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Building Picnic Tables ... and Community

By Christopher Burke and Amy Lazarowicz

Elementary Engineering Inclusion Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Three-Dimensional Learning

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Insulating Tiny Homes

By Daniel Edelen, Heather Simpson, and Sarah B. Bush

Elementary 5E Disciplinary Core Ideas Engineering STEM

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Inclusion of Native Culture During Science Instruction

By Karen Cloud, Cathleen Bates, and Iva Moss-Redman

Elementary Biology Equity Inclusion Multicultural

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Poetry Celebrates Science and Culture

By Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

Early Childhood Elementary Literacy

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Pollen Transfer and Pea Plants

By Christine Anne Royce

Early Childhood Elementary Biology Life Science Literacy

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Culturally Responsive Teaching

By Peggy Ashbrook

Early Childhood Equity Inclusion Multicultural

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Culturally Relevant and Culturally Responsive

By Felicia Moore Mensah

Equity Inclusion Multicultural

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Culturally Responsive Teaching

By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn

Early Childhood Elementary Equity Inclusion

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Small-Group Work in the Online Science Classroom

By Denise Wright

Biology Distance Learning Instructional Materials Teaching Strategies Technology

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Give Them the Tools and They Will Explore

By Bob Riddle and Betsy Stefany

Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science

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The Return of the River Herring

By Jill Nugent

Middle School Biology Citizen Science Earth & Space Science

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Transforming Local Spaces With Relevant Perspectives

By Martha Inouye, Clare Gunshenan, Ana Houseal, Jennifer Applequist, and Lorna Bath

Middle School Informal Education Crosscutting Concepts Earth & Space Science Life Science NGSS Performance Expectations Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Mud as a Phenomenon to Model Energy Flow and Chemical Processes

By Hannah T. Reynolds, Joy Pires, Jeffrey Brewster, Nicole Lalier, and Theodora Pinou

Biology Disciplinary Core Ideas Inquiry Labs Life Science Phenomena Teacher Preparation

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Ectotherm ER: Frogs Under the Weather

By Rebecca Gonda, Michel Ohmer, Laura Brannelly, Jennifer Kassimer, Stephanie Kubik, Alison Slinskey Legg, and Corinne Richards-Zawacki

Middle School Biology Citizen Science Climate Change Curriculum Environmental Science Evolution General Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Labs Lesson Plans Literacy New Science Teachers News Research STEM

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An Unforgettable Journey

By Ron Ruckman, Debbie French, and Ana K. Houseal

Earth & Space Science

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Landslides

By Danielle E. Dani and Alycia L. Stigall

Middle School Informal Education Earth & Space Science Inquiry Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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Some Like It Hot

By Julie Angle and Nichole Jones

Biology Chemistry Environmental Science Lesson Plans Life Science Performance Expectations Phenomena Physical Science STEM

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Building a Science Community

By Megan Ennes and M. Gail Jones

Middle School Informal Education Careers General Science Inclusion STEM Teaching Strategies

Web Seminar

Archive: Write from the Start, March 11, 2021

Have you read great articles in the NSTA journals that changed or added to the ways you and your students do science for the better? You could inspire other educators across the country in the same way by sharing your teaching ideas, activities or le...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Middle School General Science

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Teaching Nature of Science Concepts in the Context of Past (Fram) and Present (MOSAiC) Arctic Expeditions

By Jonathan Griffith, Shelly Grandell, Lynne Harden, and Anne Gold

Middle School High School Climate Change Curriculum Earth & Space Science General Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans NGSS STEM

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Using Science-Themed Fiction Chapter Books In The Classroom

By Katie Coppens

Interdisciplinary Literacy

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Translanguaging Using Technology

By Kate R. Allman and Alexis Guethler

Pre-service Teachers Multilingual Learners Instructional Materials STEM Technology

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Science Beyond the Classroom

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School Advocacy News

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Airbags as Real-Life Applications for Science

By Carly A. Rock and Brooke A. Whitworth

High School Chemistry Engineering Inquiry NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Safety Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Biosand Filters for Water Purification

By Jawaher Alsultan, Madison Rice, Allan Feldman, Tara Nkrumah, Sarina Ergas, and Kebreab Ghebremichael

High School Biology Earth & Space Science Engineering Environmental Science Interdisciplinary Life Science Science and Engineering Practices

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Digging Deeper

By Umadevi Garimella and Nesrin Sahin

High School 5E Biology Chemistry Crosscutting Concepts Inquiry Interdisciplinary Life Science Mathematics Physical Science STEM

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Introducing Engineering as an Altruistic STEM Career

By Joni Lakin, Daniela Marghitu, Virginia Davis, and Edward Davis

High School Engineering Equity Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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What’s in a Wave?

By Patrick Enderle, Natalie King, and Lauren Margulieux

High School Computer Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Phenomena Physical Science Physics Science and Engineering Practices STEM

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An Innovative Use of Technology . . . and Partnerships

By Michael Apfeldorf

High School Instructional Materials Technology

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Exploration Geologist Quinton Hennigh

Exploration geologists, colloquially known as prospectors, look for new sources of mineral deposits. They use a mix of geological, geophysical, and geochemical knowledge to analyze data and test hypotheses about where deposits are likely to be found....

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers Earth & Space Science

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Teacher Spotlight: Sean Crumley

High School Careers New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education

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Accelerating Alzheimer’s Research With Stall Catchers

By Jill Nugent

High School Citizen Science Life Science

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Physics in the Sport of Boxing—A Personal Story

High School Physical Science Physics

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Teaching Scientific Literacy

By Andrew Zucker

High School Curriculum Literacy Pedagogy Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Climate Change Education: A Model of Justice-Oriented STEM Education

By Lindsey Kirkland and Kristen Poppleton

Informal Education Climate Change Equity Professional Learning old STEM Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Use of a Linked-Course Model to Teach Scientific Writing to First-Year Undergraduates

The ability to read and compose original scientific literature is critical to educating informed citizens, yet may be severely lacking in undergraduate curricula. We developed a linked course offering in fall 2017 consisting of a 16-student group tak...

By Evan Lampert and J. Stephen Pearson

Postsecondary General Science Literacy Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Students Taught by a First-Time Instructor Using Active-Learning Teaching Strategies Outperform Students Taught by a Highly-Regarded Traditional Instructor

In this paper we put forth a model for physics course reform that uniquely uses proven, research-based active-learning strategies to help students improve their physics knowledge and problem-solving skills. In this study, we compared the exam perform...

By Colin S. Wallace, Edward E. Prather, John A. Milsom, Ken Johns, and Srin Manne

Postsecondary Assessment Curriculum Teaching Strategies

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Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Spanning Two Semesters of Biology Impact Student Self-Efficacy but not Future Goals

Course-based undergraduate research is promoted as an equitable strategy for providing the benefits of research experiences to a larger, more diverse population of students pursuing science degrees. Here, we report the impacts of course-based researc...

By Allison Martin, Adam Rechs, Thomas Landerholm, and Kelly McDonald

Postsecondary Biology Research Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Measuring Data Skills in Undergraduate Student Work

Data literacy, or students’ abilities to understand, interpret, and think critically about data, is an increasing need in K–16 science education. Ocean Tracks College Edition (OT-CE) sought to address this need by creating a set of learning modul...

By Jessica Sickler, Erin Bardar, and Randy Kochevar

Postsecondary Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Technology

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Responsive Teaching in Online Learning Environments

Online teaching and learning have become widespread in higher education over the past two decades, and accelerated during the pandemic. Although online learning is expanding and has many benefits, instructors teaching online courses must deal with a ...

By Young Ae Kim, Lisa Rezende, Elizabeth Eadie, Jacqueline Maximillian, Katelyn Southard, Lisa Elfring, Paul Blowers, and Vicente Talanquer

Postsecondary Curriculum Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Technology