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Scientific inquiry has been used to describe a broad range of classroom activities. With the release of the Framework, inquiry is more narrowly defined as three-dimensional teaching and learning in service to (figuring out) phenomenon.

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Preservice Teachers’ Meaningful Science Learning

This article describes how preservice elementary teachers learn about the nature of science and develop scientific literacy through a collaborative ...

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, March 19, 2024
 

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Developing Dispositions for Indigenous Science Knowledge to Design and Assess Lesson Plans in Elementary Environmental Science

This article presents a framework to design lesson plans for elementary science teachers using insights from a summer-long research experience for tea...

 

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Q: Which is more important—weather or climate—when planning where to be on April 8, 2024, to see the total solar eclipse?

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Making Formative Use of Student Experience Data to Promote Equity in a Cycle of Collaborative Teacher Inquiry

This article describes a cycle of teacher collaborative inquiry called the Student Experience Improvement Cycle (SEIC). The SEIC is a novel form of as...

 

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Argumentative Writing Workshop for Conceptual Learning and Weekly Writing for Knowledge Application in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories

Pedagogical approaches for supporting students’ argumentative writing in science laboratories have not been fully established. This paper examines t...

 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, March 12, 2024
 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, February 27, 2024
 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, February 6, 2024
 

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Creating Equity for Black Science Students

Creating equity for Black science students requires deep listening and can be achieved with phenomenological qualitative research and a community of i...

 

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How Can We Make Our Students’ Thinking Visible?

Understanding our students’ thinking is paramount to moving a lesson forward and seeing where misconceptions exist. By providing particular prompts,...

 

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Does Drinking Milk Cause Strong Bones?

In 1935, individuals living in the United States began to encounter eye-catching posters communicating a variety of public program messages from the W...

 

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Pathways to Science Literacy

Science concepts connect us to the wonders of the natural universe. Why is the sky blue? [Air molecules behave much like tiny little tuning forks.] Is...

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