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July/August 2021
Volume 58, Number 6
In our ever-increasingly connected world, accessible through the convenience of travel and extensive improvements in digital communication, we routinely interact with people across the globe in business ventures, global collaborations, entertainment, and as teams of scientists and engineers.
july/august 2021
July/August 2021
Volume 58, Number 6
In our ever-increasingly connected world, accessible through the convenience of travel and extensive improvements in digital communication, we routinely interact with people across the globe in business ventures, global collaborations, entertainment, and as teams of scientists and engineers.
july/august 2021
July/August 2021
Volume 58, Number 6
In our ever-increasingly connected world, accessible through the convenience of travel and extensive improvements in digital communication, we routinely interact with people across the globe in business ventures, global collaborations, entertainment, and as teams of scientists and engineers.
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Volume 44, Number 6
Visual Literacy
A staple of 21st-century skills, visual literacy is addressed in several Common Core State Standards, but the skills associated with visual literacy are also essential to the sciences.
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Volume 44, Number 6
Visual Literacy
A staple of 21st-century skills, visual literacy is addressed in several Common Core State Standards, but the skills associated with visual literacy are also essential to the sciences.
cover
Volume 44, Number 6
Visual Literacy
A staple of 21st-century skills, visual literacy is addressed in several Common Core State Standards, but the skills associated with visual literacy are also essential to the sciences.
 

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Safer Engineering Instruction in K–12 Labs and Makerspaces: Results From a 2020 National Study

By Dr. Ken Roy

Posted on 2021-06-02

 

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NGSS Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom

Science and Children—September 2018

By Alison Haas, Jennifer Whitten, and Carol Biskupic Knight

NGSS Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer rich opportunities for both science and language learning. This article presents science and language instructional shifts, grounded in the NGSS and contemporary thinking in second language acquisition. First, we describe three science instructional shifts: phenomena or design solutions to problems, three-dimensional learning, and coherence of student understanding. Then, we describe three language instructional shifts: language use for purposeful communication, meaningful participation of ELs with less-than-perfect English, and use of a range of registers and modalities. Finally, using a vignette from our NGSS-aligned fourth-grade science classroom, we illustrate how these science and language instructional shifts support each other for ELs. The vignette is accompanied by a video that can be accessed online.

 

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer rich opportunities for both science and language learning. This article presents science and language instructional shifts, grounded in the NGSS and contemporary thinking in second language acquisition. First, we describe three science instructional shifts: phenomena or design solutions to problems, three-dimensional learning, and coherence of student understanding.
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer rich opportunities for both science and language learning. This article presents science and language instructional shifts, grounded in the NGSS and contemporary thinking in second language acquisition. First, we describe three science instructional shifts: phenomena or design solutions to problems, three-dimensional learning, and coherence of student understanding.
 

Press Release

STUDENTS HONORED IN VIRTUAL CEREMONY AS WINNERS IN WORLD’S LARGEST K-12 SCIENCE CHALLENGE

National Winners of 29th Annual Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Science Challenge to Be Commended at Awards Celebration

 

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National Science Teaching Association Welcomes New Board and Council Members

Archive: Science Update: Parker Solar Probe Close Up View of the Sun’s Environment, November 18, 2021

Launched on 12 August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is venturing closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft. It is revolutionizing our understanding of the long-standing mysteries of the near-Sun environment. The new science data show new phenomena not seen before in the solar wind. Parker Solar Probe is showing us the path forward for heliophysics research.

Launched on 12 August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is venturing closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft. It is revolutionizing our understanding of the long-standing mysteries of the near-Sun environment. The new science data show new phenomena not seen before in the solar wind. Parker Solar Probe is showing us the path forward for heliophysics research.

Launched on 12 August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is venturing closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft. It is revolutionizing our understanding of the long-standing mysteries of the near-Sun environment. The new science data show new phenomena not seen before in the solar wind. Parker Solar Probe is showing us the path forward for heliophysics research.

Launched on 12 August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is venturing closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft. It is revolutionizing our understanding of the long-standing mysteries of the near-Sun environment. The new science data show new phenomena not seen before in the solar wind. Parker Solar Probe is showing us the path forward for heliophysics research.

 

Press Release

Virginia Professor Begins Term as 2021-2022 President of the National Science Teaching Association

 

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 1, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 1, 2021

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