Influencing Perceptions of STEM Through the Best STEM Books List

Journal Article | July 2021

More Everyday Engineering: Putting the E in STEM Teaching and Learning

NSTA Press Book | July 2016

What makes a windup toy get up and go? How does an earbud operate? And why does the line you’re waiting in always seem the slowest? Get middle-schoolers engaged in the fascinating science behind familiar items with More…

Stem Cell Transplants

Book Chapter | December 2003

Transplanting embryonic stem cells from embryo into adult as a means of rejuvenating diseased cells, tissues, and organs poses ethical and moral challenges. In recent years, stem cell-derived nerve and glandular tissue…

STEM Learning is for Everyone!

Journal Article | January 2024

Early Years Column.

STEM Learning and Assessment

Book Chapter | July 2017

Interwoven with classroom and teacher designations are curricula and assessment strategies. This chapter profiles some of the exemplary materials that support STEM teaching and learning, as well as the emergent process…

The Making of STEM Teachers

Book Chapter | July 2017

There are teachers of STEM subjects and then there are STEM teachers. This chapter distinguishes the two, highlighting preparatory programs and pathways that integrate the best practices illuminated up to this point…

The Purposes of STEM Education

Book Chapter | April 2018

STEM should address the part of students’ education that prepares them to become responsible citizens. Although important, K–12 STEM education’s primary aim is not preparation for a specific STEM career but should…

Perspectives for STEM Programs

Book Chapter | April 2018

The theme of this chapter is addressing the goal of citizens’ preparation to developing and implementing STEM programs. In this chapter, details are provided on specific perspectives, such as one involving a framework…

Online Extras: Picture Perfect STEM Lessons, 3–5

Page | March 2020

Online Extras: Picture Perfect STEM Lessons, 3–5 If you have purchased Picture Perfect STEM Lessons, you can view the accompanying PDFs and errata online. These resources are for your personal use only and are not to be redistributed. To view the online extras, please type in the second word in the body text on page…

The Northrop Grumman Foundation Scaling Up for STEM Initiative

Page | November 2022

The Northrop Grumman Foundation Scaling Up for STEM Initiative

Picture-Perfect STEM Lesson Plans Book Packs

Page | November 2023

Picture-Perfect STEM Lesson Plans Book Packs

Radioactivity, Grade 11: STEM Road Map for High School

NSTA Press Book | May 2019

What if you could challenge your 11th graders to figure out the best response to a partial meltdown at a nuclear reactor in fictional Gammatown, USA? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!…

Gender Inequities Throughout STEM

Journal Article | January 2022

Efforts to promote equity and inclusion using evidence-based approaches are vital to correcting long-standing societal inequities that have disadvantaged women and discouraged them from pursuing studies, including in…