering Mathematics STEM Technology

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The Quantum Mechanical Student

By Mark Vondracek

High School Physics Teaching Strategies

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Inclusive Strategies for the Science Classroom

By Ann Haley Mackenzie

High School Advocacy Equity Inclusion Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Solar System Exploration

By Bob Riddle

Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Phenomena

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Mark My Bird!

By Jill Nugent

Middle School Biology Citizen Science Life Science

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Differentiation in the Life Science Classroom Using Station Rotations

By Rebecca Hite, Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, and Gina Childers

Middle School Biology Life Science STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Evaluating Lessons for Sensemaking Using the NSTA Sensemaking Tool, August 10, 2022

The NSTA Sensemaking Tool (adapted from the research-based NGSS Lesson Screener) is designed to help educators be critical consumers of curricular materials as well as create and/or revise science lessons to reflect the instructional shifts (sensemak...

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Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Keeping Phenomena at the Center of Science, May 4, 2022

Take a peek behind the curtain of creating the NSTA Daily Do lesson plans driven by phenomena to engage all learners. Walk away with a rubric to guide your own lesson design. As a participant of this web seminar you will:...

Journal Article

Adapting Existing Curriculum for Equitable Learning Experiences

By Nelly Tsai, Hosun Kang, Jasmine Chang, and Karly Cassese

Middle School Curriculum Equity Inclusion Instructional Materials Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

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Cultivating Teacher Efficacy for Social Justice in Science

By Libby Gerard, Allison Bradford, Angela DeBarger, Korah Wiley, and Marcia C. Linn

Middle School Equity Inclusion Professional Learning Social Justice Teaching Strategies

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Some of You Are Smiling Now

By Renee Affolter, Katherine L. McNeill, and Gretchen Brinza

Middle School Equity Professional Learning Sensemaking Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Leverage the Data You Have

By Naomi Weintraub and Kristin Hunter-Thomson

Middle School Computer Science Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Technology

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Supporting Success in Science

By Becky McDowell

Middle School Equity Inclusion Teaching Strategies

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Equity in the Science Classroom

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School Careers Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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How Does Our Garden Grow?

By Heidi Schweingruber

Middle School Elementary High School Advocacy Environmental Science Leadership NGSS

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Archive: NSTA Teacher Awards – Recognizing Excellence Rewarded, October 27, 2022

Did you come up with an innovative way to teach a lesson? Have you devoted your life to promoting science and the teaching of science? Did you successfully transform science teaching in your classroom? If you answered yes to any of these questions, t...

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

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Piloting Virtual Field Trips During a Pandemic

By Tilly Duong, Melissa Telemeco, Charlotte Dean, and Alexandria Hansen

Elementary Informal Education NGSS STEM Technology

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Data-Driven Science Vlogging for Connected Learning Anywhere

By Rundong Jiang, Xiaotong Ding, Shannon Sung, Ashley Bulseco, and Charles Xie

Informal Education Citizen Science Inquiry Phenomena Physical Science Technology

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MindHive: An Online Citizen Science Tool and Curriculum for Human Brain and Behavior Research

By Suzanne Dikker, Yury Shevchenko, Kim Burgas, Kim Chaloner, Marc Sole, Lucy Yetman-Michaelson, Ido Davidesco, Rebecca Martin, and Camillia Matuk

High School Informal Education Citizen Science Inquiry NGSS Research Technology

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Archive: Transforming Science Education Through Service to NSTA, September 22, 2022

Question…What do you think the “face of success” looks like? We think it looks like YOU volunteering your time, providing your viewpoints, and applying your experiences. NSTA’s goal is to create a governing body that represents t...

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Preschool General Science

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Archive: Case Studies from Connected Science Learning: Transformative Science Learning through Museum-School Collaboration, May 16, 2022

Strategic partnerships that bring together schools and other organizations–such as museums–have the potential to transform learning in ways that neither partner can accomplish alone. Explore the process, products, and outcomes of such collaborati...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary General Science

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Growing Understanding From a SPARK

By Deborah Hanuscin, Abby Whatley, Bridget Dahlman-Oeth, Paola Sanchez, Benjamin Dixon, and Daniel Savage

Elementary Informal Education Pre-service Teachers Curriculum NGSS Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices

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Archive: Integrate NSTA in Your Course When Teaching Pre-service Teachers, April 28, 2022

Hundreds of instructors of pre-service teachers of science use NSTA's journal articles, book chapters, web seminars, lesson plans, discussion forums, professional learning units, and interactive e-books+ professional each semester to help their stude...

Postsecondary General Science

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Archive: Science Update: Getting Ready for Two Spectacular Solar Eclipses in North America, October 20, 2022

The last visible eclipses in the continental U.S. until 2045 will be on Saturday, October 14, 2023 and Monday, April 8, 2024. While the annular eclipse (October 2023) and total eclipse (April 2024) will only be visible in a narrow band about 100 mile...

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Astronomy Earth & Space Science Engineering Mathematics Physics STEM Technology

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Is It Over Yet?

By Beth Murphy

Informal Education STEM

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Rethinking Online Science Learning

By Kirsten R. Butcher, Madlyn Larson, McKenna Lane, and Mitchell J. Power

Middle School Informal Education Instructional Materials NGSS Research STEM Technology

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Pivoting During a Pandemic

By Nicole Freidenfelds, Laura Cisneros, Amy Cabaniss, Rebecca Colby, Madeleine Meadows-McDonnell, Todd Campbell, Chester Arnold, Cary Chadwick, David Dickson, David Moss, Jonathan Simmons, Ankit Singh, and John Volin

Informal Education Citizen Science Environmental Science Research Technology

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Transitioning an In-Person Elementary STEM After-School Program to Distance Learning During COVID-19

By Brooke McMahon, Jasmin Sanchez, Emma Case, Lindsay Huerta, W. Martin Kast, and Dieuwertje J. Kast

Elementary Informal Education Equity NGSS Three-Dimensional Learning

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Innovations in Undergraduate Teaching and Learning of Earth and Environmental Science, with a Focus on Climate Change

In this study, we analyzed the literature on teaching or learning on a topic in Earth science, environmental science, or climate change between 1995 and 2017. We investigated the length of the intervention, intervention setting and instructional leve...

By Gillian M. Puttick, Brian Drayton, and Christina Silva

Postsecondary Climate Change Environmental Science Preservice Science Education Professional Learning Teaching Strategies

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The Stable and Persistent Alternative Conceptions Present in Prospective Elementary Teachers’ Understanding of Average Speed

This study investigated the stability and persistence of prospective elementary teachers’ conceptual understanding of average speed. A questionnaire containing two questions about average speed was administered to the prospective teachers prior to ...

By Karthigeyan Subramaniam, Christopher S. Long, Pamela Esprivalo Harrell, and Nazia Khan

Elementary New Science Teachers Pedagogy Physical Science Physics Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Influence of Environmental Factors on the Success of At-Risk Hispanic Students in First-Semester General Chemistry

This article looks at the effects of environmental factors such as classification, residence location, and employment status of Hispanic students who unsuccessfully completed first-semester general chemistry (Chem I) at a Hispanic-Serving or emerging...

By Blain Mamiya, Cynthia B. Powell, G. Robert Shelton, Anton Dubrovskiy, Adrian Villalta-Cerdas, Susan Broadway, Rebecca Weber, and Diana Mason

Postsecondary Chemistry Environmental Science Equity Multilingual Learners Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Fostering Reflective Teaching

The Student Participation Observation Tool (SPOT) is a web-based classroom observation protocol developed for higher education STEM courses and based on research on evidence-based practices. The low-inference and objective nature of the SPOT and visu...

By Cara H. Theisen, Cassandra A. Paul, and Katrina Roseler

Postsecondary Leadership Preservice Science Education Professional Learning Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Online Engagement in an Undergraduate Cell Biology Course

Online engagement, or the use of online supplementary instruction and assessment, in high-structure courses is gaining popularity as a useful tool to facilitate instruction, assignments, and examinations. High-structure courses, which include regular...

By Eric Tarapore, Justin Franklin Shaffer, and Scott Atwood

Biology Distance Learning Interdisciplinary Teaching Strategies Technology

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Exemplar Teaching Practices in STEM Courses in U.S. Universities

Based on the largest multi-institutional observational study of undergraduate courses in the United States, this article describes exemplar teaching practices in engineering courses as an interdisciplinary science field. The College Educational Quali...

By Corbin M. Campbell

Postsecondary New Science Teachers Professional Learning STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Perspectives on Teaching from Early-Career Scientists

Many graduate students spend a part of their time teaching at the university level. While there is an abundance of advice from older, more established faculty, the perspective and teaching styles of graduate students are lacking in the literature. Af...

By Suchinta Arif and Melanie Duc Bo Massey

Postsecondary New Science Teachers Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies