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Evaluating Lessons for Sensemaking Using the NSTA Sensemaking Tool
Professional Learning Unit |
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…
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Journal Article |
Exploring maker spaces, engineering, and more
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Meeting the Challenges of Remote Learning
Reports Article |
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Lesson Plan |
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about brainstorming. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students understand the norms of good teamwork during the brainstorming…
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Outcomes for Peer-Based Mentors in a University-Wide STEM Persistence Program: A Three-Year Analysis
Journal Article |
While the majority of STEM persistence has focused on outcomes for first-year students, there has been little investigation into the outcomes for peer mentors. Of the studies conducted, results are promising. Benefits…
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How Do Animals Brush Their Teeth?
Journal Article |
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Teaching and Learning Through Storylines
Blog Post |
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Making Critical Thinking Visible for Student Analysis and Reflection
Journal Article |
Practice critical-thinking skills with this phenomena-centered dinosaur bone activity.
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Why Do Some People Get Easily Sunburned?
Lesson Plan |
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Lesson Plan |
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit children’s ideas about how light interacts with an object to form a shadow. The probe is designed to reveal children’s ideas about the size of a shadow in relation to…
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Why Does the Ocean Turn Turquoise?
Lesson Plan |
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Addressing Student Diversity and Equity
Journal Article |
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