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Integrating Careers Into Your NGSS Lessons

Journal Article

Integrating Careers Into Your NGSS Lessons

Middle school is a critical time when students form ideas and preferences regarding careers they might pursue. Employers sometimes have difficulties f...

By Kyle Gray, Jill Maroo, Alan Czarnetzki, Sadik Kucuksari

Careers NGSS Pedagogy STEM Teaching Strategies

Chasing Giant Ice balls

Journal Article

Chasing Giant Ice balls

Scope on the Skies regular column. An SEL-based look at comets, their impact on society, and how they are named....

By Bob Riddle

Astronomy Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials Phenomena Physical Science

Expanding Language Use: Supporting Emergent Multilingual Learners’ Sensemaking in Science

Journal Article

Expanding Language Use: Supporting Emergent Multilingual Learners’ Sensemaking in Science

Students bring with them rich cultural and linguistic ways of knowing and communicating when engaged in figuring out explanations of phenomena. Howeve...

By Samuel Lee, Benjamin DiFrancesco, Caitlin Fine, Katherine McNeill

Inclusion Multicultural Multilingual Learners Teaching Strategies

Fieldwork Fridays: Connecting Scientific Learning to Nature

Journal Article

Fieldwork Fridays: Connecting Scientific Learning to Nature

Building routines around place-based learning allows students to apply their scientific learning to nature and form a connection with their local envi...

By Katie Coppens

Earth & Space Science Labs Teaching Strategies

Snapshot Safari: Elephant Edition

Journal Article

Snapshot Safari: Elephant Edition

Citizen Science article for the September/ October 2024 issue of Science Scope...

By Jill Nugent

Biology Citizen Science Earth & Space Science Life Science

Using Conferences to Give Students a Sense of Belonging

Journal Article

Using Conferences to Give Students a Sense of Belonging

Conducting student conferences similar to those used by English Language Arts teachers to improve reading skills can give middle school science studen...

By Tasha Kirby

Inclusion Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

Unlocking the Power of Emotional Connections: Strategies for Teaching Climate Change in Middle School

Journal Article

Unlocking the Power of Emotional Connections: Strategies for Teaching Climate Change in Middle School

In the face of the escalating climate crisis, effective climate education is imperative, not only for imparting knowledge, but also for inspiring acti...

By Emily Godin, Jo'el Johanson

Climate Change Inclusion Teaching Strategies

Dyeing to Last: Using Natural Dyes to Create an Ideal Fabric

Journal Article

Dyeing to Last: Using Natural Dyes to Create an Ideal Fabric

In this project-based lesson, students explore how chemistry concepts relate to creative expression by investigating a variety of dyeing conditions. T...

By Tyler St. Clair, Makayla Kraetsch, Mia Arrieta

Middle School Chemistry Instructional Materials NGSS

Web Seminar

Archive: Strategies on Applying for a Science Teaching Position, November 21, 2024

Preservice educators and those wanting to transition into education from a different career have tools and experiences that are directly applicable to...

Preschool Early Childhood Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary General Science

Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 2: 30 New Formative Assessment Probes

NSTA Press Book

Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 2: 30 New Formative Assessment Probes

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By Page Keeley

Elementary High School Middle School Assessment Instructional Materials

Web Seminar

Science Update: Exoplanets: Finding Life in the Galaxy, January 30, 2025

Join us on Thursday, January 30, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about the search for planets located outside our Solar System....

Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Astronomy Biology Chemistry Earth & Space Science Life Science Physics Robotics STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: The Rocks and Minerals of Climate Change, November 14, 2024

Climate change is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our generation, and generations to come.  But what's rock got to do with it?&n...

Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science STEM

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