Competitions

Page | February 2020

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The Changing Earth, Grade 8: STEM Road Map for Middle School

NSTA Press Book | April 2020

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. What if you could challenge your eighth graders to help people recognize the inherent risks of living in a region that’s prone to…

Safety Resources for Middle/Secondary Schools

Page | June 2020

to information for clinical, academic, and school laboratories, including resources … Hazardous Chemicals in a Secondary School Chemical Inventory … …

Tried and True: Time-Tested Activities for Middle School

NSTA Press Book | November 2010

A compilation of popular “Tried and True” columns originally published in the award-winning journal Science Scope, this new book is filled with teachers’ best classroom activities—time-tested, tweaked, and engaging.…

The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS, Middle School

NSTA Press Book | October 2014

Since the release of the first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NSTA has been at the forefront in promoting the standards and helping science educators become familiar with and learn to navigate…

Adventures With Arthropods: Eco-Friendly Lessons for Middle School

NSTA Press Book | December 2017

If you’ve ever wished you could teach with tarantulas—or roly polys, or Madagascar hissing cockroaches—this is the resource for you. It tells how to help middle schoolers get up close and personal with amazing…

Packaging Design, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School

NSTA Press Book | July 2018

Packaging Design outlines a journey that will steer your students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines. As are the other volumes in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series,…

Improving Bridge Design, Grade 8: STEM Road Map for Middle School

NSTA Press Book | July 2018

What if you could challenge your eighth graders to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure by designing bridges that last longer? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Improving Bridge Design…

Human Impacts on Our Climate, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School

NSTA Press Book | May 2020

What if you could challenge your sixth graders to come up with a way to help tackle climate change in their own community? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Human Impacts on…

Making Sense of the Human Body

Journal Article | April 2020

During maker- centered learning, students connect to content as they build … to build their model. Following the artist practice of bricolage (creating … a total of five 55-minute periods to design, build, and decorate …

Making as a Performance Task

Journal Article | March 2019

students at NYOS Charter School’s elementary campus in Austin, Texas … graders from the school. During the gallery walk, each student explained …

Science and Religion in Middle School and High School Classrooms

Book Chapter | October 2019

This chapter is at the heart of the conflict around teaching evolution—the classrooms of middle and high school teachers. Our overall approach gives science teachers a way to move beyond conflict and toward a classroom…

NGSS in Action: Carolyn Higgins, Middle School Science

Page | March 2020

NGSS in Action … Carolyn Higgins, Middle School Science … through school now, they’ve always had Google at their fingertips,” says …

Designing Facilities for the Middle School (6-8)

Book Chapter | January 2007

A high-quality middle school science program requires science classrooms with safe, well-designed laboratory space, and school designers must consider the distance students will have to travel to these classes. Trying…