Science Education for Middle Level Learners

Position Statement | May 2026

Science Assessments as a Learning Opportunity

Journal Article | March 2023

Feedback best practices support timely, high-quality feedback with application opportunity. Multiple attempts on assessments support learning gains. A learning management system can be used to automatically provide…

Biology Students’ Views of Science Communication

Journal Article | July 2023

Educational efforts to promote effective oral science communication at the undergraduate level tend to reinforce strategies related to impression management. Students are taught tactics that can be used to create the…

NGSS Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom

Journal Article | June 2021

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer rich opportunities for both science and language learning. This article presents science and language instructional shifts, grounded in the NGSS and contemporary…

Launching Inquiry Into Motion

Journal Article | October 2021

Communicating in Science: Why It Matters

Journal Article | May 2021

STEM Laboratory Safety on a Shoestring

Journal Article | August 2020

Sustainable Mobility Expert E.J. Klock-McCook

Journal Article | April 2020

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, January 25, 2022

Reports Article | January 2022

Highlights From the NSTA Research Committee

Blog Post | February 2025

Using Insect Biodiversity to Build Basic Skills

Journal Article | March 2019

Weather Versus Climate: What’s the Difference?

Journal Article | December 2020

Data literacy 101

Journal Article | March 2020

Sphero Robots and the Periodic Table

Journal Article | October 2019

Students review the periodic table by coding robots.

Closing Keynote Address: WOW! Tips, Techniques, and Tricks for Motivating Students. Engage Keynote Fall 2020

Archived Conference Session | June 2021