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Ensuring all students have access to science learning is part of the vision in A Framework for K–12 Science Education. Yet in many elementary school...

By Kathy Renfrew and Amber McCulloch

Elementary Administration Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old

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It Takes More Than Teacher Professional Development: Building Systems-Level Capacity for NGSS Implementation

When informal science institutions (ISIs) offer professional learning opportunities to teachers to support science in schools, they create the potenti...

By Dr. Vanessa Lujan

Middle School Elementary High School Administration Advocacy Multilingual Learners NGSS Professional Learning old Three-Dimensional Learning

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Partnering for Maximum Impact

The Wade Institute for Science Education has long valued the power of informal institutions to create precisely the kind of student-led inquiry-based ...

By Angela Damery

Informal Education Crosscutting Concepts Professional Learning old

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Refashioning Informal Education to Support 3-D Learning

NGSS Professional Learning old Three-Dimensional Learning

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Changing Mindsets Through Educator Training

MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, is a new museum in Santa Barbara, California, designed to engage visitors of all ages in construc...

By Ron Skinner, Danielle B. Harlow, and Kaia Joye Wesolowski

Informal Education Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old

NSTA Press Book

Making Sense of Science and Religion: Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond

The authors of Making Sense of Science and Religion believe that addressing interactions between science and religion is part of all science educators...

By Joseph W. Shane, Lee Meadows, Ronald S. Hermann, Ian C. Binns

Postsecondary Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Biology Evolution General Science Life Science Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Advocacy Inclusion New Science Teachers Policy Professional Learning old Research

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Arguing From Evidence to Discover the ‘Why’

In my science classroom, students look at evidence all the time. Sometimes it is in photos or videos; sometimes in charts and graphs; and sometimes we...

By Rebecca Schumacher

Middle School Elementary High School Administration Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Equity General Science Inclusion Inquiry NGSS Policy Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies