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Journal Article

Science Investigation and Developing Students’ Science-Process Skills Through Citizen Science

It’s 7:15 on a Friday morning and the ‘early birds’ have arrived. Eager students don their binoculars for Ms. Vigeland’s before-school birdwat...

By Jennifer Fee

Informal Education

Journal Article

Philly Scientists

The Philly Scientists project engages underserved youth in grades 5–8 and their educators in a curriculum that includes a mobile application with ...

By Rasheda Likely, Magdalene Moy, and Nancy Songer

Informal Education

Journal Article

Curiosity Machine

The Curiosity Machine Family Program at Iridescent Learning brings underserved families together over five weeks to do open-ended engineering design c...

By Wallace Louie, Tara Chklovski, Maggie Jaris, and Audra Torres

Informal Education

Journal Article

Connecting Fossil Clubs With K–12 Teachers

FOSSILs4Teachers! is a professional development workshop that allows K–12 educators and museum paleontologists to collaborate on fossil resources ...

By Jeanette Pirlo, Bruce J. MacFadden, Eleanor E. Gardner, Victor J. Perez, and Denise Porcello

Informal Education

Journal Article

Engaging Learners in Authentic Science With Environmental Data

Citizen science has long been touted as a way to engage in-school and out-of-school learners in authentic science, but the opportunities have largel...

By Daniel C. Edelson, Audrey Mohan, and Sean O'Connor

Informal Education

NSTA Press Book

STEM Education Now More Than Ever

In response to “these unconventional and uncertain years,” veteran educator Rodger W. Bybee has written a book that’s as thought-provoking as it...

By Rodger W. Bybee

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School STEM Curriculum NGSS Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Advocacy Careers Equity Inclusion New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation

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SciStarter

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By Jill Nugent, Lea Shell, and Darlene Cavalier

Informal Education

Journal Article

Numbers in Nature, Math on the Mountain

Data are the workhorses of the scientific endeavor and their use is rapidly evolving (Haendel, Vasilevsky, and Wirz 2012). Ask almost any scientist ...

By Michael Giamellaro and Kari O'Connell

Informal Education

Journal Article

The Students Discover Project

In North Carolina, 39% of eighth-grade students report that they “never or hardly ever” design a science experiment, and another 29% of eighth gra...

By Suzanne Branon, Sherry Booth Freeman, Lauren Bryant, LaTricia Townsend, and Malinda Faber

Informal Education

NSTA Press Book

Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 1, Second Edition: 25 Formative Assessment Probes

This is the new updated edition of the first book in the bestselling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. Like the first edition of volume 1, t...

By Page Keeley

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Biology Earth & Space Science Life Science Physical Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Problem-Based Learning in the Physical Science Classroom, K-12

Problem-Based Learning in the Physical Science Classroom, K–12 will help your students truly understand concepts such as motion, energy, and magneti...

By Tom J. McConnell, Joyce Parker, Janet Eberhardt

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Physical Science Physics Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation