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Journal Article
The Early Years: Analyzing Media Representations of Animals
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This issue aims to engage children in analyzing and interp...
Blog Post
Exploring Structure and Function in Insects
As an entomologist, one of my greatest challenges is trying to overcome my students’ feelings of fear and disgust regarding insects. Insects often h...
By Cindy Workosky
Blog Post
Using Toxic Algal Blooms to Teach Structure and Function
Young children often experience a developmental stage in which they question everything. Why aren’t there dinosaurs anymore? Why do cats purr? Why a...
By Rebecca Brewer
NSTA Press Book
Patterns and the Plant World, Grade 1: STEM Road Map for Elementary School
What if you could challenge your first graders to relate changes in seasonal weather patterns to changes in the plant world using a container garden? ...
Blog Post
First Graders Become Corn Experts: Using Questions to Drive Instruction
First graders love when fall comes to Kansas. It’s a magical time when lots of events are occurring in their environment, and I take full advantage ...
By Cindy Workosky
Journal Article
The Early Years: Begin With Open Exploration
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This issue discusses ways to encourage children to engage ...
NSTA Press Book
Reading Nature: Engaging Biology Students With Evidence From the Living World
By making room for this book in your curriculum, you’ll have a fresh way to motivate your students to look at the living world and ask not only “W...
By Matthew Kloser, Sophia Grathwol
NSTA Press Book
Engineering in the Life Sciences, 9–12
When the authors of this book took part in Project INFUSE, the National Science Foundation–funded teacher development program, they noticed somethin...
By Rodney L. Custer, Jenny L. Daugherty, Julia M. Ross, Katheryn B. Kennedy, Cory Culbertson
Journal Article
Citizen Science: Be a Zombee Hunter for Science
This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. Celebrate...
Blog Post
Global Thinking Inside and Outside the Classroom
Dynamic Equilibrium. These two words represent what is essential in teaching Earth science: the idea that forces are constantly working against one an...
By Cindy Workosky
NSTA Press Book
Designing Meaningful STEM Lessons
Sure, there are lots of cool STEM activities you can use in class. But do they really help your students learn science? This book shows you how to tak...
By Milton Huling, Jackie Speake Dwyer
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 1, Second Edition: 25 Formative Assessment Probes
This is the new updated edition of the first book in the bestselling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. Like the first edition of volume 1, t...
By Page Keeley
Journal Article
The Early Years: Introducing Children to Phenology
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This issue shares an activity meant to provide children wi...
Journal Article
Integrating Technology: Mapping Digital Game Analogies to Science Instruction
This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. This article describes an instructional sequ...
