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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...

Middle School Climate Change Earth & Space Science STEM Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Community Ethnography

By Kathleen Schenkel, Selena Bliesener, Angela Calabrese Barton, and Edna Tan

Middle School 5E Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

The Forgotten Factor

By Kaitlyn McGlynn and Janey Kelly

Middle School Citizen Science Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Teacher Spotlight: Jonte Lee

High School Careers New Science Teachers Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

When making do is not good enough

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Fun With Forces and Motion

By Dennis Rosemartin

Elementary Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

Blog Post

Supporting Equity in the Classroom

Middle School Elementary High School Assessment Multilingual Learners Equity NGSS Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Teacher Spotlight: Paula Hogan

By The Science Teacher

High School Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Lesson Plan

Why Do We All Have to Stay Home?

Elementary Biology Crosscutting Concepts Is Lesson Plan Life Science Mathematics NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teacher Preparation

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

Elementary High School Middle School Computer Science Engineering STEM Technology Assessment Instructional Materials NGSS Phenomena Three-Dimensional Learning Interdisciplinary New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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

Early Childhood Pre-service Teachers Preschool STEM Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Building Community With Educators

After a string of successes in our teacher professional development programs at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS), I recently began to notice a disconcerting trend: Teachers stopped coming. Despite efforts to draw program participant...

By Robert Payo

Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation