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Teaching Science Through Trade Books

“‘What was your favorite book as a child?’ In more than 10 years of facilitating workshops, we have never heard anyone reply, ‘My fourth-grade science textbook.’ Clearly, textbooks have an important place in the science classroom, but usin...

By Christine Anne Royce, Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry

Postsecondary Elementary Informal Education Middle School Pre-service Teachers Preschool General Science Assessment Multilingual Learners Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Literacy Multicultural New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

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Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes

What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? Find out with this book on astronomy, the latest in NSTA’s popular Uncovering Student Ideas in ...

By Page Keeley, Cary Sneider

Elementary High School Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans NGSS Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

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Front-Page Science: Engaging Teens in Science Literacy

“The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines for mammograms in 2009. What does this mean for someone with a family history of breast cancer? Congress periodically votes on a piece of legislation called the Farm Bill. What does i...

By Angela Kohnen, Alan Newman, Laura Pearce, Wendy Saul

High School Disciplinary Core Ideas Teaching Strategies Teacher Preparation

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Models-Based Science Teaching

Humans perceive the world by constructing mental models—telling a story, interpreting a map, reading a book. Every way we interact with the world involves mental models, whether creating new ones or building on existing models with the introduction...

By Steven W. Gilbert

Elementary High School Middle School General Science Instructional Materials Teaching Strategies New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

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STEM Student Research Handbook

This comprehensive resource for STEM teachers and students, outlines the various stages of large-scale research projects, enabling teachers to coach their students through the research process. This handbook provides enough detail to embolden all tea...

By Darci J. Harland

High School STEM Instructional Materials Inquiry NGSS Teaching Strategies New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation Administrators

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Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion

Never has it been so easy for educators to learn to teach physical science with confidence. Award-winning author Bill Robertson launched his bestselling Stop Faking It! series with Force and Motion—offering elementary and middle school teachers a j...

By William C. Robertson, Ph.D.

Elementary High School Middle School General Science Physical Science Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Teacher Preparation