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Contemporary Instructional Approaches to Promote STEM Learning for English Learners
The release of the report English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives (shortened to “the report” hereafter) (NASEM 2018) is timely, as three emerging forces shape the changing landscape of K–12 science educati...
By Okhee Lee
NSTA Press Book
Have you been wanting to learn more about what your students know (or think they know) about major concepts in matter and energy? Have you been wishing for formative assessment tools in both English and Spanish? Then this is the book you’ve been wa...
By Page Keeley, Susan Cooper
NSTA Press Book
Rainwater Analysis, Grade 5: STEM Road Map for Elementary School
What if you could challenge your fifth graders to design rainwater recycling systems to provide water for a fictional community garden? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!...
NSTA Press Book
Get rave reviews for science by putting this book’s step-by-step plans to work. Staging Family Science Nights is your playbook for creating an informal learning environment that will generate enthusiasm and enjoyment of science among the entire fam...
By Donna Governor, Denise Webb
Journal Article
The Poetry of Science: Poetry in Motion
Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways....
Journal Article
A study of tops allowed third graders to explore the toys of past generations while learning about engineering design....
Journal Article
Supporting second-grade students’ thinking using the PEOE strategy...
Journal Article
Pushes, Pulls, and Playgrounds
Learning forces and motion through nonfiction texts and exploration on the playground...
Journal Article
Engineering Encounters: Balancing Engineering and Science Instruction
This column describes creating a classroom culture for engineering. This issue describes how to teach third graders about balanced and unbalanced forces....
Journal Article
Science 101: What’s Wrong With “For Every Action, There is an Equal and Opposite Reaction”?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This issue explores Newton's third law of motion....