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Teaching in ways that help students understand the nature of science and how to use scientific reasoning patterns have long been central goals of science education. This article attempts to explicate the basic pattern…
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Kids bring a wealth of ideas and experiences into the classroom. When we create opportunities for students to share ideas, we can develop a community of learners where every voice is valued and every voice helps build…
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Grounding Practice in Research
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Grounding Practice in Research The first set of common science standards in the United States is about 20 years old. Our understanding of the world around us has since changed, and so has our understanding of how children learn. A growing body of research is painting a very different picture of what today’s science…
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What does it take to create a science classroom where students feel empowered to share their ideas, ask questions, and figure things out together? Sensemaking is not just about instructional strategies, it is about…
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Empowering Science Education With AI: Enhancing Three-Dimensional Learning
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Agentic AI: Developing the Benefits for Classroom Learning—Part II
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Join us on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, from 7:00 PM ET to 8:30 PM ET, for part 1 of this two-part series about how to use student assets to support science learning for all students.Phenomenon-driven teaching provides…
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Join us on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, from 7:00 PM ET to 8:30 PM ET, for part 2 of this two-part series about how to use student assets to support science learning for all students.Phenomenon-driven teaching provides…
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Working with a dream team, learning about engineering habits of mind
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Taking a chance, I asked two colleagues if they would work with me on a webinar about supporting young children’s early engineering problem-solving. They each said “Yes!” and in the process I have been learning much…
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Contemporary Instructional Approaches to Promote STEM Learning for English Learners
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The release of the report English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives (shortened to “the report” hereafter) (NASEM 2018) is timely, as three emerging forces shape the changing…
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Ed News: NGSS Science Promotes Phenomena-Based Learning
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This week in education news: California gears up for tests on their new science standards; an in-depth look at how Next Generation Science Standards promote phenomena based learning; OpenSciEd’s work to create…
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Exemplary science teaching leads to better assessment of student learning
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Too often science teachers focus on the information included in textbooks and a specific curriculum. But these resources do not include Exemplary Science Teaching. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) continue…
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Setting up the learning space—where should the magnifiers go?
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Do you have a “Science” area in your classroom or other space? Which, if any objects should be permanent residents of a science area? I usually keep a few tools there so children can find them when needed—magnifiers,…
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Get Lost in the Magic of Learning with the Celestron Flipview Digital Microscope
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One of the wonderful things about the amazing science education technology available to teachers today is that the tech can disappear—in a good way. The Celestron Flipview digital microscope is one of them.…
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