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Using Discourse With High School Science Students

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Using Discourse With High School Science Students

High school students love to talk. Covering topics from music to memes, the hallway conversations are always lively. But when students enter the class...

By Cindy Workosky

Middle School Elementary Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Lesson Plans NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

NSTA Press Book

Patterns and the Plant World, Grade 1: STEM Road Map for Elementary School

What if you could challenge your first graders to relate changes in seasonal weather patterns to changes in the plant world using a container garden? ...

Elementary Biology Earth & Space Science Life Science STEM Technology Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Preservice Science Education

NSTA Press Book

Swing Set Makeover, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School

What if you could challenge your third graders to design a swing set that’s safe but still lots of fun? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curric...

Elementary Engineering Physical Science STEM Technology Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Preservice Science Education

NSTA Press Book

Reading Nature: Engaging Biology Students With Evidence From the Living World

By making room for this book in your curriculum, you’ll have a fresh way to motivate your students to look at the living world and ask not only “W...

By Matthew Kloser, Sophia Grathwol

High School Middle School Biology Life Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Literacy

NSTA Press Book

Engineering in the Life Sciences, 9–12

When the authors of this book took part in Project INFUSE, the National Science Foundation–funded teacher development program, they noticed somethin...

By Rodney L. Custer, Jenny L. Daugherty, Julia M. Ross, Katheryn B. Kennedy, Cory Culbertson

High School Biology Engineering Life Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Car Crashes, Grade 12: STEM Road Map for High School

What if you could challenge your 12th graders to understand car crashes in the context of physical forces, manufacturing challenges, government safety...

High School Engineering Physical Science STEM Technology Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

First-Graders Modeling Day and Night: Making Sense of a Phenomenon

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First-Graders Modeling Day and Night: Making Sense of a Phenomenon

As a first-grade teacher in Detroit with predominantly Latinx students and English language learners, I worked for several weeks at the end of last sc...

By Cindy Workosky

Elementary Assessment Astronomy Earth & Space Science Multilingual Learners NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Guest Editorial: Addressing Common Questions About 21st-Century Science Teaching

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Guest Editorial: Addressing Common Questions About 21st-Century Science Teaching

An early childhood science educator shares answers to commonly asked NGSS questions....

Assessment Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices

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