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Value Creation in a Pedagogically-focused Faculty Online Learning Community

Faculty online learning communities (FOLCs) can help faculty effectively adopt and persist in using research-based curricula. This paper documents fac...

By Fred Goldberg, Edward Price, Mo Basir, Lawrence Escalada, Steven Maier, Steven Sahyun, Tamara Snyder, Liang Zeng

Distance Learning Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

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Investigating Effects of Emergency Remote Teaching on Biology Teaching Assistants and their Approaches to Teaching

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Biology Teaching Assistants (TAs) were tasked with transitioning and adapting their instruction to an online environment...

By Amy Kulesza, Susan D'Agostino, Lucía Chacón-Díaz

Postsecondary Biology Distance Learning Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Reworking the Recipe: Adding Inquiry and Reflection to College Science Labs

Cookbook-style laboratories (labs), where students follow recipes and confirm known results are common, yet years of science teaching and learning res...

By Cari Din, Martin MacInnis

Inquiry Labs Teaching Strategies

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A Community of Practice for CURE Development: The MIRIC (Mentoring the Integration of Research into the Classroom) Network

As the advantages of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) become widely accepted as a mainstream high-impact practice for undergrad...

By Elizabeth Sandquist, Brett Schofield, Kristian Taylor, Alex Engel, Jinjie Liu, Aaron Putzke, Laxmi Sagwan-Barkdoll, Susan Walsh, Taylor Buchanan, Lance Barton, Karen Resendes, Michael Wolyniak

Inclusion Research STEM

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Who Speaks for Earth? Impacts of an Anti-Racist and Gender-Inclusive Training in an Astronomy Class

As science educators, we have an important opportunity to influence perceptions of who does science, and we can work to empower students to make our d...

By Kathryn Williamson, Ellen Belchior Rodrigues, Myya Helm, Christopher Cunningham, Daniel Gallegos, Unique Beaver, Iahnna Henry

Astronomy Inclusion Social Justice

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Meeting the Needs of the Refugee Students in Your Science Classroom

Your new student roster includes refugee students. You want to communicate with them and make them feel welcome in their new science classroom; howeve...

By Gayle Buck, Arya Karumanthra, Shukufe Rahman

Inclusion Multicultural Multilingual Learners Social Justice Teacher Preparation

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Social-Emotional Learning in the Science Classroom

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By Patty McGinnis

Inclusion Pedagogy Social Justice Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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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