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Brain-Powered Lightbulb: Knowledge Transmission?
Book Chapter | March 2010
This activity explores the closed, battery-powered circuits that convert chemical potential energy to electrical energy to light energy. Since Edison’s invention of the lightbulb, it has been commonly used as a visual…
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Science Sampler: Modeling the transmission of sound
Journal Article | April 2003
Sound can travel through solids, liquids, and gases. This activity models how sound travels faster through solid materials than through gases.
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Blog Post | April 2020
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Journal Article | July 2007
Constructivism has become a widely understood and broadly accepted learning theory. Constructivism contends that each of us makes sense of our world by connecting new experiences to our existing understandings. Learners…
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Journal Article | July 2008
Because eighth-grade curriculum standards focus in part on systems analysis and graphing, a lesson was created to enhance students’ analytical skills with the introduction of a type of graph, the node graph, which can…
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5.2 (c) sound transmission through different media
Collection | July 2016
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Journal Article | April 2019
Hardware, software, and websites for use in the classroom.
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Journal Article | April 2020
In this secondary-level lesson, students will generate and prioritize questions about the novel coronavirus and evaluate scientific and/or technical information from multiple authoritative sources, assessing the…
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NSTA Executive Director Search
Page | July 2020
NSTA Executive Director Search Search Description: Executive Director, National Science Teaching Association The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors and works with elected officials and the Board to develop a strategic plan and vision for the Association and for carrying out the policies and directives…
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Page | July 2020
CSL Call for Contributions The editors of Connected Science Learning encourage you to submit a manuscript on any topic related to bridging in-school and out-of-school STEM learning. Although each issue is organized around a theme, your manuscript does not have to be related to a specific theme and can be of general…
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Novel Coronavirus: What’s the Real Story?
Journal Article | February 2020
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Journal Article | March 2020
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Is This Watershed Contaminated With PCBs?
Journal Article | May 2020
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A Lesson in Geospatial Inquiry
Journal Article | November 2019
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Teaching K–8 Teachers About Integrating Science and Engineering
Journal Article | July 2020
We examined the use of an engineering learning cycle (ELC) model and in a course for K–8 inservice teachers for two purposes. First, we were interested in how the ELC would support teachers’ science, mathematics, and…