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Inspiring and Engaging Teachers in Professional Learning at NSTA Conferences

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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 29, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

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Exploring the STEM Landscape

By Jesse Wilcox, Jerrid Kruse, and Scott Decker

Elementary Earth & Space Science STEM

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It's a Small World After All

By Rhoda Goldberg and Jeremy Effinger

Early Childhood Elementary Interdisciplinary Physical Science Teaching Strategies

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Pushing, Pulling, and Predicting Force Patterns

By Christine Anne Royce

Early Childhood Elementary Literacy Physical Science

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Global Poetry Connections

By Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

Elementary Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Literacy

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Science Teaching Goes Global with State Department Support

By Betsy Devlin-Foltz and Maxine Pitter Lunn

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Global Connections

By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn

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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. ...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Middle School General Science

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Freebies for Science Teachers, June 22, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

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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 forces as pushes and pulls. ...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Elementary Assessment Physical Science

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Reimagining the 5 Practices for Effective and Equitable Discourse

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

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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 made emergency funds available through theAmerican Rescue Plan Act Elementary and Secondary School Emer...

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

By Debra Shapiro

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