Is It a Rock? (Version 2)

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an Earth material, rocks. The probe is designed to determine whether students can distinguish between humanmade, “rocklike” materials and…

How Can Plants Break Rocks?

Lesson Plan | June 2020

How Do Population Shifts Affect the Ecosystem?

Lesson Plan | September 2020

How can we work with our families or other community members to address socio-environmental issues within our community?

Lesson Plan | November 2024

Why Do Some Cities Currently Have Dust Storms and Others Do Not?

Lesson Plan | February 2022

What Is Sensemaking?

Professional Learning Unit | October 2021

Learn to recognize the four critical attributes of sensemaking and how these attributes work together to help ensure all students have access and a strong desire to learn science. 

Discover, Learn, Connect: NSTA’s National Conference on Science Education Returns to Philadelphia This March

Press Release | January 2025

Middle School Teams Win 20th Annual eCYBERMISSION Competition

Press Release | July 2022

How Do Shrimp Live in a Closed System?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

REGIONAL WINNERS OF 31st ANNUAL EXPLORAVISION COMPETITION ANNOUNCED BY TOSHIBA, NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHING ASSOCIATION

Press Release | March 2023

How Do We Know What Isopods Do?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

“KISS THE GROUND: FOR SCHOOLS” AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS FOR FREE BEGINNING JANUARY 28th

Press Release | January 2021

Where Did the Plant Come From?

Lesson Plan | June 2020

What Can I Observe in the Outdoors?

Lesson Plan | April 2020

Why Are the Bones Still Here?

Lesson Plan | April 2020