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Journal Article
Teaching Through Trade Books: The Tool and Eye
This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. In this month’s issue students explore animal adaptations through books that show how body structures assist in survival or how animals use objects in their environment to meet th...
Journal Article
The Poetry of Science: What Do Scientists Do?
Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. Students use poetry to learn about Rachel Carson. ...
Journal Article
Science 101: Can Electromagnetic Waves Affect Emotions?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses electromagnetic waves....
Journal Article
Science 102: Area of a Circle Conundrum
This column shares exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's issue presents a new challenge and answers the Match Magic challenge from last month....
Blog Post
It's Elementary: Investigating Student Work
Teachers wear many hats in the classroom. We are doctors, therapists, IT technicians, politicians, and entertainers, but the one hat we wear that is essential for student learning is the detective’s hat. As detectives, we gather and analyze evidenc...
By Cindy Workosky
NSTA Press Book
Transportation in the Future, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School
What if you could challenge your third graders to design the train of the future? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Transportation in the Future outlines a journey that will steer your students toward authentic pro...
NSTA Press Book
Creating a STEM Culture for Teaching and Learning
This is the book that will flip the way you think about STEM from “not me” to “I’m in!” Author Jeff Weld is the director of the acclaimed Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council. He sees STEM as “a white-hot, transformative revolution in ...
By Jeff Weld
Blog Post
How NGSS and CCSS for ELA/Literacy Address Argument
In the summer of 2015, I observed an elementary science teacher from an NGSS-adopted state who made a presentation to her cohort of close to 100 K–12 science teacher leaders and administrators from schools, districts, and the state. After presentin...
By Cindy Workosky
Blog Post
NGSS Curriculum Integration—Off on a Tangent!
The creation of a school garden inspired this fourth-grade unit. All students in the school were responsible for planning the garden, as well as for planting, weeding, and harvesting our crops of tomatoes, pumpkins, and carrots. The harvest was...
By Cindy Workosky