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Storylines Allow Students to Own Their Learning

“I don’t think this data tells us enough; we only know the temperature close to the ground,” Andy* told his peers. “Hail forms in the clouds. ...

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Choosing Instructional Materials: Lessons Learned

Throughout my career as an educator, I’ve had many opportunities to select instructional materials. One experience is particularly memorable because...

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Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Teacher Edition

Would you like to challenge your middle school students to explain a range of phenomena—from how nylon thread can form from two clear, colorless liq...

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Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Student Edition

Through 19 carefully sequenced lessons and activities, this unit gets middle schoolers ready for next-level learning. Students explore what happens at...

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Journal of College Science Teaching—September/October 2020

Volume 50, Number 1 View the full digital edition ...
 

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A Layered Approach to Scientific Models
 

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A Research-Based Checklist for Development and Critique of STEM Instructional Videos

The technical barriers to video production are decreasing and the popularity of video as an instructional medium in science is increasing. Although ...
 

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Student Workbook for Argument-Driven Inquiry in Fifth-Grade Science: Three-Dimensional Investigations

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Forthcoming in October 2020....
 

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Argument-Driven Inquiry in Fifth-Grade Science: Three-Dimensional Investigations

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! Forthcoming in October 2020....

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