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Creating and Using Instructionally Supportive Assessments in NGSS Classrooms

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Creating and Using Instructionally Supportive Assessments in NGSS Classrooms

Imagine handing out assessments that spark enthusiasm rather than dread. In six easy-to-follow steps, this book empowers science teachers to create ta...

By Christopher Harris, Joe Krajcik, James Pellegrino

Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 2: 30 New Formative Assessment Probes (e-book)

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Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 2: 30 New Formative Assessment Probes (e-book)

Here’s a fresh way to help your students learn life science by determining how you can help them learn best. Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Scienc...

Field Trips to Zoos and Aquariums: Solving Pedagogical Challenges Using the Next Generation Science Standards

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Field Trips to Zoos and Aquariums: Solving Pedagogical Challenges Using the Next Generation Science Standards

Though zoos and aquariums have become increasingly focused on conservation education, their menageries of unique and diverse learning opportunities ha...

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Life Science NGSS Pedagogy

Medical and cancer-STEM education for underrepresented minority elementary school students in Audiology, Gastroenterology and Osteology/Orthopedics

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Medical and cancer-STEM education for underrepresented minority elementary school students in Audiology, Gastroenterology and Osteology/Orthopedics

The goal of the University of Southern California (USC)/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center funded Wonderkids Program is to develop medical and cancer ...

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Careers Equity Inclusion Sensemaking Social Justice STEM

Co-Development of a Museum-Based Scientist-Teacher Partnership

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Co-Development of a Museum-Based Scientist-Teacher Partnership

Scientist-led K-12 outreach offers many benefits to scientists, teachers, and students. However, according to recent research, many of these programs ...

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Biology Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

Becoming Botanical Garden Educators: Engaging High School Students in Botany through the use of Flip

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Becoming Botanical Garden Educators: Engaging High School Students in Botany through the use of Flip

It is critical to develop students’ science communication skills as they progress through their education. One way in which this goal can be accompl...

Life Science STEM Technology

Creating Equity for Black Science Students

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Creating Equity for Black Science Students

Creating equity for Black science students requires deep listening and can be achieved with phenomenological qualitative research and a community of i...

Equity General Science Inclusion Inquiry Social Justice

Redesigning an environmental curriculum for student engagement

Journal Article

Redesigning an environmental curriculum for student engagement

Apart from equipping learners with 21st-century skills, environmental science (ES) education fosters problem-solving, creativity, critical thinking, a...

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Informal Education Environmental Science Labs Life Science Teaching Strategies

Three Transformative Leadership Practices

Journal Article

Three Transformative Leadership Practices

What does it take to prioritize science instruction in an elementary system? In this article, we’ll examine three transformative leadership practice...

By Rebecca Abbott, Meredith Moran, and Alicia Baier Wideman, 

Elementary Administration Leadership

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