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Archive: Science Update: Earthquakes: What’s Shakin? September 15, 2022

Did you feel it? An earthquake is a shaking movement of the Earth’s Crust as stress overcomes friction. This web seminar will provide basic background to help attendees make sense of this natural phenomenon.  Earthquakes, what they are, w...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Computer Science Earth & Space Science Engineering Mathematics Technology

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Marine Biologist Tori Cullins

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers Earth & Space Science

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Panels v. Trees

By Shannon Sung, Rundong Jiang, Xudong Huang, and Charles Xie

Middle School Biology Computer Science Earth & Space Science Interdisciplinary Technology

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Energy Literacy

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School Earth & Space Science Interdisciplinary Literacy

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Putting Problem-based Learning in Its Place

By Erica R. Hamilton, Kimberly Pawelka, Terrie Morrow, and Lisa Marckini-Polk

Elementary Biology Earth & Space Science Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

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Freezing Lake Phenomenon

By Jenna Harvey, Clare Gunshenan, and Martha Inouye

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Literacy Professional Learning Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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Starting With Science

By Jesse Wilcox, Shawna Person, and Catherine Lyons

Elementary Biology Earth & Space Science Interdisciplinary Literacy

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What Do You Know About Soil?

By Page Keeley

Elementary Assessment Earth & Space Science Literacy

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Archive Book Beat Live! Time to Get Ready for the Solar Eclipse Double-Header, August 17, 2022

NSTA’s two award-winning books, Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More, and When the Sun Goes Dark provide the perfect resources to help you and your students get ready for the next two solar eclipses coming to the U.S. ...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Mathematics Physical Science

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The American Geophysical Union Steps It Up on Climate Science Education

By Michael E. Wysession, Tanya Furman, Missy Holzer, Jacqueline Houghton, Cathryn A. Manduca, Stephanie Pfirman, Victor J. Ricchezza, and Vincent Tong

Informal Education Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Instructional Materials Literacy STEM

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Archive: Science Update: Seeing the Unseeable: Imaging Black Holes with the Event Horizon Telescope, August 25, 2022

Black holes are astrophysical objects with such strong gravity that nothing can escape them, not even light.  In the past few years, the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration produced the first images of two supermassive black holes using a netw...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Astronomy Earth & Space Science STEM