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Lesson Plan
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit children’s developing ideas about structure in living systems. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that living things are made up of parts. ...
By Page Keeley
Lesson Plan
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about plant growth. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that plants use their stored food to grow in the absence of light. ...
By Page Keeley
Lesson Plan
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seeds. The probe is designed to find out what students think most seeds need to germinate. ...
By Page Keeley
eBook
Social Justice in the Science Classroom: Collected Volume from NSTA Publications (e-book)
Social Justice in the Science Classroom is a compilation of 19 articles from NSTA journals, illustrating successful incorporation of socially-just teaching practices in the science classroom. This volume brings issues, strategies, and methods of addr...
Journal
Science and Children—July/August 2021
July/August 2021 Volume 58, Number 6 In our ever-increasingly connected world, accessible through the convenience of travel and extensive improvements in digital communication, we routinely interact with people across the globe in business ve...
Journal
Science Scope—July/August 2021
Volume 44, Number 6 Visual Literacy A staple of 21st-century skills, visual literacy is addressed in several Common Core State Standards, but the skills associated with visual literacy are also essential to the sciences. Today’s students ha...
Journal Article
NGSS Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer rich opportunities for both science and language learning. This article presents science and language instructional shifts, grounded in the NGSS and contemporary thinking in second language acquisiti...
By Alison Haas, Jennifer Whitten, and Carol Biskupic Knight
Web Seminar
Launched on 12 August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is venturing closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft. It is revolutionizing our understanding of the long-standing mysteries of the near-Sun environment. The new science data show new phenom...
Web Seminar
Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Making the Most of EdReports’ Resources, June 9, 2021
EdReports is a nonprofit organization that provides free reports on the quality and alignment of instructional materials in mathematics, English Language Arts, and science, as well as professional development on high quality instructional materials a...
Journal Article
Ready, Set, Create: Engineers Inspiring Youth to Build Their Dreams
By Jennifer Jocz, Paul Dusenbery, Keliann LaConte, and Jeannine Finton
Journal Article
Improving Science Trust and Attitudes Through DIY Citizen Science
By Nicholas Bednar, Sudha Arunachalam, and Laura Wagner
Lesson Plan
Web Seminar
Are you looking for a challenging leadership position that impacts local, state, and national science education? Would you like to serve the association that serves you? Not sure if you have the time or experience? This web seminar is for you. ...
Web Seminar
Archive: The Smithsonian’s COVID-19! How Can I protect Myself and Others? Guide, May 11, 2021
For the past year, the Smithsonian Science Education Center’s COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others? guide has supported young people to learn the public health strategies to keep themselves and their communities safe from COV...
eBook
Crosscutting Concepts: Strengthening Science and Engineering Learning (e-book)
Maybe you have a good grasp of disciplinary core ideas and science and engineering practices—critical parts of the Next Generation Science Standards—but you are looking for more resources about integrating crosscutting concepts (CCCs). Or maybe y...
eBook
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12: Explore-Before-Explain in Physical Science (e-book)
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12 is the one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine your approach to high school physical science. The book discusses the 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate) as a specific pathw...
NSTA Press Book
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12: Explore-Before-Explain in Physical Science
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12 is the one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine your approach to high school physical science. The book discusses the 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate) as a specific pathw...
By Patrick Brown
Book Chapter
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12 is the one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine your approach to high school physical science. The book discusses the 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate) as a specific pathw...
Book Chapter
Crosscutting Concepts: Strengthening Science and Engineering Learning (Book Sample)
Maybe you have a good grasp of disciplinary core ideas and science and engineering practices—critical parts of the Next Generation Science Standards—but you are looking for more resources about integrating crosscutting concepts (CCCs). Or maybe y...
NSTA Press Book
Crosscutting Concepts: Strengthening Science and Engineering Learning
Maybe you have a good grasp of disciplinary core ideas and science and engineering practices—critical parts of the Next Generation Science Standards—but you are looking for more resources about integrating crosscutting concepts (CCCs). Or maybe y...
Journal Article
Making Computer Science Accessible
By Alexandria Hansen, Jim Gribble, Amber Moran, Eric Hansen, and Danielle Harlow
Journal Article
Shining a Light on the 'T' in STEM
By Sarah Nolting, Jesse Wilcox, Naryah Moore-Dilworth, and Mackenzie Grenko
Journal Article
Teaching Comprehension in the Digital Age
By Beth Buchholz, Damiana Pyles, Peaches Hash, and Kris Hagaman