JoinAll Inclusion resources
Journal Article
This article summarizes our research findings, investigating instructional adaptations elementary science teachers make to accommodate a growing population of Karen immigrant students. Hailing from the war-torn country of Myanmar, Karen students, who...
By Ashlely Armstrong, Timothy Slater
NSTA Press Book
Wild Wonderings: Scientists and Their Questions
Click here to view video of Wild Wonderings Let your curiosity run wild! This lively book will inspire you to ask questions like scientists do. Why? Because questions can lead you to amazing discoveries. Like what? Like when theoretical physicist ...
By Jessica Fries-Gaither
NSTA Kids
Wild Wonderings: Scientists and Their Questions
Click here to view video of Wild Wonderings Let your curiosity run wild! This lively book will inspire you to ask questions like scientists do. Why? Because questions can lead you to amazing discoveries. Like what? Like when theoretical physicist ...
Journal Article
Establishing a Writing Center and Why Science Teachers Need to Be in On It
To support the development of scientific literacy and student confidence in expressing their ideas and receiving feedback, the first author established a writing center in a large urban fringe high school. Using the peer-assisted learning (PAL) model...
By Althea Roy, Brooke Whitworth
Journal Article
Right to the Source November/December 2024...
By Michael Apfeldorf
Journal Article
Differentiation and Inclusivity for All
Editor's Corner November/December 2024...
By Brooke Whitworth
Journal Article
Scaffolding an Inquiry-Based Spring Constant Activity for Differentiated Physics Instruction
This activity gives students the opportunity to design an experiment, collect data, and solve for the spring constant of different springs. The use of low-cost materials and the inquiry-based structure makes it more accessible for teachers and more e...
By Eric Lindley
Journal Article
We're all in this together: Collaborative modeling tasks for the chemistry classroom
This article describes four collaborative activities that we facilitate to engage high school chemistry students in the scientific practice of developing and using models in a chemical bonding unit. The activities presented incorporate both collabora...
By Destinee Cooper, Brooke Whitworth
Journal Article
This paper describes the design and implementation of a human-centered multidisciplinary engineering course for high school students. The course was implemented and modified for both in-person and online modalities. Students worked in small groups an...
By Hoda Ehsan, Abeera Rehmat
Journal Article
Using Group Roles to Promote Collaboration
Collaborating effectively in small groups is an important skill for students, especially in classrooms adopting science education reforms like the NGSS, but it is also an extremely challenging skill. In this article, I share how I use group roles as ...
By Marta Stoeckel
Journal Article
Powerful Practices for the Differentiated Science Classroom
At its core, differentiation stems from the recognition that individual learners arrive in classrooms, each day, with a wide range of knowledge, lived experiences, abilities, ways of thinking, curiosities, and dispositions. Differentiation challenges...
By Brooke Whitworth, Amy Snead
Journal Article
Right to the Source...
By Kelsey Beeghly
Journal Article
“Black is Beautiful”: A Culturally Relevant/Responsive High School Biology Lesson
This biology lesson uses the science of central dogma to “critique and question the politics of representation that systematically devalue[s] Blackness” (hooks, 1995, p.131). Students’ understanding of protein synthesis is extended in discussin...
By Eddie Taylor
Journal Article
Students with Visual Impairments can be Successful in Science
One of the goals of the Next Generation Science Standards is to make science accessible to all students, which includes students with disabilities such as blindness and visual impairments (BVI). However, educators of students with BVI have limited ex...
By Rhea Miles