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Archive: 250 Teachers in 100 Districts in 10 States - What has the Field Test Told OpenSciEd about How These Materials Live in Real Classrooms? June 18, 2020

Dive into the data and information collected through the OpenSciEd field test. See how the wisdom from teachers and students informs the materials. ...

Middle School Elementary High School NGSS Three-Dimensional Learning

NSTA Press Book

Picture-Perfect Lecciones de Ciencia, SEGUNDA EDICIÓN AMPLIADA: Cómo utilizar manuales infantiles para guiar la investigación, 3-6 (Activities in Spanish)

A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish. ...

By Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan

Picture-Perfect Lecciones de Ciencia, SEGUNDA EDICIÓN AMPLIADA: Cómo utilizar manuales infantiles para guiar la investigación, 3-6   (Activities in Spanish) (e-book)

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Picture-Perfect Lecciones de Ciencia, SEGUNDA EDICIÓN AMPLIADA: Cómo utilizar manuales infantiles para guiar la investigación, 3-6 (Activities in Spanish) (e-book)

A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish. ...

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Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Family Science at the Dinner Table, June 2, 2020

Does shelter-in-place have you running out of things to do with your children?  Are you looking for new ideas to spark excitement around your dinner-table (or other family time) conversations?  Learn more about how to engage children i...

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Archive: Science Update: NASA STEAM Innovation Lab-Explore, Create, Share!, August 27, 2020

This web seminar will highlight educational technology-based activities from NASA’s STEM Innovation Lab; a think tank and makerspace with an emphasis on earth and space science content applications. Ideas generated in the lab are captured,...

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Archive: Science Update: COVID-19: What We Know, Where We Are Going: A Look at What the Current Research Tells Us About the Pandemic, June 10, 2020

As new information comes out from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and researchers, educators, and parents are left with questions about the progression of the COVID-19, possible treatments and vaccines, and what the models tell us of what we can...

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Picture-Perfect STEM Lecciones, K-2, Cómo utilizar manuales infantiles para promover el aprendizaje de STEM (Activities in Spanish) (e-book)

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Picture-Perfect STEM Lecciones, K-2, Cómo utilizar manuales infantiles para promover el aprendizaje de STEM (Activities in Spanish) (e-book)

A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish....

Human Impacts on Our Climate, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School (e-book )

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Human Impacts on Our Climate, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School (e-book )

What if you could challenge your sixth graders to come up with a way to help tackle climate change in their own community? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Human Impacts on Our Climate outlines a journey that will ...

NSTA Press Book

Human Impacts on Our Climate, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School

New in 2020!What if you could challenge your sixth graders to come up with a way to help tackle climate change in their own community? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Human Impacts on Our Climate outlines a journe...

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Archive: Professional Learning Combined with 3-D Curriculum: Enacting OpenSciEd to Support Student Sensemaking, May 28, 2020

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Archive: Professional Learning Combined with 3-D Curriculum: Enacting OpenSciEd to Support Student Sensemaking, May 28, 2020

Learn about professional learning for teachers’ enacting OpenSciEd middle school science curriculum. Although curriculum materials are essential for three-dimensional learning, they need to be a part of a larger system of support. ...

Archive: OpenSciEd Curricular Design and Pedagogical Routines that Support Emerging Multilingual Students’ Content and Language Development, May 21, 2020

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Archive: OpenSciEd Curricular Design and Pedagogical Routines that Support Emerging Multilingual Students’ Content and Language Development, May 21, 2020

Explore how the OpenSciEd Instructional model and associated supports ensure that Emerging Multilingual students flourish using the investigative and problematizing routines embedded within the OpenSciEd Instructional Model. ...

Archive: Instructional Materials that Support Equitable Science Instruction for All Students, May 14, 2020

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Archive: Instructional Materials that Support Equitable Science Instruction for All Students, May 14, 2020

Explore how equitable instructional practices are central to the design of the OpenSciEd materials. Learn about the embedded features and practices and take away strategies and materials that will support equitable science learning in your own c...

Archive: How the OpenSciEd Instructional Model Supports a Coherent Sequence that Addresses Student Questions and Achieves Specified Outcomes, May 20, 2020

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Archive: How the OpenSciEd Instructional Model Supports a Coherent Sequence that Addresses Student Questions and Achieves Specified Outcomes, May 20, 2020

Explore how classroom routines embedded in the OpenSciEd units use student questions to drive the direction of students’ investigations and knowledge building. ...

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Science Update: The Technologies of Ocean Exploration - Today and Into the Future, July 16, 2020

Join us on Thursday, July 16, 2020, starting at 7:00 pm ET to learn about some of the amazing tools that are helping us to map, identify, characterize, and manage ocean resources now and for future generations....

NSTA Press Book

The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.A key aspect of learning in K–12 education is the idea that what students know and are able to do grows and evolves over time. Simple ideas learned in the early elementary...

By Ted Willard

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The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions (e-book)

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The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions (e-book)

A key aspect of learning in K–12 education is the idea that what students know and are able to do grows and evolves over time. Simple ideas learned in the early elementary grades gain levels of detail and complexity as students progress in their ed...

Planet Protectors

Interactive E-book Kids

Planet Protectors

In the Planet Protectors eBook, three friends notice that changes have occurred in their local park over the past five years. These friends want to figure out what has happened to the park and why these changes have occurred. In order to do this, the...

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Chemical Bonds

By Page Keeley

Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Don't Turn the Page Yet! May 20, 2020

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Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Don't Turn the Page Yet! May 20, 2020

Explore interactive reading strategies to engage students that connect children's books to the practices of science and engineering.  These strategies are easy to do at home or with a virtual class!   Recommendations for books th...

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Transforming Science Learning: NASA’s Next Generation STEM Resources Are Ready for Launch! May 6, 2020

 NSTA's Professional Learning Division and NASA’s Next Generation STEM Team invite you to learn about the NASA Office of STEM Engagement’s new Commercial Crew Program Launch Kit. Explore how these STEM investigations use science an...

NSTA Press Book

STEM, Standards, and Strategies for High-Quality Units

New in 2020!Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Do you, your school, or your school district want to align your science curriculum with state standards while meeting the growing demand for STEM instruction? If so, this is ...

By Rodger Bybee

Elementary High School Middle School STEM Curriculum Instructional Materials NGSS Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation Administrators

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