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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. Water-quality monitoring engages students in learning about watersheds and watershed stewardship. Before introducing the concept of a watershed, find out whether your students have formed...

Elementary Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Assessment

NSTA Press Book

A Head Start on Life Science: Encouraging a Sense of Wonder

Nurture curiosity and even joy in the youngest scientists. The 24 inquiry-based lessons in this lively collection show you how. The activities are organized into sections on animals, plants, and nature walks. Rather than merely presenting science fac...

By William Straits

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Journal Article

Plastic Pollution to Solution

Second graders turn knowledge into action as they engineer solutions for a real-world problem in a school makerspace....

Postsecondary Early Childhood Earth & Space Science Physics Phenomena

Book Chapter

Lab 14: Distribution of Natural Resources

In this lab investigation, students apply the disciplinary core ideas of (a) Earth Materials and Systems, (b) Natural Resources, and (c) Human Impacts on Earth Systems as they evaluate competing plans for a new copper mine. Included are the Teacher N...

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Book Chapter

Lab 23: Human Use of Natural Resources

In this lab investigation, students apply the disciplinary core ideas of (a) Natural Resources and (b) Human Impacts on Earth Systems as they develop a plan to ensure that there is enough water available to meet the current and near-future needs of t...

High School Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Science and Engineering Practices Labs

Blog Post

How Teachers Are Retooling Lessons Using the EQuIP Rubric

Sometimes finding the right book or article can be the key to opening our minds to new ideas. A few years back, NSTA published a special journal series on the NGSS, and I recently re-read a few of them. Three in particular highlighted teachers’ exp...

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Journal Article

Formative Assessment Probes: Uncovering Representations of the Water Cycle

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue explores the effect of representations on children’s thinking about evaporation and the water cycle....

Elementary Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Assessment