JoinAll Interdisciplinary resources
NSTA Press Book
STEM, Standards, and Strategies for High-Quality Units
New in 2020!Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Do you, your school, or your school district want to align your science curriculum with state standards while meeting the growing demand for STEM instruction? If so, this is ...
By Rodger Bybee
Journal Article
Design and Impact of an Undergraduate Civic Science Course
An interdisciplinary group of faculty members from Tufts University developed an undergraduate civic science course designed to help students better understand and interpret the broad, sociocultural impacts of science. The course teaches principles...
By Jonathan Garlick, Inger Bergom, and Annie Soisson
NSTA Press Book
The Changing Earth, Grade 8: STEM Road Map for Middle School
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.What if you could challenge your eighth graders to help people recognize the inherent risks of living in a region that’s prone to flooding, earthquakes, and volcanoes? Wit...
Journal Article
Science in Socio-Scientific Issues
By Jaimie A. Foulk, Patricia J. Friedrichsen, and Troy D. Sadler
Journal Article
By Erin Peters Burton, Peter Rich, Timothy Cleary, Stephen Burton, Anastasia Kitsantas, Garrett Egan, and Jordan Ellsworth
Reports Article
Transforming to a Successful STEM School
By Jo Anne Vasquez, Michael Comer, and Jen Gutierrez
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Have you been wondering how well your students understand engineering and technology concepts? Have you been wishing for formative assessment tools in both English and Spani...
By Page Keeley, Cary Sneider, Mihir Ravel
NSTA Press Book
Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom
New in 2020!“Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom is a critically important contribution toward advancing STEM teaching and learning. It blazes a trail for early elementary classroom practitioners to reflect the latest th...
By Jo Anne Vasquez, Michael Comer, Jen Gutierrez
Book Chapter
Human Impacts on Our Climate, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School (Book Sample)
What if you could challenge your sixth graders to come up with a way to help tackle climate change in their own community? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Human Impacts on Our Climate outlines a journey that will ...
NSTA Press Book
Creating Engineering Design Challenges: Success Stories From Teachers
If you’ve ever wished for advice you can trust on how to make science and math more relevant to your middle or high school students, Creating Engineering Design Challenges is the book for you. At its core are 13 units grounded in challenge-based le...
NSTA Press Book
Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Teacher 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
NSTA Press Book
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