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NSTA Press Book
Construction Materials, Grade 11: STEM Road Map for High School
What if you could challenge your 11th graders to gain an understanding of the feats of engineering required to build high-rise buildings—and maybe even improve them? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!...
NSTA Press Book
Amusement Park of the Future, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School
What if you could challenge your sixth graders to design an amusement park for children of tomorrow to safely enjoy? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Amusement Park of the Future outlines a journey that will stee...
Journal Article
Editor's Note: Making Sense of Science Terms
Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
Journal Article
Teaching Through Trade Books: Inventions Take Center Stage
Exploring interesting animals leads to gains in vocabulary—with an assist from technology for assessment....
NSTA Press Book
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 liquids to how a snake that eats only eggs can make body structures such as skin and scales that don’...
By AAAS/Project 2061
NSTA Press Book
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 the molecular level so they can understand how living things grow and repair their body structures....
By AAAS/Project 2061
Journal Article
Teaching Through Trade Books: The Tool and Eye
This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. In this month’s issue students explore animal adaptations through books that show how body structures assist in survival or how animals use objects in their environment to meet th...