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Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy and is designed to reveal how students think about insulators. This probe is best used with grades 4–12, and if used with elementary students, the emphasis...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about thermal energy. The probe is designed to reveal whether students distinguish between temperature and thermal energy. It is best used with grades 6–12. The probe is provided i...
Virtual Conference
Shifting to the NGSS: Professional Book Study for Elementary School Teachers
Are you an elementary school teacher working to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)? Register to participate in the Shifting to the NGSS: Professional Book Study, taking place in May, 2019!...
NSTA Press Book
Rainwater Analysis, Grade 5: STEM Road Map for Elementary School
What if you could challenge your fifth graders to design rainwater recycling systems to provide water for a fictional community garden? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!...
eBook
Rainwater Analysis, Grade 5: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (e-book)
What if you could challenge your fifth graders to design rainwater recycling systems to provide water for a fictional community garden? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Rainwater Analysis outlines a journey that wi...
eBook
Staging Family Science Nights (e-book)
Get rave reviews for science by putting this book’s step-by-step plans to work. Staging Family Science Nights is your playbook for creating an informal learning environment that will generate enthusiasm and enjoyment of science among the entire fam...
NSTA Press Book
Have you been wanting to learn more about what your students know (or think they know) about major concepts in matter and energy? Have you been wishing for formative assessment tools in both English and Spanish? Then this is the book you’ve been wa...
By Page Keeley, Susan Cooper
NSTA Press Book
Get rave reviews for science by putting this book’s step-by-step plans to work. Staging Family Science Nights is your playbook for creating an informal learning environment that will generate enthusiasm and enjoyment of science among the entire fam...
By Donna Governor, Denise Webb
Journal Article
Virtual shipbuilding technology from professional naval engineeers ...
By MICHAEL BRISCOE
Journal Article
The idea that plants do photosynthesis but do not do cellular respiration is a common misconception among middle and high school students that often stems from an over-simplification of these processes in diagrams and formal science instruction. The ...
By Jennifer L. Maeng and Amanda Gonczi
Journal Article
Spicing Up Your Classroom With Games
Games allow teachers to interact with their students in a different way than they normally do. They also have the potential to challenge and assess students’ understanding of content. Games allow me to “play” with my students in ways that other...
By Melanie Pearlman
Journal Article
Teachers use simulations for student motivation, content learning, and engagement in science practices. ...
By Argenta Price, Carl Wieman, and Katherine Perkins
Journal Article
Quickly Teaching Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration—Part 2
In the February 2019 issue we looked at teaching speed and velocity. Now we’re ready to tackle acceleration. ...
By PAUL G. HEWITT
Journal Article
Computer simulations have become essential to scientific investigation and engineering design, thanks to advances in mathematical modeling, game theory, and computing technology. Simulations now provide an indispensable tool for investigating the pro...
By Steve Metz
Journal Article
An Interview With Atmospheric Scientist Shawn Urbanski
Atmospheric scientists study the chemical composition of the atmosphere. More specifically, they look at how atmospheric gases, liquids, and solids interact both with each other and with the earth's surface. This helps people understand such phenomen...
By Luba Vangelova
Journal Article
Envisioning the Possibilities of Educational Gaming with Carl Sagan
In the late summer of 1983, when video games were relatively new, astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator Carl Sagan recognized their potential value as he imagined “how to design a home video game which would teach a great deal of astron...
By Kellie Taylor
Journal Article
How to Design a Performance Task
Follow a sequence of steps to develop an authentic performance task. ...
Journal Article
Transform the science fair experience into an authentic summative assessment. ...
By Joan Hedman and Brooke A. Whitworth
Journal Article
Apply science and engineering practices to design and build an amusement park ride based on a Hollywood film. ...
Journal Article
Learn how to build a summative performance assessment from a standardized test question. ...