Resources and Perspectives From State Science Leaders

Blog Post | November 2019

Teaching the Daily Dos

Blog Post | June 2020

Teachers Can Introduce Kindergarten and First-Grade Students to STEM with New Books in the Bestselling Picture-Perfect Series from NSTA

Press Release | December 2022

Justice-Centered Science Pedagogy: Leaning Beyond the Boundaries of Equity and Culturally Responsive Practices

Blog Post | May 2020

Sensemaking at a Distance

Blog Post | December 2020

What Happens to Our Garbage?

Playlist | July 2021

Taking a Second Look: Top 2019 Issues

Blog Post | April 2020

Sugar Water

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about dissolving. The probe is designed to find out what students think happens to sugar when it dissolves in water.

Designing Equitable Engagement in Sensemaking

Blog Post | December 2020

Practicing Self Care by Finding & Participating in Communities

Blog Post | September 2020

Burning Paper

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter during combustion. The probe is designed to find out if students think the mass changes as paper burns inside a closed…

New NSTA Guide Helps Fifth-Grade Teachers Make the Instructional Shift to Argument-Driven Inquiry

Press Release | September 2020

Discovering Ways to Shift Lessons Along the Sensemaking Continuum

Blog Post | June 2021

Nails in a Jar

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter during a chemical change (oxidation). The probe is designed to find out if students think the mass changes as rust forms…