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NSTA Press Book
Preparing Teachers for Three-Dimensional Instruction
It’s not enough for teachers to read through the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and correlate their content to the established curriculum. Teachers must prepare to make the vision of the NGSS come alive in their classrooms. Editor Jack Rh...
Journal Article
Second graders turn knowledge into action as they engineer solutions for a real-world problem in a school makerspace....
Journal Article
Engineering Encounters: Teaching Educators About Engineering
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue describes preservice elementary teachers learning engineering principles from engineers....
NSTA Press Book
Building the Science Department: Stories of Success
How can your science department become a site for developing science teachers’ professional learning? Building the Science Department answers that question through stories from teachers who walk the sometimes rocky path of reforming science teachin...
By Wayne Melville, Doug Jones, Todd Campbell
NSTA Press Book
Creating a STEM Culture for Teaching and Learning
This is the book that will flip the way you think about STEM from “not me” to “I’m in!” Author Jeff Weld is the director of the acclaimed Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council. He sees STEM as “a white-hot, transformative revolution in ...
By Jeff Weld
NSTA Press Book
Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, 3-5: Using Children’s Books to Inspire STEM Learning
"Teachers in our district have been fans of Picture-Perfect Science for years, and it’s made a huge impact on how they fit science into their school day. We are so excited to do more of the same with these Picture-Perfect STEM books!"—Chris Gible...
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Resources and Human Impact (Student Edition)
The Resources and Human Impact Interactive E-book examines the role society plays in environmental degradation and the technological solutions that arise in response to environmental issues. Human beings modify components of Earth’s ecosystems as t...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Explaining Matter with Elements, Atoms, and Molecules (Student Edition)
The Explaining Matter With Elements, Atoms, and Molecules Interactive E-book explores the properties of substances and elements and examines the investigative evidence for the atoms and molecules that make up all matter. Certain properties can be use...
Interactive E-book Student Edition
Ocean's Effect on Weather and Climate (Student Edition)
The Ocean’s Effect on Weather and Climate Interactive E-book* investigates concepts related to the defining role oceans have in influencing Earth’s weather and climate. Earth’s weather patterns—which consist of different conditions of tempera...