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Atmospheric Scientist Shawn Urbanski

Atmospheric scientists study the chemical composition of the atmosphere. More specifically, they look at how atmospheric gases, liquids, and solids interact both with each other and with the earth’s surface. This helps people understand such phenom...

By Luba Vangelova

Middle School High School Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Lesson Plans New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teaching Strategies

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Arguing From Evidence to Discover the ‘Why’

In my science classroom, students look at evidence all the time. Sometimes it is in photos or videos; sometimes in charts and graphs; and sometimes we generate our own data through investigations. A more traditional approach previously used is asking...

By Rebecca Schumacher

Middle School Elementary High School Administration Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Equity General Science Inclusion Inquiry NGSS Policy Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Designing Engineering Projects That Teach Science Concepts by Cory Culbertson

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the engineering projects in my courses. On the surface, they don’t seem like something I need to worry about. My students love these projects and talk about them all year. My administration likes the student-...

By Cory Culbertson

High School Disciplinary Core Ideas Engineering NGSS Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies

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Linking Science and Engineering Through Good Questions

Engineering design projects are a wonderful opportunity for students to develop science disciplinary core ideas (DCIs). (As many of you know, with the release of the NGSS, learning in engineering must be integrated with developing DCIs in physical, l...

By Greg Bartus

Elementary Disciplinary Core Ideas Inquiry STEM Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Get a KLEW(S)! Collaboration is Key for Translating Contemporary Research into Teaching, Learning Science

I first encountered the KLEWS teaching strategy in an article in Science and Children (NSTA 2015), “KLEWS to Explanation-Building in Science.” I shared the article and modeled the strategy with teachers who wanted to support their K–5 students ...

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

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Science 101: What’s Wrong With “For Every Action, There is an Equal and Opposite Reaction”?

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This issue explores Newton's third law of motion....

Elementary Disciplinary Core Ideas

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Methods and Strategies: Scaffolding for Failure

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This issue helps students navigate Engineering Design Failure. ...

Early Childhood Elementary Disciplinary Core Ideas Engineering Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies