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Engineering Encounters: Blasting Off With Engineering

Journal Article

Engineering Encounters: Blasting Off With Engineering

Toy testing creatively engages fifth-grade students in engineering design....

Elementary Engineering STEM

Methods and Strategies: Creating a "We" Culture

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Methods and Strategies: Creating a "We" Culture

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue shares strategies to ensure all students connect with science....

Elementary Multilingual Learners NGSS Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Equity New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education

Science 101: How Do We Determine "Cause and Effect?"

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Science 101: How Do We Determine "Cause and Effect?"

This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses how cause and effect relates to science instruction....

Elementary Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Professional Learning old

Safety First: Houston, We Have Liftoff!

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Safety First: Houston, We Have Liftoff!

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue covers the safety of using projectiles in the classroom....

Elementary Physical Science Labs Safety

NSTA Kids

Mrs. Carter's Butterfly Garden

Named an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12!Inform and inspire young naturalists with this book about a very special butterfly garden. Mrs. Carter’s Butterfly Garden is the story of how former First Lady Rosalynn Carter started a fron...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Life Science Instructional Materials

NSTA Kids

My School Yard Garden

This colorful book takes students on a ramble through a school yard garden—past the seeding beds, along the compost bin, and over to the bird house and bird bath. Along the way, children learn what insects, animals, and plants need to thrive and di...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Life Science Instructional Materials

NSTA Press Book

The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS, K-12

Since the release of the first draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NSTA has been at the forefront in promoting the standards and helping science educators become familiar with and learn to navigate this exciting but complex documen...

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