Shadow Size

Lesson Plan | June 2021

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…

Tennessee Elementary Science Teacher Receives 2022 Shell Science Teaching Award

Press Release | May 2022

Sensemaking at a Distance

Blog Post | December 2020

Mississippi Instructional Specialist Begins Term as 2024–2025 President of the National Science Teaching Association

Press Release | June 2024

The National Science Teaching Association Sells Arlington Headquarters Building for $14M to The FORTIS Companies

Press Release | January 2023

Alaska High School Science and Engineering Teacher Receives 2023 Shell Science Teaching Award

Press Release | May 2023

Federal Government Shutdown Looms; Impact of the 2023 Elections; U.S. Dept of Ed Launches New PSA Campaign Elevating Teaching Profession

Blog Post | November 2023

OMB Withholds Federal K-12 Education Funding

Blog Post | July 2025

NSTA’s Science and Children Journal Welcomes New Field Editor

Press Release | October 2025

Discovering Ways to Shift Lessons Along the Sensemaking Continuum

Blog Post | June 2021

A Call to Action for Science Education

Blog Post | December 2021

Teaching and Learning Through Storylines

Blog Post | March 2020

Building Community to Create Your STEM Ecosystem

Blog Post | September 2020

NSF and IES Announce New $15M R&D Center on Elementary Science

Blog Post | October 2024

We have got a Problem to Solve! Now What?

Professional Learning Unit | September 2021

Science standards based on A Framework for K-12 Science Education require us to provide opportunities for students to learn “how science is utilized, in particular through the engineering design process, and they should…