How to Read the Next Generation Science Standards

Page | April 2020

How to Read the Next Generation Science Standards The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are distinct from prior science standards in three essential ways. 1) Performance. Prior standards documents listed what students should “know” or “understand.” These ideas needed to be translated into performances that could…

Guidelines for Authors: Science Scope

Page | January 2020

Guidelines for Authors: Science Scope About Science Scope Science Scope is an award-winning, peer-reviewed, practitioners' journal for grade 6–8 teachers, university faculty responsible for teacher preparation, and state and district science supervisors and leaders. Science Scope is published…

Guidelines for Authors: The Science Teacher

Page | January 2020

Guidelines for Authors: The Science Teacher About The Science Teacher The Science Teacher is an award-winning, peer-reviewed, practitioners' journal for grade 9-12 teachers, university faculty responsible for teacher preparation, and state and district science supervisors and leaders. The Science…

Guidelines for Authors: Science and Children

Page | January 2020

Guidelines for Authors: Science and Children About Science and Children Science and Children is an award-winning, peer-reviewed, practitioners' journal for grade PreK–5 teachers, university faculty responsible for teacher preparation, and state and district science supervisors and leaders. Science…

NSTA Press® Sample Chapters

Page | May 2020

NSTA Press® Sample Chapters Looking for Science Activities? NSTA Press publishes science activities for teachers of kindergarten through college on a wide range of topics. We've posted sample chapters and activities from our books for free download so you can look inside. Be sure to search our online bookstore for…

Call for Papers: Science Scope

Page | January 2020

Call for Papers: Science Scope The editors of Science Scope would like to encourage you to submit a manuscript on any topic that may be of interest to middle level science teachers. Although each issue of Science Scope is organized around a theme, your manuscript does not have to be related to a…

Online Connections: The Science Teacher

Page | January 2020

Online Connections: The Science Teacher November/December 2020 The Aurora Borealis Student Worksheet Solar wind velocity data and answer key Solar storm answer key Connecting to the Next Generation Science Standards The Lives of Staph (Idea Bank) Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C…

Leveraging Science in the News

Journal Article | February 2020

Online Connections: Science and Children

Page | January 2020

Online Connections: Science and Children July/August 2021 Teaching Through Trade Books—Pushing, Pulling, and Predicting Force Patterns K-2 3-5 Engineering Encounters—Turn Up the Music! Turn Up The Music Supplemental Resources      Using Toys to Create a Global…

Energy

Journal Article | January 2023

“Energy is liberated matter, matter is energy waiting to happen.” — Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

Astronauts Zoom: An Astronaut Alphabet

Journal Article | October 2023

Astronauts Zoom: An Astronaut Alphabet  By Deborah Lee Rose September 2020 Persnickety Press 36 pages $16.95

Global Connections

Journal Article | June 2021

Moon, Math, and Literacy

Journal Article | November 2022

An Unforgettable Journey

Journal Article | February 2021

Let’s Clear the Air

Journal Article | January 2021