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…

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Blog Post | December 2024

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How Can Computational Modeling Help Explain the Spread of COVID-19?

Lesson Plan | January 2022

How Can Computational Modeling Help Explain How Different Groups of People Are Affected When COVID-19 Spreads Through a Community?

Lesson Plan | January 2022

Why Does the Cracker Taste Sweet?

Lesson Plan | May 2020

Cells and Size

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the size of cells. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize how small a cell is relative to other things.

How Can Technology Help Reduce Our Waste?

Lesson Plan | August 2021