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Archive: Call to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future, September 27, 2021

The Call to Action for Science Education-- released by a committee convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in m...

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Freebies for Science Teachers, August 31, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, August 24, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Aerospace Biology Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Equity General Science Inclusion Inquiry Interdisciplinary Life Science Mathematics New Science Teachers News Professional Learning old STEM

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(W)holistic Science Pedagogy

By Alexis Patterson Williams and Salina Gray

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Listening to Waves: Engaging Underrepresented Students Through the Science of Sound and Music

By Victor Minces, Angela Booker, and Alexander Khalil

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Water, River, and Community: Bridging Community, Environment, and Outreach Through a Transdisciplinary Course

By Suzanne Nesmith, Charlie Walter, Sandi Cooper, Cole Matson, Tisha Emerson, Melissa Mullins, Julia Daniel, and Paul Martens

Postsecondary Informal Education Curriculum Inquiry Interdisciplinary STEM

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Archive: Science Update: Citizen Science in Your Classrooms, March 10, 2022

Join Darlene Cavalier, Arizona State University/SciStarter, and Tara Cox, National Girls Collaborative Project/SciStarter, to learn about ci...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Astronomy Earth & Space Science STEM Technology

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Freebies for Science Teachers, August 17, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Astronomy Biology Careers Climate Change Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Engineering General Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Life Science News Physics STEM Teaching Strategies

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Guest Editorial: A Critical Review of the National Academies’ 2021 Call to Action

By Cary Sneider

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Archive: Science Update: State of the Climate, October 14, 2021

What's the latest understanding about whether storms are getting more intense? What about heatwaves? Fires? Droughts? How do we determine how these ex...

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Expanding Earth Science Learning Through International Collaboration

By Brett Dooley and Walter Smith

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Identi-Beads and Identi-Badges as Strategies to Encourage STEM Identity Work

By Alison Mercier and Heidi B. Carlone

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Cultivating Connections Across the STEM Learning Landscape

By Beth Murphy

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Archive: Science Update: Protecting the Elusive & Endangered Hawaiian False Killer Whale, December 2, 2021

False killer whales live throughout the world, but the ones found in the Hawaiian Archipelago are some of the most-studied—and rarest—marine anima...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Biology Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science General Science Life Science STEM Technology

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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, July 13, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Biology Citizen Science Climate Change Computer Science Curriculum Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Engineering Environmental Science Equity Evolution General Science Inclusion Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Life Science New Science Teachers News NGSS Phenomena Professional Learning old STEM Teaching Strategies Technology Three-Dimensional Learning