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NGSS Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom
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The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer rich opportunities for both science and language learning. This article presents science and language instructional shifts, grounded in the NGSS and contemporary…
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Laboratory Indoor Air Quality & Safety
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Should Our City's Wastewater Treatment System Produce Ammonia?
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Lesson Plan |
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out how students determine whether a new substance with a different chemical makeup is formed when…
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Evaluating Information: The Impact of Major, Class Standing, and Experience With Primary Literature
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Social media platforms and other internet sites may propagate inaccurate or misleading information. This misinformation encourages speculation, rumors, and mistrust in established science. In the current study, we…
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What’s a Fun Activity That Combines Science With Art?
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Multimodal Text Sets to Use Literature and Engage All Learners in the Science Classroom
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The Downstream Collaborative Project
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A Research-Based Checklist for Development and Critique of STEM Instructional Videos
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The technical barriers to video production are decreasing and the popularity of video as an instructional medium in science is increasing. Although a large body of education research is available to inform the…
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Communicating in Science: Why It Matters
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Weather Versus Climate: What’s the Difference?
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What Do You Know About Volcanoes and Earthquakes?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about plate tectonic features and events. The probe is designed to uncover commonly held misconceptions about volcanoes and earthquakes.
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Creating a New Environment for Science Learning
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Why Does the Moon Look Like That Again?
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Journal Article |