What Happens When You Bring a Balloon Near Wall

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about electrical interactions. The probe is designed to find out how students visually represent electrical interactions.

Freebies for Science Teachers, Week of July 20, 2020

Reports Article | July 2020

Beyond “See Figure 1”

Journal Article | January 2023

Visual elements such as graphs, tables, and diagrams are essential components of scientific writing. Although scientific writing textbooks and guides often contain information on how to design such visuals, little has…

Teaching STEM During a Pandemic

Reports Article | November 2020

Ice-Cold Lemonade

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that heat flows from warmer objects or areas to cooler ones.

Three-Dimensional Classroom Assessment Tasks

Journal Article | February 2019

Practical advice from veteran teachers

Encouraging student voices in the science classroom

Journal Article | September 2019

Notes from the field editor

Community-Informed STEM Teaching Strategies for Early Childhood Educators During COVID

Journal Article | August 2022

Seasonal Weather Patterns

Journal Article | January 2019

Listening to Waves: Engaging Underrepresented Students Through the Science of Sound and Music

Journal Article | August 2021

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…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, September 7, 2021

Reports Article | September 2021

Data Literacy 101

Journal Article | March 2019

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 11, 2023

Reports Article | July 2023

Equal and Opposite

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about pairs of forces that fit Newton’s third law. The probe is specifically designed to reveal whether students can identify third law force pairs as…