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Out-of-School Time (OST) organizations play a vital role in our education system by providing youth with ways of discovering and exploring the world of STEM that complement the learning they experience during the school day. But OST programs often fa...

By Dr. Irene Porro

Middle School High School Informal Education Astronomy Earth & Space Science Three-Dimensional Learning

NSTA Kids

The Beaks of Birds

Come along on a tour of the wonderful world of birds and their beaks. This book is the story of a child and two grown-up friends on a jaunt across their yard, in a park, past a pond, and through the pages of a photo album. Like them, you’ll find yo...

Early Childhood Elementary Middle School Pre-service Teachers Preschool Astronomy Earth & Space Science Life Science Instructional Materials

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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 school year with a doctoral candidate in science education and former elementary teacher, Christa Have...

By Cindy Workosky

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

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What Does 3-Dimensional Space Look Like

When transitioning my classroom instruction to three dimensional learning, I decided to start with one or two areas in each unit or lesson set where I felt the most need. I was already purposeful in selecting activities that I carefully sequenced to ...

By Korei Martin

Elementary Astronomy Crosscutting Concepts Earth & Space Science NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning