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Journal Article

Educators are increasingly recognizing that significant amounts of science learning take place over the course of one’s lifetime and that much of this learning takes place outside of school settings (NRC 2009). Americans spend on average “less th...

By M. Gail Jones and Megan Ennes

Elementary General Science Teaching Strategies

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Making the Most of Field Trips

Field trips can be a unique way to engage elementary students in science content. However, budget cuts and a focus on standardized testing are causing some schools to greatly reduce the funding for field trips (Meyer 2008). In the wake of the last re...

By Nicole Hesson

Elementary Preservice Science Education Professional Learning Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Cardboard City

Cardboard, a common maker space material, is inexpensive, readily available, and durable. It is also easy to manipulate. It can be folded, cut, painted, and taped or glued together. Caine’s Arcade, a video featuring Caine Monroy’s cardboard arcad...

By Julie Jackson, Julie Brenegan, Kristi Wagner, and Michelle Berry

Elementary Engineering Instructional Materials Makerspace Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Growing Students' Meaning-Making

In this sensemaking lesson, K–2 students explore how different factors influence seed germination and explain the elements necessary to sprout. Notebook strategies are embedded throughout the explore-before-explain lesson to help students organize ...

By Patrick Brown, Jessica Fries-Gaither, and Kathy Renfrew

Elementary 5E Crosscutting Concepts Pedagogy Sensemaking Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Using Argument to Reason About Science Practice

We have been working for nearly two decades with teachers across all grade bands to promote productive argumentation. From this experience, and those of others interested in the same goals, we have extracted a simple strategy for promoting and suppor...

By William Sandoval, Jon Kovach, Leticia Perez, Lynn Kim-John, and Jarod Kawasaki

Elementary Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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40 Years of Inspiring Students to Explore STEM: What Has Science Olympiad Learned?

By John F. Loehr and Jenny Kopach

Informal Education Assessment Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Open Innovation Challenge to Mitigate Global Warming

By Gillian M. Puttick, Brian Drayton, and Santiago Gasca

High School Informal Education Climate Change Inquiry Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies