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NSTA Press Book
Universal Design for Learning Science: Reframing Elementary Instruction in Physical Science
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Here’s good news: With this practical book, you can learn from experienced elementary school educators about how to make physical science both challenging and accessible f...
By Deborah Hanuscin, Delinda van Garderen
NSTA Press Book
Novel Engineering, K–8: An Integrated Approach to Engineering and Literacy
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.With the Novel Engineering approach, “students become excited about what they are reading, writing, designing, and building! This excitement in turn helps them make stride...
By Elissa Milto, Merredith Portsmore, Mary McCormick, Jessica Watkins, Morgan Hynes
NSTA Press Book
Healthy Living, Grade 10: STEM Road Map for High School
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.What if you could challenge your 10th graders to develop a product or process that helps people embrace diet and exercise and has a positive impact on society? With this vol...
NSTA Press Book
Human Impacts on Our Climate, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School
New in 2020!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 journe...
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
In this secondary-level lesson, students will generate and prioritize questions about the novel coronavirus and evaluate scientific and/or technical information from multiple authoritative sources, assessing the evidence and usefulness of each source...
By William Reed
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
Journal Article
Atmospheric Scientist Shawn Urbanski
Atmospheric scientists study the chemical composition of the atmosphere. More specifically, they look at how atmospheric gases, liquids, and solids interact both with each other and with the earth’s surface. This helps people understand such phenom...
By Luba Vangelova
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 ...
Blog Post
How PLCs Helped Move Us Toward Equitable High School Assessment Practices
My colleagues and I began using units intentionally designed for the NGSS for biology in early 2017. We started with a high-quality unit evaluated by my colleagues on the Science Peer Review Panel, and eventually used a full program from the unit’s...
By Holly Hereau
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