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Patterns are Everywhere: Exploring the schoolyard to facilitate thinking about science phenomena

Journal Article

Patterns are Everywhere: Exploring the schoolyard to facilitate thinking about science phenomena

After realizing the difficulty educators face with integrating the crosscutting concepts (CCCs) from the Next Generation Science Standards into their ...

By Brandon Davis, Ingrid Carter, Lisa Dispense

5E Crosscutting Concepts NGSS Phenomena

Explanation and Argumentation: How Middle School Students Make Sense of the Phenomenon of Niagara Falls

Journal Article

Explanation and Argumentation: How Middle School Students Make Sense of the Phenomenon of Niagara Falls

The Framework and NGSS emphasize using lines of evidence to construct explanations and develop arguments that demonstrate understanding about scientif...

By Kenneth Huff

Middle School 5E Phenomena Sensemaking

Sparking students’ curiosity: Embedding strategies to promote curiosity alongside teaching static electricity

Journal Article

Sparking students’ curiosity: Embedding strategies to promote curiosity alongside teaching static electricity

In this article, we use the strategies listed above to engage students in a 5E lesson on static electricity (partially addressing MS-PS2-3). We start ...

By Jesse Wilcox, Stephanie Zavalza Flores, MacKenzie Bruns, Sarah Nolting

Middle School 5E Inquiry STEM Teaching Strategies

Promoting Sensemaking Through an Impactful Instructional Sequence

Journal Article

Promoting Sensemaking Through an Impactful Instructional Sequence

A valuable framework for promoting sensemaking includes the convergence of two independent ideas: (1) the focus of modern education on teaching for un...

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Middle School 5E Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Sensemaking

Journal Article

Argumentation Goes Viral

Although argumentation is a critical historical component of scientific literacy, the recent coronavirus pandemic and associated issues have highlight...

By David C. Owens, Noah P. Sheridan, and Amanda L. Townley

5E Research Sensemaking Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Growing Students' Meaning-Making

In this sensemaking lesson, K–2 students explore how different factors influence seed germination and explain the elements necessary to sprout. Note...

By Patrick Brown, Jessica Fries-Gaither, and Kathy Renfrew

Elementary 5E Crosscutting Concepts Pedagogy Sensemaking Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Using Popular Fiction to Inspire Scientific Inquiry

Many teacher educator preparation programs do not provide opportunities for preservice teachers (PSTs) to experience and examine the use of popular fi...

By Kristin Cook and Winn Wheeler

Postsecondary 5E Inquiry Literacy NGSS Preservice Science Education Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Cool It!

By Jamie W. Gutual, Latanya Robinson, Adam Kirn, and Indira Chatterjee

Middle School 5E Engineering Labs Lesson Plans Mathematics NGSS Science and Engineering Practices STEM

Activating Students' Ideas: Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence, K-5

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Activating Students' Ideas: Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence, K-5

Science teachers face an incredible challenging task of combining research on how students learn best, the three-dimensions of the Science Education F...

By Patrick Brown, Page Keeley

Early Childhood Elementary General Science 5E Assessment Instructional Materials NGSS Pedagogy Teaching Strategies New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

The Birds and the Bees, the Flowers and the Trees

By Laura Wheeler, Rita Hagevik, Kathy Cabe Trundle, Michelle Parslow, and Katherine Vela

Middle School 5E Biology Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary NGSS

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