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“Practical Use” of Volcanoes During Wartime

By Kaleena Black

High School Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials Literacy

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Meteorologist Maureen McCann

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science

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Teacher Spotlight: Daniel Delcher

High School Careers New Science Teachers Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Surface-X

By Daniel McKinney

High School 5E Careers Crosscutting Concepts Engineering Instructional Materials Labs Lesson Plans NGSS Physical Science Physics Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Technology Three-Dimensional Learning

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The Day-Night Cycle

By Page Keeley

Elementary Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Teaching Strategies

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Socio-scientific Issues Instruction

By Molly Ewing and Troy D. Sadler

Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Interdisciplinary Life Science NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Policy Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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The Aurora Borealis

By Liza Bondurant and Sten Odenwald

High School Aerospace Astronomy Climate Change Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Inquiry New Science Teachers NGSS

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Do Not Disturb the Flow!

By Shunderla Wilson and Brooke A. Whitworth

High School Biology Inquiry Life Science NGSS Phenomena Teaching Strategies

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Using Drama to Uncover and Expand Student Understandings of the Nature of Science

By Lydia E Carol-Ann Burke, Alison McAvella and Anne Wessels

High School Interdisciplinary Teaching Strategies

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Newton’s Prisms

By Paul G. Hewitt

High School Physics

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Get the Scoop on Soil Microbes

By Jill Nugent

High School Citizen Science Earth & Space Science Labs

Web Seminar

Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Solving the Problem of Finding Authentic Problems Students Can Solve in the K-12 Classroom, December 16, 2020

Is identifying and choosing relevant, authentic problems to put in front of your students holding you back from providing opportunities to engage your students in engineering design? Join us to gain insight on what makes a problem instructionally ...

Middle School Elementary High School General Science STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: Cosmic Explosions, February 11, 2021

The biggest explosions in the universe dwarf any we are capable of on Earth.  In space, we can witness an exploding star that can shine brighter than the rest of a galaxy, or a black hole ripping apart a star that's visible from billions of ligh...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Astronomy Earth & Space Science General Science Physics STEM

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Why can't I see the animals?

Middle School Biology Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Why Isn't Pluto a Planet Anymore?

Middle School High School Astronomy Crosscutting Concepts Earth & Space Science Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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How Can We Make Informed Decisions to Keep Ourselves and Our Communities Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

By Todd Campbell and Okhee Lee

Middle School High School Informal Education Biology Crosscutting Concepts Is Lesson Plan Life Science Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Multilingual Families and Field Trips

By Grace Jue Yeon Kim and Leslie C. Moore

Early Childhood Informal Education Multilingual Learners Multicultural STEM

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IGES Launches New Informal Resource Review Tool for NGSS

By Nancy Colleton and Arden Holderby

Informal Education Earth & Space Science NGSS STEM Three-Dimensional Learning

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Enhancing Environmental Identity: The Ocean Guardian Project

By Nessa Goldman

Middle School Informal Education Citizen Science Environmental Science Inquiry STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: Bridging a Passion for Human Discovery in Space and on Earth — The Lucy Mission and Lucy in Space Contest, January 14, 2021

Two world-renowned scientists, Donald Johanson PhD and Hal Levison PhD, will discuss human’s passion for exploration and discovery through the lens of two “Lucys.” One — an upcoming NASA mission, led by principal investigator L...

Middle School High School Astronomy Biology Earth & Space Science Engineering Evolution STEM Technology

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Creating Pathways for Equity in STEM Through Family Engagement

By Remy Dou and Heidi Cian

Informal Education Equity Inclusion Research STEM

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Why is the Monarch Butterfly Population Changing?

Middle School High School Biology Citizen Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Phenomena

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The Lives of Staph

By Jacqueline Griffith and Robert Marsteller

High School Biology Instructional Materials Life Science

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Conducting Science Labs in a Virtual World

By Denise Wright

Inclusion Labs Teaching Strategies Technology

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What Do Plants Do in the Dark?

High School Biology Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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How does soap make dishes clean?

Informal Education Chemistry Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices

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How Can We Pull Colors Apart?

Early Childhood Informal Education Preschool Crosscutting Concepts General Science Is Lesson Plan NGSS Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices

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Why Is The Image Upside Down?

Middle School General Science Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices

Web Seminar

Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Taking Familiar Digital Tools to the Next Level: Padlet and Jamboard, December 8, 2020

Whether in teaching and learning in a classroom or virtual space, digital tools can be leveraged as a means for students to share ideas, evaluate competing ideas, and give and receive critique. This month’s focus is Padlet and Jamboard. Explore how...

Middle School Elementary High School General Science

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Comparison of Student Success Between High-Clicker and Low-Clicker Frequency in a Large-Enrollment Introductory Biology Course

Active-learning approaches have recently been broadly promoted on many campuses, but research is limited on how varying levels of interaction impact student success. The aim of this study was to compare student success between two sections of an intr...

By Lauren Shea, Chantale Bégin, Christopher Osovitz, and Luanna Prevost

Biology Teaching Strategies