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Making Scientific Sensemaking Visible

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Making Scientific Sensemaking Visible

Many teachers and schools are coming to recognize the importance of sensemaking in the science classroom. But what does an NGSS-informed sensemaking l...

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Practices Sensemaking Three-Dimensional Learning

Promoting Sensemaking Through an Impactful Instructional Sequence

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Promoting Sensemaking Through an Impactful Instructional Sequence

A valuable framework for promoting sensemaking includes the convergence of two independent ideas: (1) the focus of modern education on teaching for un...

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Middle School 5E Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Sensemaking

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Teaching Social Justice in the Science Classroom

By Emily Lisy

High School Biology Climate Change Disciplinary Core Ideas Equity Life Science Social Justice

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Ten Years of NGSS: Where Are We Now?

By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

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Learning to Teach with Science Representations

By Meredith Park Rogers, Cindy Hmelo-Silver, Celeste Nicholas, Dionne Cross Francis, and Joshua Danish

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Performance Expectations Professional Learning Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Is It A Change?

By Patrick Brown

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Let Me Tell You A Story

By Janet Yamaguchi

Disciplinary Core Ideas Physical Science

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Energy in Its Many Forms

By Heather Pacheco-Guffrey

Elementary Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Pedagogy Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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“Energy is liberated matter, matter is energy waiting to happen.” — Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything ...

By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn

Elementary Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Life Science Physical Science Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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An Evolution in Teaching Natural Selection

By Kadi Hogan

High School Biology Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Evolution Inquiry Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Life Science NGSS Phenomena Research Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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By Delaney Worthington, Andrew Warnock, Mike Viney, Victoria Jordan, Jennifer Mclean, Karina Hassell, Lynne Judish, and Courtney Butler

High School Biology Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas General Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Labs Lesson Plans Life Science NGSS Pedagogy Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Coordinating Modeling With Content Representations to Support Students’ Three-Dimensional Learning

By Susan M. Kowalski, Betty Stennett, and Lindsey Mohan

Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Multicultural NGSS Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices

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Using Summary Tables to Support Students’ Explanations of Science Phenomena

By Kraig A. Wray, Jonathan D. McCausland, Scott McDonald, Amy Pallant, and Hee-Sun Lee

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Reimagining Science Lessons Through Translanguaging

By Sage Andersen, Karina Méndez Pérez, and María González-Howard

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Interdisciplinary Multilingual Learners NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Bringing the Ethical Debate to Life

By Deena L. Gould, Tyler Eglen, Tawnya Brusstar, Gene Moran, Tamara Merritt, and Ruth Wylie

Middle School Biology Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Life Science NGSS Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning