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From the Field: Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, August 23, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Aerospace Assessment Climate Change Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Engineering Environmental Science General Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Life Science Literacy Mathematics News Preservice Science Education Professional Learning Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Technology

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From the Field: Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, August 16, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Administration Careers Chemistry Citizen Science Climate Change Computer Science Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Engineering Environmental Science General Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Life Science Mathematics News Physical Science Physics Preservice Science Education Professional Learning STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

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From the Field: Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 12, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Administration Assessment Chemistry Climate Change Curriculum Distance Learning Earth & Space Science English Language Learners Environmental Science General Science Inclusion Inquiry Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Mathematics News NGSS Phenomena Physics Preservice Science Education Professional Learning Research Safety STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers From the Field, June 14, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Biology Careers Climate Change Curriculum Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Engineering English Language Learners Environmental Science General Science Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Life Science News Physical Science Physics Preservice Science Education Professional Learning Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Technology

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Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, June 7, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Assessment Careers Chemistry Citizen Science Climate Change Curriculum Disabilities Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Engineering Environmental Science Equity General Science Inclusion Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Labs Lesson Plans Life Science Mathematics New Science Teachers News NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Physics Preservice Science Education Professional Learning Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

An Adapted Journal Club Approach

Students must be able to evaluate primary literature, yet few options exist within the undergraduate curriculum to develop the necessary skills. In th...

By Melissa Eslinger, Sydney Alekseyev, and Helen Schroeder

Pre-service Teachers Interdisciplinary Literacy Pedagogy Preservice Science Education

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Developing a Classroom Assessment Rubric

The development and implementation of varied assessment practices is a major focus in higher education. Assessment benefits both students and teachers...

By Chandrani Mishra, Loran Carleton Parker, and Kari L. Clase

Pre-service Teachers Assessment Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Investigating Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching and Learning Science

To inform teacher education programs, it is imperative to uncover preservice teachers’ (PSTs) implicit and tacit beliefs about teaching and learning...

By Ezgi Yesilyurt

Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Web Seminar

Archive: NSTA Teacher Awards – Recognizing Excellence Rewarded, October 27, 2022

Did you come up with an innovative way to teach a lesson? Have you devoted your life to promoting science and the teaching of science? Did you success...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Pre-service Teachers General Science

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Growing Understanding From a SPARK

By Deborah Hanuscin, Abby Whatley, Bridget Dahlman-Oeth, Paola Sanchez, Benjamin Dixon, and Daniel Savage

Elementary Informal Education Pre-service Teachers Curriculum NGSS Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: Getting Ready for Two Spectacular Solar Eclipses in North America, October 20, 2022

The last visible eclipses in the continental U.S. until 2045 will be on Saturday, October 14, 2023 and Monday, April 8, 2024. While the annular eclips...

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Astronomy Earth & Space Science Engineering Mathematics Physics STEM Technology

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Archive: Book Beat Live! Every Science Lesson is in Part a Language/Reading Lesson: Using Texts to Support Student Sense Making, April 13, 2022

According to the K-12 Framework for Science Education, “any education in science and engineering needs to develop students’ ability to read and pr...

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers General Science

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Freebies for Science Teachers, March 1, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Administration Biology Careers Chemistry Citizen Science Climate Change Crosscutting Concepts Disabilities Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Engineering English Language Learners Environmental Science Evolution General Science Inclusion Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Learning Progression Lesson Plans Life Science Mathematics Multilingual Learners News Phenomena Physical Science Physics Preservice Science Education Professional Learning Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies

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E–6 Preservice Teachers and Elementary Science Teaching

The study assessed the science teaching confidence of preservice teachers in teaching elementary science by addressing two research questions: (1) Did...

By Mamta Singh

Pre-service Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies