Why Isn't Pluto a Planet Anymore?

Lesson Plan | November 2020

From Scatterplots to Stories: Uncovering Patterns in Messy, Real-World Data Sets

Blog Post | July 2026

How Can We Run Out of Water?

Lesson Plan | October 2020

Engineering Design Projects That Support Science Learning

Blog Post | August 2019

How Do We Get Drinking Water From Fog?

Lesson Plan | September 2020

How Do We Find Patterns in Weather?

Lesson Plan | March 2020

Why Is Our Sun So Big and Bright?

Lesson Plan | July 2020

How Can Wildfires Lead to Mudslides?

Lesson Plan | February 2022

How Does Temperature Affect the Rate at Which People Become Infected With Mosquito-Borne Diseases?

Lesson Plan | February 2022

Seven Essential Tips for Modern Science Instruction

Blog Post | November 2025

When Can We See Different Objects in the Sky?

Lesson Plan | September 2020

NSTA’s Science and Children Journal Welcomes New Field Editor

Press Release | October 2025

Agentic AI: Developing the Benefits for Classroom Learning – Part I

Blog Post | May 2025

Practice What You Teach

Blog Post | July 2020

Is It Made of Parts?

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit children’s developing ideas about structure in living systems. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that living things are made up of parts.