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Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes

What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a sta...

By Page Keeley, Cary Sneider

Elementary High School Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans NGSS Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

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Connecting With Nature: A Naturalist's Perspective

One of my earliest memories is of a warm day, a field with many grasshoppers, a shallow creek with cold water, and the joy of a day in the hills with ...

By Robert Stebbins

Elementary High School Middle School General Science

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Learning and Teaching Scientific Inquiry: Research and Applications

Science teacher educators, curriculum specialists, professional development facilitators, and K–8 teachers are bound to increase their understanding...

By James Jadrich, Crystal Bruxvoort

Elementary Informal Education Middle School General Science Assessment Instructional Materials Teaching Strategies New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

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Models-Based Science Teaching

Humans perceive the world by constructing mental models—telling a story, interpreting a map, reading a book. Every way we interact with the world in...

By Steven W. Gilbert

Elementary High School Middle School Teaching Strategies New Science Teachers Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

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Project Earth Science: Physical Oceanography, Revised 2nd Edition

How well can your students— • Explain why ice floats? • Model ocean currents? • Predict tides? • Describe the proper clean-up of an oi...

By Alfredo L. Aretxabaleta, Gregg R. Brooks, Nancy W. West

Elementary High School Middle School Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans

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Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion

Never has it been so easy for educators to learn to teach physical science with confidence. Award-winning author Bill Robertson launched his bestselli...

By William C. Robertson, Ph.D.

Elementary High School Middle School General Science Physical Science Physics Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials NGSS Science and Engineering Practices New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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Team Teaching Science: Success for All Learners

In Team Teaching Science, Ed Linz, Mary Jane Heater, and Lori A. Howard demonstrate the truth in the old adage “Two heads are better than one.” T...

By Lori A. Howard, Ed Linz, Mary Jane Heater

Elementary High School Middle School General Science Teaching Strategies Professional Learning old

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Even More Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events

• How can water and a penny demonstrate the power of mathematics and molecular theory? • Do spelling and punctuation really matter to the human ...

By Thomas O'Brien

Elementary High School Middle School General Science Assessment Inquiry NGSS Science and Engineering Practices