All Elementary resources

Journal Article

It's a Small World After All

By Rhoda Goldberg and Jeremy Effinger

Early Childhood Elementary Interdisciplinary Physical Science Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Pushing, Pulling, and Predicting Force Patterns

By Christine Anne Royce

Early Childhood Elementary Literacy Physical Science

Journal Article

Global Poetry Connections

By Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

Elementary Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Literacy

Journal Article

Science Teaching Goes Global with State Department Support

By Betsy Devlin-Foltz and Maxine Pitter Lunn

Elementary Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Global Connections

By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn

Early Childhood Elementary Interdisciplinary STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Book Beat Live! Instructional Sequence Matters: Using Explore-before-Explain in the Classroom, July 20, 2021

Explore-before-Explain teaching is all about creating conceptual coherence for learners to better prepare students for the reality of their world.&nbs...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Middle School General Science

Reports Article

Freebies for Science Teachers, June 22, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Administration Biology Careers Chemistry Curriculum Disabilities Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Multilingual Learners Environmental Science Equity General Science Inclusion Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Life Science Literacy Multicultural News Phenomena Physical Science Physics Professional Learning old STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

Lesson Plan

Talking About Forces

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students generally identify fo...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Elementary Assessment Physical Science

Journal Article

Reimagining the 5 Practices for Effective and Equitable Discourse

By Kristin Cook, Sahar Alameh, Cathrine Maiorca, L. Octavia Tripp, Craig Schroeder, Margaret Mohr-Schroeder

Elementary Informal Education Pre-service Teachers Engineering Lesson Plans Science and Engineering Practices STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Using Federal Relief Funding to Support Science Education, July 15, 2021

COVID-19 has affected schools and students across the United States in ways that may not be fullyunderstood for decades. As a result, Congress has mad...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Middle School General Science

Reports Article

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 15, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Preschool Biology Chemistry Climate Change Earth & Space Science Engineering Environmental Science General Science Inquiry Life Science Mathematics News Physical Science Physics Professional Learning old STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

Web Seminar

Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Learn and Lead on Twitter, August 10, 2021

Explore how Twitter can be a vehicle for your own reflection, collaboration, and learning as well as a way to lead and advocate for science and STEM e...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education General Science

Lesson Plan

Why Do Fireflies Light Up?

By Rita Januszyk and Alison Haas

Elementary Life Science NGSS

Lesson Plan

Needs of Seeds

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seeds. The probe is designed to find out what students think most seeds need...

By Page Keeley

Elementary Assessment Life Science