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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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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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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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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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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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Using Understanding by Design to Make the Standards Come Alive
Journal Article | October 2021
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Journal Article | September 2020
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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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Arguing About a Chemical Change
Journal Article | November 2019
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Science & Children Editorial Board
Journal Article | September 2020
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Reflecting on this week’s Daily Do
Blog Post | April 2020
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Freebies for Science Teachers, October 12, 2021
Reports Article | October 2021
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Why do some objects stick to the refrigerator?
Lesson Plan | July 2020
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Why Are the Temperatures Changing?
Lesson Plan | August 2020
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