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BEE Ambassadors for Pollen

This lesson allows students to engage in sense-making through the cross-cutting analysis of the form and function of pollen, carried by pollinators. S...

By Laura Wheeler, Rita Hagevik, and Kathy Cabe Trundle

High School Biology Engineering

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Constructive student roles for authentic collaboration in engineering design challenges

Student roles can promote collaboration and individual accountability in groups during engineering design challenges. However, student disengagement m...

By Andrew Kipp and Gustavo Perez

High School Engineering Science and Engineering Practices STEM

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Rain Gardens and Rain Gauges: Students get hands on with data while evaluating green infrastructure at their school

Two modules were designed for high school science students to investigate the performance of a rain garden installed on school property. The rain gard...

By Lauren Brase, Robert Ford, Amy Parker, Heather Mayfield, Adam Lehmann, and Sarah Meadows

Climate Science Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Inquiry

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Talk it Out! Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment with Dialogues

Getting ALL students involved in a class can be a difficult task. Getting students EXCITED about reading, writing, and learning can be an even MORE d...

By Anne Levendusky and Gregory Bisbee

High School Curriculum Inclusion Literacy

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Raising a Voice for Change

Climate Change...

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School Advocacy Climate Change Climate Science

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Earth Systems and Climate Change

Scope on the Skies column...

By Bob Riddle

Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science

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Using Collaborative Digital Summary Tables to Impact Student Engagement and Learning

This manuscript reports on the impact of using collaborative digital summary tables on student engagement and learning. First, traditional summary tab...

By Grace Buchholz and Pradeep Maxwell Dass

Middle School Equity Multilingual Learners NGSS Pedagogy Research

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Blackout Poetry: Eclipsing with words and images to Illuminate ideas

Integrating literacy practices in science classrooms can help students with reading complex scientific text, write arguments as part of shared cross-d...

By Amy Lannin, Jeannie Sneller, and Heba Abdelnaby

Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Literacy Teaching Strategies

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Easing into Socioscientific Issues and Critical Science Literacy

Including SSIs in the classroom can be a daunting task. To make this task more manageable, we have developed a strategy to easily create short modules...

By Mitchell Klocke and Jerrid W. Kruse

Literacy Research Social Justice

Journal Article

Empowering Student Action Through Climate Literacy Development

In light of the International Panel on Climate Change's findings, this article underscores the detrimental effects of climate misinformation in the U....

By Jocelyn Miller, Gina Childers, and Rebecca Hite

Middle School Advocacy Climate Science Literacy

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Transporting Martian Samples: Using Engineering Design to Assess Thermal Energy Transfer, Forces, and Nature of Engineering

Engineering activities often emphasize the practices of engineers, but can sometimes feel disconnected from content. This engineering design activity ...

By Isaiah J. Kent-Schneider, Bridgid Miller, Emma Marie, Jayme Scheck, Jerrid Kruse, and Dan Chibnall

Engineering Physical Science Physics STEM

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Caterpillars Count

Citizen Science column...

By Jill Nugent

Middle School Biology Citizen Science Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials

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Exploring Climate Change through Students’ Place Connections and Public Data Sets

Climate change is a pressing societal challenge. It is also a pedagogical challenge and a worldwide phenomenon, whose local impacts vary across differ...

By Kathryn Lanouette, Krista Cortes, Lisette Lopez, Michael Bakal, Michelle Wilkerson

Middle School Climate Science Curriculum Multilingual Learners

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Data analysis using open data and software reveal environment-mediated microbial heterogeneity in soil and sediment samples, while enhancing STEM research experience at an undergraduate institution

Undergraduate institutions serve as stepping stones to a student’s career. Teaching and learning in the science classrooms requires quality and inte...

By Aditi Sengupta, Nallely Delara, Joyce Barahona, and Justin Garcia

Postsecondary Earth & Space Science Research STEM

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A Residential Learning Community for Enhancing STEM Education: Program Design and Lessons Learned

There continues to be a concern regarding sustained recruitment and retention of students in STEM majors. Although the rate of attrition in these majo...

By Jessica M. Fautch

Postsecondary Pedagogy Research STEM