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PLNs + High-Quality Units = NGSS Success

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PLNs + High-Quality Units = NGSS Success

In June 2013, Kentucky’s Board of Education officially adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), which not only set a new course for sci...

By David Grossman

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Assessment

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Assessment

Resources for assessment in science classrooms...

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Models-Based Science Instruction

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Models-Based Science Instruction

Resources for teaching with Models...

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Differentiation-Personalized Learning

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Differentiation-Personalized Learning

Resources from NSTA to for supporting Science For All...

High School Middle School

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STEM Mindset

STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) mindset is critical to youths’ ongoing participation in STEM, as well as their functionin...

By Jeanna R. Wieselmann

Middle School Informal Education STEM

Creating Engineering Design Challenges: Success Stories From Teachers (e-book)

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Creating Engineering Design Challenges: Success Stories From Teachers (e-book)

If you’ve ever wished for advice you can trust on how to make science and math more relevant to your middle or high school students, Creating Engine...

High School Middle School Engineering Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Makerspace

Science Curriculum Topic Study: Bridging the Gap Between Three-Dimensional Standards, Research, and Practice, Second Edition

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Science Curriculum Topic Study: Bridging the Gap Between Three-Dimensional Standards, Research, and Practice, Second Edition

Scientific literacy for all students requires a deep understanding of the three dimensions of science education: disciplinary content, scientific and ...

By Page Keeley, Joyce Tugel

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NSTA Press Book

Creating Engineering Design Challenges: Success Stories From Teachers

If you’ve ever wished for advice you can trust on how to make science and math more relevant to your middle or high school students, Creating Engine...

High School Middle School Biology Chemistry Environmental Science Engineering Physical Science STEM Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Discovery Engineering in Biology: Case Studies for Grades 6–12

Show your students how amazing it can be to just “see what will happen” when they blend biology, engineering, and serendipity. Focusing on innovat...

By Rebecca Hite, Gina Childers, Megan Ennes, M. Gail Jones

High School Middle School Biology Engineering Life Science STEM Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Phenomena Teaching Strategies Citizen Science Interdisciplinary

Identifying and Implementing Instructional Materials in Middle School

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Identifying and Implementing Instructional Materials in Middle School

Identifying and implementing science instructional materials that equitably engage students in active learning of science concepts, practices, sensema...

By Michael Heinz, Erin Michael Escher, Ellen Ebert

Middle School Elementary High School Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans

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Sphero Robots and the Periodic Table

Students review the periodic table by coding robots. ...

By CHRISTINE HERALD

Middle School Chemistry Technology

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