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Web Seminar
NSTA Class Bundle Orientation for Preservice Teachers and Instructors, January 28, 2025
Your instructor has selected the NSTA Class Bundle to use in class this semester. The NSTA Class Bundle includes access to the National Science Teaching Association's lesson plans, journal articles, member web seminars and more! Participate in this ...
Web Seminar
NSTA Class Bundle Orientation for Preservice Teachers and Instructors, January 16, 2025
Your instructor has selected the NSTA Class Bundle to use in class this semester. The NSTA Class Bundle includes access to the National Science Teaching Association's lesson plans, journal articles, member web seminars and more! Participate in this ...
Web Seminar
Archive: Scaling Up for STEM 2025 Fellowship Orientation
Participants will learn about: Overview of the program's mission, vision, and values. Get aquainted with the team! The program's unique features and benefits of participation. Earning professional learning clock hours through the program....
Web Seminar
Archive Science Update: Energy: The Push From Non-Renewable to Renewable Sources, April 24, 2025
The global energy demand has increased nearly exponentially in the last century and is projected to increase at a similar rate in the future. Yet the finite qualities of fossil fuels and CO2 emissions make many non-renewable energy sources (including...
Web Seminar
Archive: Science Update: Space Weather: The Sun, Earth, and You, December 4, 2025
The Sun is constantly churning and bubbling. In addition to the radiation that supports life on Earth, the Sun often releases particles energetic enough to harm Earth-based and near-Earth assets. Just like meteorologists are able to interpret weather...
Web Seminar
The ocean acts like a sponge, absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Increased absorption by the ocean causes changes to our ocean's chemistry from pole to pole. This is known as ocean acidification. Ocean acidification has regional and local ...
Web Seminar
Marine debris is a widespread pollution problem in our ocean and waterways. It can harm wildlife, habitats, and our economy. This issue is human-caused, but it also has human solutions. One of the best tools we have to combat marine debris is underst...
Web Seminar
Archive: Science Update: Exploring the Applications of Low Earth Orbit Observations, May 8, 2025
The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is a joint mission between NOAA and NASA that observes Earth and provides critical data for weather forecasting in addition to many other climate change, agriculture, aviation, and disaster monitoring applicati...
Journal Article
Cross-Curricular Connections...
By Dena Harshbarger, Elizabeth Yungdahl, Christopher Knoell, Jane Strawhacker
Journal Article
Reactions and Properties of Matter
Teaching Through Trade Books...
By Christine Anne Royce
Journal Article
Deconstructing Common Misconceptions in Early Science
The Early Years...
By Alissa A. Lange
Journal Article
Powering Up: Expansive Science Teaching
Tech Talk...
By Heather Anne Pacheco-Guffrey
Journal Article
Unlocking Expansive Learning in the Science Classroom
Explore-Before-Explain...
By Patrick Brown
Journal Article
Expansive Science Teaching Practices
Editor's Note November-December 2024...
By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn
Journal Article
Expanding Science Knowledge through Expansive Science Teaching Practices
Guest Editorial...
By Emily Adah Miller, Ayça Fackler
Journal Article
With environmental issues and awareness rising globally, our connection to the natural world is clearly critical, but education that teaches children how to relate to local plants and animals is seemingly lacking in elementary curriculum. For an unde...
By Bria Beardsley, Karl Jung
Journal Article
This article summarizes our research findings, investigating instructional adaptations elementary science teachers make to accommodate a growing population of Karen immigrant students. Hailing from the war-torn country of Myanmar, Karen students, who...
By Ashlely Armstrong, Timothy Slater
Journal Article
This article shares the experiences of three elementary teachers who took steps to transform their roles from speakers to listeners. After participating in a professional learning (PL) project that uses science to support English language practices, ...
By Michelle Brown, Teila Hildebrand, Taylor Tarone-Sefchik, Allyson Trella, May Lee, Carla Zembal-Saul, Jennifer Cody
Journal Article
Jammin' A year-long project in which students explore and share their passions
Science learning that is connected with students’ experiences and interests has shown to be critical in fostering student enthusiasm for science and may be linked to later educational and career choices. Teachers, however, often feel pressure to te...
By Bonnie Glass, Sara Dail, Tammy Lee
Journal Article
Warming up to Inquiry: Using inquiry to teach heating and cooling of substances to 2nd graders
Starting to teach science through inquiry can be intimidating for teachers who don’t have much experience with it. Some concerns about teaching science through inquiry often come from misunderstandings of what science entails (Authors et al., 2015...
By Jesse Wilcox, Maizee Lindsey, Karissa Steinke
Journal Article
Building a Soundproof Room: A University-Elementary Collaboration
The creative opportunity inherent in developing a STEM project is a great opportunity for preservice teachers. This article outlines a project in which a Science Education professor collaborated with an elementary STEM teacher to provide background o...
By Lauren Angelone, Katherine Dykes, Rorie Smith