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Patterns and the Plant World, Grade 1: STEM Road Map for Elementary School

What if you could challenge your first graders to relate changes in seasonal weather patterns to changes in the plant world using a container garden? ...

Elementary Biology Earth & Space Science Life Science STEM Technology Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Preservice Science Education

Scientists and Engineers Are CURIOUS

Book Chapter

Scientists and Engineers Are CURIOUS

In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers are curious. They read about Mary Anning in the book The Fossil Girl: Mary Anning’s Din...

Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Earth & Space Science Science and Engineering Practices Literacy

Citizen Science: Cloudy With a Chance of “Cirrus” Science

Journal Article

Citizen Science: Cloudy With a Chance of “Cirrus” Science

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. NASA Glob...

Middle School Earth & Space Science Teaching Strategies Citizen Science Interdisciplinary

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Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 6–8: Structuring Lessons With the NGSS in Mind

Instructional Sequence Matters shows how to make simple shifts in the way you arrange and combine activities to improve student learning. It also make...

By Patrick Brown

Middle School Earth & Space Science Physical Science 5E Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Research Teacher Preparation

NSTA Science Objects

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NSTA Science Objects

This collection includes all 94 Science Objects available at the National Science Teaching Association....

Postsecondary Elementary High School Middle School Astronomy Biology Chemistry Earth & Space Science Life Science Physical Science Physics

NSTA SciPacks

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NSTA SciPacks

This collection includes all 25 SciPacks available at the National Science Teaching Association....

Postsecondary Elementary High School Middle School Astronomy Biology Chemistry Earth & Space Science General Science Life Science Physical Science

Assessment:  Middle

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Assessment: Middle

This collection introduces you to assessment basics. A brief description of each follows the order in which the resources are listed. 1) This articl...

Middle School Earth & Space Science Life Science

First-Graders Modeling Day and Night: Making Sense of a Phenomenon

Blog Post

First-Graders Modeling Day and Night: Making Sense of a Phenomenon

As a first-grade teacher in Detroit with predominantly Latinx students and English language learners, I worked for several weeks at the end of last sc...

By Cindy Workosky

Elementary Assessment Astronomy Earth & Space Science Multilingual Learners NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

The Early Years: Making Sense of Their World

Journal Article

The Early Years: Making Sense of Their World

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. In this issue students document the apparent movement of t...

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Earth & Space Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Inquiry NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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