All Three-Dimensional Learning resources

NSTA Press Book

The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the Three Dimensions

Since its release in 2014, the NSTA Quick-Reference Guide has become an essential tool for educators across the country to explore the complex structure of three-dimensional standards, including the performance expectations (PEs) that integrate parti...

Early Childhood Elementary High School Middle School General Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Learning Progression NGSS Performance Expectations Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation Administrators

Journal Article

Transitioning an In-Person Elementary STEM After-School Program to Distance Learning During COVID-19

By Brooke McMahon, Jasmin Sanchez, Emma Case, Lindsay Huerta, W. Martin Kast, and Dieuwertje J. Kast

Elementary Informal Education Equity NGSS Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Supporting Three-Dimensional Learning From Students’ Questions About Water With a Storyline Unit

By Gretchen Brinza, Katie Larson, Amy McGreal, and Michael Novak

Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Phenomena Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

What's the Big Deal About Ocean Acidification?

By Sunday Cummins and Patricia Newman

Elementary Biology Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Labs Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Ocean Influences Climate

By Kottie Christie-Blick

Elementary Earth & Space Science Interdisciplinary Phenomena Physical Science Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Engineering the Coast

By Stephanie Sisk-Hilton and Sarah Davies Ferner

Elementary Earth & Space Science Engineering Interdisciplinary Labs Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Focusing the Lens of the Crosscutting Concepts on Secondary Science Learning

By Brett Criswell, Christopher Roemmele, and Missy Holzer

High School Crosscutting Concepts NGSS Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Arctic Feedbacks: Not All Warming Is Equal

By Jonathan Griffith and Margaret Kozick-Kingston

Climate Change Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Environmental Science General Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Labs Learning Progression Lesson Plans NGSS Pedagogy Phenomena Three-Dimensional Learning

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Socially Transformative Teaching

By Laura Blue and Sarah Redick

Middle School Equity Inclusion Life Science NGSS Pedagogy Three-Dimensional Learning

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Models for Developing Explanations of Earth’s Dynamic Plate System

By Amy Pallant, Trudi Lord, Sarah Pryputniewicz, and Scott McDonald

Middle School Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Inquiry Instructional Materials Technology Three-Dimensional Learning

Lesson Plan

How Does Temperature Affect the Rate at Which People Become Infected With Mosquito-Borne Diseases?

Middle School Climate Change Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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How Can Feeding the Planet Change the Ocean?

Middle School Climate Change Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Why Do Some Cities Currently Have Dust Storms and Others Do Not?

Middle School Climate Change Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Should Our City's Wastewater Treatment System Produce Ammonia?

Middle School Climate Change Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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How Can Wildfires Lead to Mudslides?

Middle School Climate Change Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning