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The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS, High School
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Since the release of the first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NSTA has been at the forefront in promoting the standards and helping science educators become familiar with and learn to navigate…
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The Feedback Loop: Using Formative Assessment Data for Science Teaching and Learning
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What really helps your students learn science: Labs? Group work? Certain types of problems or test questions? Something you never even thought about? Find out with data that go way beyond what standardized test scores…
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? Find out with this book on astronomy, the latest in NSTA’s popular…
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science, Volume 1: 45 New Force and Motion Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
Nationally known science educator Page Keeley—principal author of the hugely popular, four-volume NSTA Press series Uncovering Students Ideas in Science—has teamed up with physicist and science educator Rand Harrington…
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The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS, Elementary School
NSTA Press Book |
Since the release of the first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NSTA has been at the forefront in promoting the standards and helping science educators become familiar with and learn to navigate…
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The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the Three Dimensions
NSTA Press Book |
Since its release in 2014, the NSTA Quick-Reference Guide has become an essential tool for educators across the country to explore the complex structure of three-dimensional standards, including the performance…
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Using Physical Science Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 6-8: Phenomenon-Based Learning
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What student—or teacher—can resist the chance to experiment with Rocket Launchers, Sound Pipes, Drinking Birds, Dropper Poppers, and more? The 35 experiments in Using Physical Science Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 6–8,…
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Translating the NGSS for Classroom Instruction
NSTA Press Book |
With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), you need a resource to help you answer pressing questions about how the standards fit with your curriculum, instruction, and assessments. Rodger W. Bybee…
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The Power of Investigating: Guiding Authentic Assessments
NSTA Press Book |
Children want to explore, dig, build, play, and wonder. To do this they need to touch, feel, see, observe, listen, manipulate, plan, and create. How does a teacher build and maintain a learning environment that will…
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Discovery Engineering in Physical Science: Case Studies for Grades 6–12
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Who knew that gecko feet inspired scientists to develop a stickier adhesive or that cockleburs in dog fur led to the invention of Velcro? Discovery Engineering in Physical Science uses these and other surprising cases…
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Engineering in the Life Sciences, 9–12
NSTA Press Book |
When the authors of this book took part in Project INFUSE, the National Science Foundation–funded teacher development program, they noticed something. Life science teachers were highly receptive to engineering ideas…
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Science Notebooks in Student-Centered Classrooms
NSTA Press Book |
Thinking made visible: That’s what happens when elementary students record their thoughts in science notebooks. This practical guide shows how notebooks can become a tangible record of their emerging understanding of…
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Even More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching
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What are the odds of a meteor hitting your house? What are “warm” clothes anyway? Do you get “more” sunlight from Daylight Saving Time? Everyone loves a good mystery and these unfold in the 15 stories presented in Even…
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It's Still Debatable! Using Socioscientific Issues to Develop Scientific Literacy, K–5
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It’s Still Debatable! encourages scientific literacy by showing you how to teach the content and thinking skills K–5 students need to explore real-world questions like these: • Is football too dangerous for…
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Winner of the Distinguished Achievement Award from PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers! What ideas do young children bring to their science learning, and how does their thinking change as…
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