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NSTA Press Book
Introducing Teachers and Administrators to the NGSS: A Professional Development Facilitator's Guide
REVERE Award Finalist, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers!If you’re charged with helping educators achieve the vision of the new science standards, this is the professional development resource you need. This book is chock-f...
By Eric Brunsell, Deb M. Kneser, Kevin J. Niemi
NSTA Press Book
What Are They Thinking? Promoting Elementary Learning Through Formative Assessment
REVERE Award Winner, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers!“Children are continually developing ideas and explanations about their natural world. … Some of these ideas are consistent with the science children are taught; othe...
By Page Keeley
Journal Article
Teaching Through Trade Books: The Poetry of Plants
This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue integrates language arts and science using nature-inspired poetry picture books to engage students in explorations of plants' life cycles and needs....
Journal Article
Editor's Note: Building Language for Science Literacy
Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
Journal Article
The Early Years: Creating Effective Classroom Interactions
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses learning about your own teaching to see if you are creating an effective learning environment....
NSTA Press Book
If you and your students can’t get enough of a good thing, Volume 2 of Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science is just what you need. The book offers 39 new formative assessment probes, this time with a focus on electric charge, electric curre...
By Page Keeley, Rand Harrington
Journal Article
Teaching Through Trade Books: Let's Talk Trash
This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue helps students focus on what trash is, which trash can be recycled, and where their trash ends up in the process....
Journal Article
The Early Years: Ecosystems, Up Close and Personal
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This month’s issue discusses children observing and documenting the growth of a plant from a seed to seed-production and animal interactions with the plant....