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NSTA Press Book

The Changing Earth, Grade 8: STEM Road Map for Middle School

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.What if you could challenge your eighth graders to help people recognize the inherent risks of living in a region that’s prone to flooding, earthquakes, and volcanoes? Wit...

Middle School Climate Change Earth & Space Science STEM Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

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From STEM to STEAM

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School STEM

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Community Ethnography

By Kathleen Schenkel, Selena Bliesener, Angela Calabrese Barton, and Edna Tan

Middle School 5E Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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The Forgotten Factor

By Kaitlyn McGlynn and Janey Kelly

Middle School Citizen Science Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Spring Migrations

By Bob Riddle

Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Life Science

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How Do We Know What Isopods Do?

Elementary Informal Education Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

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Start With Art

By JULIE LACONTE AND ERICA SPANGLER

Middle School Interdisciplinary Labs Life Science Teaching Strategies

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After-School STEAM Club Connects Botany, Art, and Gaming

By DANA L. ATWOOD-BLAINE

Middle School 5E Biology Life Science STEM

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Hop Into Spring With Amphibian Citizen Science

By Jill Nugent

Middle School Citizen Science Earth & Space Science Life Science

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Distributing Expertise to Integrate Computational Thinking Practices

By MICHAEL CASSIDY, ELI TUCKER-RAYMOND, AND GILLIAN PUTTICK

Middle School Computer Science Instructional Materials Teaching Strategies

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Making Sense of the Human Body

By HELENA CASTLE, KIRA LOWERY, AND SHELLY R. RODRIGUEZ

Middle School Labs Life Science Makerspace

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How STEM Teachers Can Immerse Themselves in the Three Rs Over the Summer

By TRACY VASSILIEV, DOUGLAS J. GARDNER, AND DAVID NEIVANDT

Middle School Inquiry Professional Learning old STEM

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Teacher Spotlight: Jonte Lee

High School Careers New Science Teachers Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Sustainable Mobility Expert E.J. Klock-McCook

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers Engineering

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Novel Coronavirus

In this secondary-level lesson, students will generate and prioritize questions about the novel coronavirus and evaluate scientific and/or technical information from multiple authoritative sources, assessing the evidence and usefulness of each source...

By William Reed

High School Biology Instructional Materials Is Lesson Plan Lesson Plans Life Science

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Advancing Alloys

The manufacture of metal alloys is ubiquitous, yet infrequently discussed in high school coursework as concepts related to them are often too complex or abstract for beginning science students. However, earlier introduction to metallurgy in classro...

By Christina Polcino, Billyjack Jory, Jean Sabety, Laura Grenot Jones, Jared Ashcroft, and Brandon Rodriguez

High School Chemistry Earth & Space Science Labs

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Science in Socio-Scientific Issues

By Jaimie A. Foulk, Patricia J. Friedrichsen, and Troy D. Sadler

High School Interdisciplinary Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

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From Surviving to Thriving

By Anna Bahnson, Jesse Wilcox, Jerrid Kruse, and Timothy Schou

High School Inclusion NGSS Pedagogy

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Being Unique or Being Identical

By Paul G. Hewitt

High School Physical Science Physics

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The Origin of Federal Air Pollution Policy

By Jen Reidel

High School Climate Change Earth & Space Science

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Pandemics

By Chris Anderson

High School Biology Life Science Technology

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Transgender Perspectives in the Biology Classroom

By Elizabeth Hobbs

High School Equity Inclusion Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

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Why Is Our Fruit Turning Brown?

Informal Education Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan Life Science Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices

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Why Are the Bones Still Here?

Elementary 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 a Pandemic Cause Less CO2?

Middle School High School Climate Change Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Engineering Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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How Do Our Noses Smell Things?

Informal Education Biology Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices

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Why Does a Part's Shape Matter?

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan Life Science Literacy NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

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Scientific Literacy in the Post-Truth Era

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School Literacy Technology

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When making do is not good enough

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School Teacher Preparation

Web Seminar

Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Science is Social! Transform Your Classroom into a Learning Community, April 22, 2020 (7:00 pm ET)

For students to be able to make sense of the world, our classrooms must be transformed into learning communities where students are working together to share ideas, build understanding and reach consensus....

Web Seminar

Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Science is Social! Transform Your Classroom into a Learning Community, April 22, 2020 (12:00 pm ET)

For students to be able to make sense of the world, our classrooms must be transformed into learning communities where students are working together to share ideas, build understanding and reach consensus....

Journal Article

Girls in STEM

By Melanie Kinskey

Elementary Careers Equity STEM

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Fun With Forces and Motion

By Dennis Rosemartin

Elementary Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

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What Can I Observe in the Outdoors?

Informal Education Crosscutting Concepts Is Lesson Plan Life Science Science and Engineering Practices

Virtual Conference

Picture-Perfect Science Online Course, Apr 2020

A Picture-Perfect Science Online Course includes:...

Web Seminar

Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Science SOS (Successful Online Strategies), April 14, 2020

You've moved online - now what?  Content resources have been provided consistently over the last few weeks. This Teacher Tip Tuesday focus is some strategies for working with students in an online environment. Strategies for both synchronous and...

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Can water change the path of light?

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