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Class Pack
From Edison to the IPod ClassPack: Grades 3-5
Using Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons: 3-5: Using Children’s Books to Inspires STEM Learning in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each sufficient for a class of 28 students, are lesson-specific collections of materials—an unma...
Class Pack
Based on the award-winning, best-selling Picture-Perfect STEM series, this ClassPack pairs effortlessly with the Picture-Perfect Grades 3-5 Lesson "Burn" to combine reading comprehension, literacy, and science in your classroom! Using Picture-Perfec...
Class Pack
Wind It Up ClassPack: Grades 3-5
Using Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons: 3-5: Using Children’s Books to Inspires STEM Learning in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each sufficient for a class of 28 students, are lesson-specific collections of materials—an unma...
Class Pack
The Inventor's Secret ClassPack: Grades 3-5
Based on the award-winning, best-selling Picture-Perfect Science Lessons series, this ClassPack pairs effortlessly with the Picture-Perfect Science "The Invetor's Secret" Grades 3-5 Lesson to combine reading comprehension, literacy, and science in yo...
Class Pack
Science Mysteries Classpack: Grades K-2
Based on the award-winning, best-selling Picture-Perfect STEM series, this ClassPack pairs effortlessly with the Picture-Perfect Science Grades K-2 Lesson "Science Mysteries" to combine reading comprehension, literacy, and science in your classroom! ...
Class Pack
Build It! ClassPack: Grades K-2
Based on the award-winning, best-selling Picture-Perfect STEM series, this ClassPack pairs effortlessly with the Picture-Perfect STEM Grades K-2 Lesson "Build It!" to combine reading comprehension, literacy, and science in your classroom! Using Pictu...
NSTA Press Book
Perspectives on Science Education. A Leadership Seminar
This book delivers what the title promises: perspectives on leadership and science education, presented in the form of a stimulating seminar. Authors Rodger Bybee and Stephen Pruitt are two of science educator's most prominent thought leaders. Writi...
By Rodger Bybee, Stephen Pruitt
NSTA Press Book
Dive In! Immersion in Science Practices for High School Students
What is it really like to plunge into the world of science learning and teaching? Find out in this unique book. Dive In! grew out of a teacher–scientist project at the University of New Hampshire that promoted active learning and using science prac...
By Karen J. Graham, Lara M. Gengarelly, Barbara A. Hopkins, Melissa A. Lombard
Journal Article
Teaching Through Trade Books: Matter All Around Us
This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s activities allow students to develop an “understanding of observable properties of materials [which] is developed by … analysis and classification” (NGSS Lead S...
Journal Article
Methods and Strategies: Much Ado About Nothing
This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses how children think about the small-particle model of matter....
NSTA Press Book
Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, K–12
Implementing PBL is difficult for teachers, and few curriculum guides are available to support their efforts. This book fills that gap by providing the kinds of strategies and examples teachers need to facilitate open-ended inquiry in their science c...
By Tom J. McConnell, Joyce Parker, Janet Eberhardt