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Journal Article

Engineering Encounters: The Paper Airplane Challenge

This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. In this month's issue students learn about variables and trials while desi...

Elementary Physical Science STEM 5E Multilingual Learners

Journal Article

Teaching Through Trade Books: The Tool and Eye

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. In this month’s issue students explore animal adaptations through books that sh...

Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials

Journal Article

Disequilibrium: How Heat Affects the Density of Water

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. This month’s discrepant event illustrates what happens when a container f...

Middle School Earth & Space Science General Science 5E Inquiry Phenomena

Blog Post

Digging Deeper: Designing Solutions

This month’s Digging Deeper column for the Next Gen Navigator focuses on the practice of constructing explanations and designing solutions, and spec...

By Cindy Workosky

Elementary 5E Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Inquiry Instructional Materials Mathematics NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Physics Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teaching Strategies Technology Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Disequilibrium: Layered Liquids

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. Students may hold onto the misconception that all liquids naturally combine...

Middle School General Science Physical Science 5E Inquiry Phenomena

Journal Article

Teaching Through Trade Books: Matter All Around Us

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s activities allow students to develop an “understanding of observ...

Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials

Journal Article

Disequilibrium: The Bernoulli Bag

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. Students explore pressure and the Bernoulli principle with a Bernoulli Bag....

Middle School Physical Science 5E Inquiry Phenomena

Journal Article

Teaching Through Trade Books: Focusing on Earth’s Features

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue shows that allowing students to use both photographs and inf...

Elementary Preschool 5E Instructional Materials