All Middle School resources

Lesson Plan

Are They Talking About Climate or Weather?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about climate. The probe is designed to find out whether students distinguish betw...

By Page Keeley and Laura Tucker

Middle School Assessment Earth & Space Science

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 visu...

By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

Middle School High School Assessment Physical Science

Lesson Plan

Mass, Volume, and Density

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. The probe is designed to find out whether students have commonly he...

By Page Keeley and Susan Cooper

Middle 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

Journal Article

Modeling Magnetism With the Floating Paper Clip

By Sarah Braden, Lauren Barth-Cohen, Sara Gailey, and Tamara Young

Middle School Literacy Physical Science

Journal Article

Going Viral

By Laura C. Todd and Brooke A. Whitworth

Middle School Biology Life Science Literacy Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Green Plants, Red Glow

By Kathy-Uyen Nguyen, Andrew R. Ratchford, Jason L. Painter, Rachael Polmanteer, Ann E. Norcross, and Jonathan S. Lindsey

Middle School Biology Interdisciplinary Life Science Literacy

Journal Article

Integrating Crosscutting Concepts and Literacy Strategies to Support Visual Literacy

By Eric Brunsell, Elizabeth D. Alderton, and Josh Morris

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Interdisciplinary Literacy Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Using Big Data to Understand the History of Planet Earth

By Peggy Mansfield McNeal and Elizabeth Cordle

Middle School Computer Science Earth & Space Science Literacy STEM Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Drawing to Learn to Draw Out Student Understanding

By Christine Karlberg, Laura Henriques, and Alan Colburn

Middle School Pre-service Teachers Biology Interdisciplinary Life Science Literacy 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.&nbs...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Middle School General Science

Journal Article

Under the Sea

By Jayma Koval, Sabrina Grossman, and Marion Usselman

Middle School Biology Interdisciplinary Literacy Technology

Journal Article

The Great Sunflower Project

By Jill Nugent

Middle School Citizen Science Environmental Science Life Science Teaching Strategies