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Methanol Use in School Science Labs: Danger, Will Robinson!
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Integrating Science, Language, and Computational Thinking With Multilingual Learners
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, April 2, 2024
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From the Field: Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, August 23, 2022
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about researching a problem. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students are aware of the need to learn as much as possible about how…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an Earth material, rocks. The probe is designed to determine whether students can distinguish between humanmade, “rocklike” materials and…
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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 15, 2021
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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, May 18, 2021
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Building Engagement in STEM Through Career Courses at Two-Year Institutions
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This month's Two-Year Community column describes how Geo-Launchpad, a program funded by the NSF, exposes students to internships and research opportunities that promote postsecondary education or workforce employment in…
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Developing and Implementing a Campus-Wide Professional Development Program: Successes and Challenges
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Gateways-ND is a 5-year, National Science Foundation–funded effort directed toward three goals: maximizing the instructional effectiveness of postsecondary STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…
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Preschool–Grade 2 Science/Engineering Hands-On Activity Safety Protocols
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how to approach a problem. The probe is designed to gain insight into how students think about an engineering design process (EDP) and the kinds of…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about trade-offs. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that trade-offs involve sacrificing one or more things in favor of another…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to provide practice in using a decision matrix. The probe is designed to see if students are able to interpret a decision matrix and to help you determine difficulties they may…