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Web Seminar: Strategies on Applying for a Science Teaching Position, November 21, 2024
Join us on Thursday, November 21, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about strategies educators can use when applying for a science teaching p...
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 2: 30 New Formative Assessment Probes
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...
By Page Keeley
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....
Web Seminar
Science Update: The Rocks and Minerals of Climate Change, November 14, 2024
Join us on Thursday, November 14, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about the role that rocks and minerals play regarding climate change....
Web Seminar
Archive: FA24: Health DataWell: HS Life Science Instructional Materials, October 17, 2024
Health Datawell provides free lesson plans and storyline units to help high school students understand the varied roles of citizens and health scienti...
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Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have an increased presence in our school classrooms and laboratory instructional spaces, including cell phones, tablets...
Journal Article
Cultivating Genius for Science Contexts: Where Does the Pursuit of Joy Fit into Science Learning?
Where do Goldy Muhammad’s Cultivating Genus Pursuits fit into science learning? In this article, 5th grade teachers are adding the pursuits into a F...
By Alice Severson, Leigh Kohlmann, Emily Miller, Kevin Anderson
Journal Article
Leading Effective Science Curriculum-Based Learning
Leadership Matters...
By Patrick Brown, Rodger W Bybee, Joseph Taylor
Journal Article
Light, Forces, Sticks, Crates and So Much More: A Loose Parts Learning Approach to STEM
The use of loose parts can be an effective teaching method to improve and enhance student understanding of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). L...
By Carla Gull, Suzanne Levenson Goldstein, Tricia Rosengarten
Journal Article
Beyond Definitions: Using Hexagonal Thinking for Sensemaking
This article was written for the purpose of introducing the hexagonal thinking strategy to upper elementary teachers. The strategy, in which students ...
By Simone Nance
Journal Article
Engaging in Socioscientific Issues by Observing Habitats in the Context of Water Use and Drought
Teaching young students to engage in socioscientific reasoning can feel like an overwhelming task due to the abstract reasoning required. Yet, Sadler ...
By Grace Brunner, Catherine Lowe, Isaiah Kent-Schneider, Jerrid Kruse
Journal Article
Summertime fun with Life Science!
In this issue of Tech Talk, learn about two terrific life science apps, Rewild the World from Google Arts and Culture and Explore.org. Engage your lea...
By Heather Pacheco-Guffrey