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Journal Article

STEM Teaching Tools: Guidance for Justice-Centered Climate Change Teaching and Learning

By Philip Bell and Abby Rhinehart

Informal Education Climate Change Equity Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old STEM Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Facilitating Emancipatory and Justice-Centered Environmental and Climate Learning

By Pranjali Upadhyay and Rae Jing Han

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Citizen Science Climate Change Environmental Science Equity STEM

Journal Article

Sustaining Community-School Relationships Around Shared Visions of Climate Justice and Science Teaching

By David Segura, Daniel Morales-Doyle, Susan Nelson, Amy Levingston, and Karen Canales

High School Informal Education Advocacy Climate Change Equity Interdisciplinary

Journal Article

Introducing OutSCIder Classroom

Join host Chris Anderson as he explores our incredible National Parks and meets awesome scientists, all while learning how the world around us works! ...

By Chris Anderson

Middle School High School Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Interdisciplinary Phenomena

Web Seminar

Archive: Call to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future, September 27, 2021

The Call to Action for Science Education-- released by a committee convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in mid-July and funded by the Carnegie Corporation --identifies effective science education practices an...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Preschool General Science

Web Seminar

Archive: Book Beat Live! Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning into the K-2 Classroom, October 20, 2021

Young children come to school with a natural curiosity, along with a collection of ideas, experiences, and interests, that are tailored to the exploratory nature of STEM. Teachers can leverage these students' assets and foster shared classroom experi...

Early Childhood Elementary STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: November 2021: Developing a Competitive Application for Shell Teaching Awards, November 3, 2021

Shell Science Teaching Award: This award recognizes one outstanding classroom science teacher (K–12) who has had a positive impact on his or her students, school, and community through exemplary classroom science teaching. K–12 classroo...

Middle School Elementary High School General Science

Web Seminar

Archive: October 2021: Developing a Competitive Application for the Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge, October 21, 2021

Are you a K-12 teacher that works near a Shell asset? If so you could win a science classroom makeover. The Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Competition recognizes exceptional and innovative science educators for their exemplary approaches t...

Middle School Elementary High School General Science

Lesson Plan

How Can Technology Help Reduce Our Waste?

Elementary Climate Change Earth & Space Science Engineering NGSS Performance Expectations Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

STEM Teaching Reform: Incremental Pathways

For almost 1,000 years, lecture has been the predominant form of teaching. There has been increasing pressure to abandon lecturing and instead use more active learning strategies. An unfortunate outcome is that didactic lecture remains the dominant f...

By Yunteng He

Pedagogy Preservice Science Education Research Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Preservice Science Teachers Practice Teaching Online through 4E Instructional Model

This article is prepared as part of a “Practice Teaching in Science” course of a teacher education program aiming for developing prospective science teachers’ teaching through inquiry-based instruction involving practices of science and active ...

By Ozden Sengul

5E Instructional Materials Pedagogy Research Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Introductory Biology Students’ Opinions on the Pivot to Crisis Distance Education in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher-education institutions to close campuses and pivot all face-to-face (F2F) instruction online. This transition to Crisis Distance Education (CDE) was unprecedented in scope and speed as it was implemented globally. ...

By J. Phil Gibson and Kristen Shelton

Distance Learning Instructional Materials Preservice Science Education Research Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies