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Page | May 2020
NSTA Press® Sample Chapters Looking for Science Activities? NSTA Press publishes science activities for teachers of kindergarten through college on a wide range of topics. We've posted sample chapters and activities from our books for free download so you can look inside. Be sure to search our online bookstore for…
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Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12: Explore-Before-Explain in Physical Science
NSTA Press Book | April 2021
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12 is the one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine your approach to high school physical science. The book discusses the 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and…
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Journal Article | January 2023
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Shining Light on the Importance of Explore-Before-Explain Experiences for Early Childhood Learners
Journal Article | January 2022
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Activating Students' Ideas: Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence
NSTA Press Book | March 2023
Science teachers face an incredible challenging task of combining research on how students learn best, the three-dimensions of the Science Education Frameworks that in themselves are complicated to understand, and…
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Using Understanding by Design to Make the Standards Come Alive
Journal Article | October 2021
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Journal Article | March 2023
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Learning the Temperature Dependency of Matter by Making Ice Cream
Journal Article | August 2021
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Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 6–8: Structuring Lessons With the NGSS in Mind
NSTA Press Book | September 2018
Instructional Sequence Matters shows how to make simple shifts in the way you arrange and combine activities to improve student learning. It also makes it easy for you to put the NGSS into practice. After explaining why…
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Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 3–5: Explore Before Explain
NSTA Press Book | November 2019
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 3–5 is a one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine how you teach science in elementary school. The book discusses two popular approaches for structuring your lessons:…
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Journal Article | April 2021
Education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is increasingly online, even the laboratory components of STEM courses. As online laboratory education trends upward in terms of enrollment and variety of…
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Journal Article | July 2023
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Arguing About a Chemical Change
Journal Article | February 2020
Use a sample ACT writing prompt in an explore-before-explain instructional sequence to a 9th-grade physical science class to promote student learning and demonstrate that mass is conserved in a chemical reaction
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Journal Article | September 2020
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Promoting Sensemaking Through an Impactful Instructional Sequence
Journal Article | July 2023
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