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Science Trade Books and the 5E Model: A Mix of the Right Ingredients
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Designing Units and Lessons Select lab experiments, readings, discussions, lectures, and other learning activities based on what students should learn and explicitly link them together in the unit. One example architecture for designing integrated instructional units is the BSCS 5E model, explained in Translating the…
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First-Graders Modeling Day and Night: Making Sense of a Phenomenon
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As a first-grade teacher in Detroit with predominantly Latinx students and English language learners, I worked for several weeks at the end of last school year with a doctoral candidate in science education and former…
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Is "instant snow" a good model for actual snow?
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Children often use ordinary objects to represent other objects—a block might become a phone, or a rock might become a cookie, during their play. This imaginative play means they understand that the “phone” and the “…
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Supporting Three-Dimensional Learning Through Model-Based Inquiry Units and Resources
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How Can We Plan a Safe and Successful Model Rocket Launch?
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NGSS in Action: Carolyn Higgins, Middle School Science
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NGSS in Action: Carolyn Higgins, Middle School Science In her eighth-grade science classroom, Carolyn Higgins is letting her students do the talking. She stands in the midst of a lively group of 13- and 14-year-olds, listening carefully as they debate which organisms consume more energy in their example ecosystems,…
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Recording in a journal—video clips model using a science journal
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Not having any “kids” at home these days, I have to make a special effort to learn about the programs my preschool students are watching on television. I like to know the opening songs so I can impress the children!…
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What can we do to ensure safe and successful model rocket launches and landings?
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How does a parachute’s design affect the speed of descent and landing location of a model rocket?
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Autism According to the Council for Exceptional Children, autism is a “spectrum disorder within a group of developmental disabilities defined by significant impairments in social interaction and communication, and by the presence of unusual behaviors and interests,” such as repetitive and stereotypic…
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Intellectual Disabilities Introduction Students with intellectual disabilities are identified by exhibiting the following criteria: Sub-average intellectual ability (IQ 70 or lower) Problems in adaptive functioning Manifested before the age of 18 General Strategies Identify science role…
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Book Beat Live! Model-Based Inquiry in Biology, October 10, 2023
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Join us on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM ET, to learn about the NSTA Press book Model-Based Inquiry in Biology: Three-Dimensional Instructional Units for Grades 9-12. NSTA Press books are powerful…
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Using STEM Clubs as a Catalyst for Change in K-12 Education: A Statewide Model
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The growing abundance of research supporting the importance of incorporating increased Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) into schools, combined with the recently vocalized excitement in regard to STEM by…
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Science Scope: Checklist for Feature Articles
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Never written a feature article for Science Scope before? Follow this checklist as you prepare your manuscript. You’ll soon be on your way to getting published!