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Lesson Plan

How can we improve our Model Rocket Checklist?

Lesson Plan

How can we plan a safe model rocket launch and landing?

Lesson Plan

How does a parachute’s design affect the speed of descent and landing location of a model rocket?

Lesson Plan

How is energy transferred to the gas particles during ignition?

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What force is pushing the model rocket up?

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How does a model rocket lift off the ground?

Lesson Plan

What can we do to ensure safe and successful model rocket launches and landings?

Journal Article

Connect Students With Outdoor STEM Learning Opportunities Alongside Science Professionals

By Megan Willig

Informal Education Careers Citizen Science Environmental Science Inquiry STEM

Journal Article

Learning About Coastal Zone Plants—Integrating Formal and Informal Teaching and Learning Practices

By M. Alexandra Abreu Lima and Lia Vasconcelos

Informal Education Biology Climate Change Environmental Science Life Science STEM

Journal Article

A Teamwork-Based Technique Using Agricultural Fields to Measure the Speed of Sound

By Gordon H. Miller and Helen Belefant-Miller

Informal Education

Web Seminar

Archive: Book Beat Live! Students’ Ideas Matter! Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence, November 16, 2022

Students’ Ideas Matter! Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence teaching is all about creating conceptual coherence for learners to better prepare them for future careers....

Elementary General Science

Web Seminar

Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Part 2: Science and Language Integration With Multilingual Learners: Asset-Oriented Framing, December 15, 2022

Education research, policy, and practice with minoritized student groups were traditionally framed in terms of what the students were lacking and how to fix this problem (a deficit-oriented view). In recent years, there have been growing efforts to l...

Middle School Elementary General Science

Web Seminar

Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Part 1: Science and Language Integration With Multilingual Learners: Asset-Oriented Framing, December 14, 2022

Education research, policy, and practice with minoritized student groups were traditionally framed in terms of what the students were lacking and how to fix this problem (a deficit-oriented view). In recent years, there have been growing efforts to l...

Middle School Elementary General Science

Web Seminar

Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Leading the Implementation of High-Quality Instructional Materials to Enact Standards: Practical Guidance From the Field, November 7, 2022

High-quality instructional materials (HQIM) designed for next generation science can make a difference in the quality of equitable science teaching and learning throughout the educational system and for all learners (i.e., for all leaders, teachers, ...

Middle School General Science

Lesson Plan

Where does the energy come from?

Lesson Plan

Where do NASCAR tires come from, and what happens to them after the race?

Lesson Plan

How do we evaluate if a fuel is better for the environment?

Lesson Plan

How can we create new things with trash?

Elementary Is Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan

How can people protect their ears at Bristol Motor Speedway?

Lesson Plan

How can clothing protect us from burns?

Web Seminar

Archive: Case Studies from Connected Science Learning: Developing Critical Consciousness in Middle-School Science Through Engineering for Sustainable Communities, November 14, 2022

In this web seminar, the presenters share how an Engineering for Sustainable Communities (EfSC) approach in the middle grades can foster critical consciousness and support strong connections between classrooms and communities. The presenters show how...

Postsecondary Informal Education Middle School Engineering General Science STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Part 2: Project-Based Learning: Principles to Sustain Student Learning and Teacher Change In Practice, December 7, 2022

Have you wanted to implement a Project-Based Learning unit in your classroom? Would you like to introduce PBL curriculum in your school?  Multiple Literacies in Project-Based Learning (ML-PBL), an Open Education Resource, provides interdisciplin...

Elementary Informal Education Earth & Space Science General Science

Web Seminar

Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Part 1: Project-Based Learning: Principles to Sustain Student Learning and Teacher Change In Practice, December 6, 2022

Have you wanted to implement a Project-Based Learning unit in your classroom? Would you like to introduce PBL curriculum in your school?  Multiple Literacies in Project-Based Learning (ML-PBL), an Open Education Resource, provides interdisciplin...

Elementary Earth & Space Science General Science

Web Seminar

Archive: Exploration Generation: Sensemaking in Rocketry, November 9, 2022

This web seminar will introduce teachers to the Exploration Generation Middle School Playlist and Unit Plan. These instructional materials provide equitable STEM experiences to students and increase educator confidence in teaching rocketry. Explore c...

Middle School Informal Education Aerospace Chemistry Engineering Mathematics Physical Science Physics STEM

Journal Article

Surface Shape Shifting

By Bob Riddle

Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science

Journal Article

Getting a Sense of Local Air Quality

By Jill Nugent

Middle School Citizen Science Climate Change Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials STEM

Journal Article

Using Reflective Thinking to Learn About Relative Distances of Solar System Objects

By Sissy S. Wong

Middle School Earth & Space Science Inquiry Physical Science

Journal Article

Teaching Plate Tectonics to Diverse Students Using the 5E and 5R Instructional Model

By Naomi Gutierrez, Molly H. Weinburgh, and Cecilia Silva

5E Curriculum Earth & Space Science

Journal Article

Making Group Work Natural

By Katie Murano, Jesse Wilcox, Jaclyn Easter, and Cat Lucht

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Instructional Materials

Journal Article

A Synthesis of Geospatial Tools for the Middle Grades

By Kurtz Miller

Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials STEM Technology

Journal Article

Equity in Science

By Katie Coppens

Middle School Equity Inclusion Interdisciplinary

Journal Article

Should I Wear a Mask in School?

By William Folk

Advocacy General Science Life Science News Research Safety

Journal Article

The Human Side of Our Dynamic Earth

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School Climate Change Earth & Space Science Interdisciplinary

Journal Article

“It's Okay That You Add Your Touch”: Fostering Imagining and Creating Through STEAM Education

By Megan McKinley-Hicks, Ariella F. Suchow, Kadahj A. Bennett, Lyndsay Allyn Cox, Genelle Faulkner, Meghan Hill, Michael Barnett, and Helen Zhang

Middle School Informal Education Equity Interdisciplinary NGSS Science and Engineering Practices

Journal Article

High School Science and Engineering Fairs: Lessons Learned

By Frederick Grinnell and Simon Dalley

High School Informal Education Inquiry Labs NGSS Research Science and Engineering Practices STEM Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Citizen Science Framing and Delivery Models: Impacts on Young People’s Environmental Science Learning

By Jessica Wardlaw, Ana Benavides-Lahnstein, Lucy Robinson, Julia Lorke, Sasha Pratt-Taweh, Maryam Ghadiri Khanaposhtani, Heidi Ballard, and Victoria Burton

Informal Education Citizen Science Environmental Science Learning Progression Research

Journal Article

Location, Location, Location!

By Beth Murphy

Informal Education Environmental Science STEM