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The Greenhouse Effect

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the greenhouse effect. The probe is designed to reveal whether students confuse the greenhouse effect with other environmental concerns or lump the concerns together. ...

By Page Keeley and Laura Tucker

Middle School High School Assessment Earth & Space Science

Lesson Plan

Where Do You Find Earth’s Plates?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Earth’s plates. The probe is designed to find out where students think tectonic plates are located. ...

By Page Keeley and Laura Tucker

Middle School High School Assessment Earth & Space Science

Reports Article

Freebies for Science Teachers, July 6, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

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Newton's Second Law

High School Crosscutting Concepts Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Lesson Plan

What Happens When You Bring a Balloon Near Wall

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about electrical interactions. The probe is designed to find out how students visually represent electrical interactions. ...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Middle School High School Assessment Physical Science

Blog Post

Inspiring and Engaging Teachers in Professional Learning at NSTA Conferences

Middle School Elementary High School Distance Learning NGSS Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Reports Article

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

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Astronomy Chemistry Citizen Science Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Equity General Science Inclusion Inquiry Interdisciplinary News NGSS Professional Learning old STEM Teaching Strategies

Web Seminar

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

Journal Article

Looking Back at a Pandemic and Preparing for the Next One

By Stephen Wesson

High School General Science Instructional Materials Literacy

Journal Article

Utility Engineer Aaron Spencer

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers Engineering

Journal Article

Remote Labs 2.0 to the Rescue

By Rundong Jiang, Chenglu Li, Xudong Huang, Shannon Sung, and Charles Xie

High School Biology Chemistry Inquiry Instructional Materials Labs Lesson Plans NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Physics Science and Engineering Practices STEM Technology

Journal Article

The Potency of Evidence

By Claudette Tebeck

High School 5E Equity Inquiry Research

Journal Article

GENERATE: The Game of Energy Choices

By Emma Refvem and Dana Haine

High School Environmental Science Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Mathematics Science and Engineering Practices STEM

Journal Article

Virtual Field Trips

By Heather McPherson, Gregory Frank, Rebecca Pearce, and Ernest Hoffman

High School Engineering Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching Strategies Technology