Elementary School Science

Position Statement | June 2020

Evaluating Lessons for Sensemaking Using the NSTA Sensemaking Tool

Professional Learning Unit | September 2022

The NSTA Sensemaking Tool (adapted from the research-based NGSS Lesson Screener) is designed to help educators be critical consumers of curricular materials as well as create and/or revise science lessons to reflect the…

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, February 14, 2023

Reports Article | February 2023

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, September 5, 2023

Reports Article | September 2023

Evaluation of Computing Workshops at the Science Museum

Journal Article | March 2021

Using Cogenerative Dialogues to Improve High School Students’ Internships With Scientists

Journal Article | June 2021

They Really Used to Think That?

Journal Article | August 2020

The Boxcar Challenge Unit

Journal Article | February 2020

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, May 2, 2023

Reports Article | April 2023

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, February 27, 2024

Reports Article | February 2024

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, August 12, 2025

Reports Article | August 2025

Jumping to Conclusions

Journal Article | March 2019

Shadow Size

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit children’s ideas about how light interacts with an object to form a shadow. The probe is designed to reveal children’s ideas about the size of a shadow in relation to…

Freebies for Science Teachers, October 6, 2020

Reports Article | September 2020

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, February 6, 2024

Reports Article | February 2024