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Teaching About How Scientists Work—With a Focus on Claims-Evidence-Reasoning

By Matthew Bobrowsky

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Assessment General Science Inquiry New Science Teachers NGSS Preservice Science Education Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12: Explore-Before-Explain in Physical Science

Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12 is the one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine your approach to high school physical scienc...

By Patrick Brown

High School Physical Science 5E Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Inquiry Learning Progression Lesson Plans NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Oligotrophic

By Quinn Washburn, Sarah Wolf, Jay Well, Stephen Noell, Chih-Ping Lee, Luis M. Bolaños, Stephen J. Giovannoni, and Christopher P. Suffridge

High School Biology Climate Change Curriculum Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary NGSS Research Science and Engineering Practices

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From Local to Global

By Nancy Trautmann, Laura Branch, Rebecca Rehder Wingerden, Michelle Watkins, Janet Ort, and Kelsey Deal

High School 5E Biology Climate Change Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Environmental Science General Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Labs Life Science NGSS Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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The Energy Zipline

By Katherine Carman and Jerrid Kruse

Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS Physical Science Three-Dimensional Learning

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Mud as a Phenomenon to Model Energy Flow and Chemical Processes

By Hannah T. Reynolds, Joy Pires, Jeffrey Brewster, Nicole Lalier, and Theodora Pinou

Biology Disciplinary Core Ideas Inquiry Labs Life Science Phenomena Teacher Preparation

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Ectotherm ER: Frogs Under the Weather

By Rebecca Gonda, Michel Ohmer, Laura Brannelly, Jennifer Kassimer, Stephanie Kubik, Alison Slinskey Legg, and Corinne Richards-Zawacki

Middle School Biology Citizen Science Climate Change Curriculum Environmental Science Evolution General Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Labs Lesson Plans Literacy New Science Teachers News Research STEM

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Landslides

By Danielle E. Dani and Alycia L. Stigall

Middle School Informal Education Earth & Space Science Inquiry Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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Teaching Nature of Science Concepts in the Context of Past (Fram) and Present (MOSAiC) Arctic Expeditions

By Jonathan Griffith, Shelly Grandell, Lynne Harden, and Anne Gold

Middle School High School Climate Change Curriculum Earth & Space Science General Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans NGSS STEM

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Airbags as Real-Life Applications for Science

By Carly A. Rock and Brooke A. Whitworth

High School Chemistry Engineering Inquiry NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Safety Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Digging Deeper

By Umadevi Garimella and Nesrin Sahin

High School 5E Biology Chemistry Crosscutting Concepts Inquiry Interdisciplinary Life Science Mathematics Physical Science STEM

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Let’s Clear the Air

By Nancy Nasr

High School 5E Earth & Space Science Inquiry Labs Lesson Plans Multicultural NGSS Pedagogy Phenomena STEM Teaching Strategies