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Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Student Edition

How do our bodies manage to heal wounds, build the stamina to run marathons, and give us the energy—even while we’re sleeping—to keep us alive and functioning? Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity prompts high school students to explore fa...

By AAAS/Project 2061

High School General Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS Performance Expectations Phenomena Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Discovery Engineering in Biology: Case Studies for Grades 6–12

Show your students how amazing it can be to just “see what will happen” when they blend biology, engineering, and serendipity. Focusing on innovations sparked by accidental or unexpected observations, the case studies in this resource are a livel...

By Rebecca Hite, Gina Childers, Megan Ennes, M. Gail Jones

High School Middle School Biology Engineering Instructional Materials Inquiry Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Labs New Science Teachers Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

It's Still Debatable! Using Socioscientific Issues to Develop Scientific Literacy, K–5

NSTA Press Book

It's Still Debatable! Using Socioscientific Issues to Develop Scientific Literacy, K–5

It’s Still Debatable! encourages scientific literacy by showing you how to teach the content and thinking skills K–5 students need to explore real-world questions like these: • Is football too dangerous for kids? • Do we need zoos? �...

By Sami Kahn

Elementary Informal Education Preschool Environmental Science General Science Life Science Instructional Materials Inquiry NGSS Teaching Strategies Advocacy Citizen Science Interdisciplinary News Preservice Science Education Research

Arguing From Evidence to Discover the ‘Why’

Blog Post

Arguing From Evidence to Discover the ‘Why’

In my science classroom, students look at evidence all the time. Sometimes it is in photos or videos; sometimes in charts and graphs; and sometimes we generate our own data through investigations. A more traditional approach previously used is asking...

By Rebecca Schumacher

Middle School Elementary High School Administration Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Equity General Science Inclusion Inquiry NGSS Policy Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Linking Science and Engineering Through Good Questions

Blog Post

Linking Science and Engineering Through Good Questions

Engineering design projects are a wonderful opportunity for students to develop science disciplinary core ideas (DCIs). (As many of you know, with the release of the NGSS, learning in engineering must be integrated with developing DCIs in physical, l...

By Greg Bartus

Elementary Disciplinary Core Ideas Inquiry STEM Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Team-Based Inquiry

Regardless of the setting in which learning takes place, identifying the goals and intended outcomes of an educational experience, then measuring how well that experience achieved them, is becoming more commonplace and is often essential. However, ...

By Sarah Cohn

Informal Education Administration Inquiry

NSTA Press Book

Radioactivity, Grade 11: STEM Road Map for High School

What if you could challenge your 11th graders to figure out the best response to a partial meltdown at a nuclear reactor in fictional Gammatown, USA? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Radioactivity outlines a journe...

High School Environmental Science STEM Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Literacy New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education

NSTA Press Book

A Head Start on Science, Second Edition: Encouraging a Sense of Wonder

Imagine what fun it could be for 3- to 7-year-olds to engage in a game of Prism Play or Magnetic Scavenger Hunt or Where Did the Shadows Go? Then imagine how convenient it would be for you if such activities came with the connections, standards, and ...

By William C. Ritz, William Straits

Early Childhood Elementary Informal Education Pre-service Teachers Preschool General Science Assessment Inquiry NGSS Phenomena Teaching Strategies Inclusion Literacy New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

NSTA Kids

Next Time You See a Bee

This book will get young readers buzzing about bees! Next Time You See a Bee reveals the big impact these little insects have on the world. It shows how the physical features of bees make them pros at collecting and spreading pollen. It explains how ...

Early Childhood Elementary Informal Education Middle School Pre-service Teachers Preschool General Science Life Science Multilingual Learners Instructional Materials Inquiry NGSS Phenomena Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Literacy New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

NSTA Kids

Next Time You See a Bee (Hardcover)

This book will get young readers buzzing about bees! Next Time You See a Bee reveals the big impact these little insects have on the world. It shows how the physical features of bees make them pros at collecting and spreading pollen. It explains how ...

Early Childhood Elementary Informal Education Middle School Pre-service Teachers Preschool General Science Life Science Multilingual Learners Instructional Materials Inquiry NGSS Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary Literacy New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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