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  • First Issue of Connected Science Learning a Great Success

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    CSL editor Dennis Schatz discusses the response to our first issue, the journal’s new serialized publication format, and this issue’s theme, professional development.   All of us associated with producing…

  • Noticing by NYSCI

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    Noticing by NYSCI is a project based at the New York Hall of Science that fosters deeper student learning and engagement through the use of five specialized, iPad-based mobile apps. Throughout the process of developing…

  • STEM Smart

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    STEM Smart meetings bring together educators, advocates, policy makers, and STEM thought leaders. The resulting Briefs allow all educators to learn about the meetings’ valuable takeaways.   Since 2011, the…

  • Zoo Academy

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    Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium and the Omaha Public School District partnered to form the Zoo Academy, a school-within-a-zoo model that relies on the successful collaboration between an informal science…

  • Full STEM Ahead

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    Full STEM Ahead: Afterschool Programs Step Up as Key Partners in STEM Education, describes parental attitudes and perceptions of STEM programming in their child’s after-school setting.   The America After 3PM…

  • Bridging Neuroscience and Education Through Museum-School Partnerships

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    The Franklin Institute provides programs that help educators of all disciplines understand the key ideas and recommendations for enhanced teaching practices based on new research from the field of neuroscience.…

  • Monday Night Science

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    CSL editor Dennis Schatz introduces the first journal dedicated to bridging in-school and out-of-school science education.   My dream—many would call it a fantasy—is that someday, science will be as pervasive in…

  • Working at the Intersections of Formal and Informal Science and Literacy Education

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    The National Writing Project provides professional development, develops resources, generates research, and works to improve the teaching of writing and learning in schools and communities.   In this article, we…

  • Bridging the Gap With STEM

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    Connected Science Learning is a journal around which all science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educators can gather. The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Association of Science-…

  • Taking an Ecosystem Approach to STEM Learning

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    Explore the Synergies project, a case study for how to comprehensively integrate three exemplary teaching practices into a STEM-learning ecosystem.   The nature of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and…

  • NASA Science Mission Directorate Diversity Resources

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    NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) explores the Earth, the Sun, our solar system, the galaxy and beyond through four SMD divisions: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Planetary Science and Astrophysics. Alongside NASA…

  • STEM Pathways

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    STEM Pathways is a collaboration between five Minnesota informal STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education organizations—The Bakken Museum, Bell Museum of Natural History, Minnesota Zoo,…

  • How to... Ask the Right Questions (e-Book)

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    Questions, questions, questions! They are a large part of a teacher’s stock-in-trade. We use questions to help students review, to check on comprehension, to stimulate critical thinking, to encourage creativity, to…

  • How to... Write to Learn Science, Second Edition (e-Book)

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    Make science an exhilarating process of discovery! Through a wealth of creative write-to-learn strategies, this book offers inspiring techniques to coax out the reluctant scientists in your classroom. Newly updated and…

  • Inquiring Safely: A Guide for Middle School Teachers (e-Book)

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    Not your average safety guide, Inquiring Safely is a uniquely readable resource from experienced teachers who know both middle school science content and how middle school students behave. The authors go beyond the…

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