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Journal Article

An Interview With Cognitive Scientist Lindsay Portnoy

Cognitive scientists study how people learn. This type of knowledge can be applied in a diverse array of fields, ranging from advertising to journalis...

By Luba Vangelova

High School Careers Interdisciplinary

Journal Article

Julie Olson, Mitchell, South Dakota

An Interview with Julie Olson, Mitchell, South Dakota ...

Careers Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

NSTA Press Book

Supporting Emergent Multilingual Learners in Science, Grades 7–12

Many middle and high school teachers are educated to teach science content—they don’t anticipate that one day they may be teaching it to students ...

By Molly Weinburgh, Cecilia Silva, Kathy Horak Smith

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Curriculum Multilingual Learners Instructional Materials Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Advocacy Careers Equity Inclusion Multicultural New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Discovery Engineering in Physical Science: Case Studies for Grades 6–12

Who knew that gecko feet inspired scientists to develop a stickier adhesive or that cockleburs in dog fur led to the invention of Velcro? Discovery En...

By M. Gail Jones, Elysa Corin, Megan Ennes, Emily Cayton, Gina Childers

High School Informal Education Middle School Engineering Physics STEM Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Careers Citizen Science Inclusion Interdisciplinary

Journal Article

KEYS High School Student Internship Program

By Marti Lindsey, Heather Ingram, and Bob Mittan

High School Careers STEM

Journal Article

Rosie's Girls STEAM Camps

Where can a middle school girl wield a chop saw or welder in one moment, and build her interpersonal and self-advocacy skills in the next? For 20 ye...

By Alison Lamagna

Informal Education Careers STEM

NSTA Press Book

Staging Family Science Nights

Get rave reviews for science by putting this book’s step-by-step plans to work. Staging Family Science Nights is your playbook for creating an infor...

By Donna Governor, Denise Webb

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School General Science Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Careers Inclusion New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

STEMStarter

High school capstone courses—culminating educational experiences for seniors as they conclude their formal high school education—have become inc...

By Elizabeth A. Radday, Katherine A. Shields, Joshua Cox, and David Bamat

Informal Education Careers STEM

Journal Article

nPower Girls

In 2010 the American Association of University Women (AAUW) published Why So Few?, a research report that synthesized information on the dearth of w...

By Vickei Hrdina, Sue Bluestein, Erin Harwood, Pamela M. M. Jull, and Alexander G. Dimitrov

Informal Education Careers STEM