Science That’s Out of This World

Journal Article | June 2020

A Synthesis of Geospatial Tools for the Middle Grades

Journal Article | September 2022

Where Does Your Sidewalk End?

Journal Article | October 2021

Engineering Habits of Mind

Journal Article | September 2019

Exploring Phenomena That Connect Science, Self, and Society

Journal Article | April 2023

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…

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

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

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…

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, November 22, 2022

Reports Article | November 2022

Seasonal Weather Patterns

Journal Article | January 2019