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NSTA Press Book
Creative Writing in Science: Activities That Inspire
Do you ever feel like your science classes could use a shot of imagination? Boost the creativity quotient by assigning a travel blog about the digesti...
By Katie Coppens
Book Chapter
Are They Talking About Climate or Weather?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about climate. The probe is designed to find out whether students distinguish betw...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about watersheds. A watershed is an area of land where all of the water that is un...
NSTA Kids
La próxima vez que veas una puesta del sol
A 2014 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12!2014 Winner of the REVERE Award from PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publisher...
Journal Article
Aquaponics: What a Way to Grow!
Fifth graders design systems for fish and plants while exploring human impacts on the environment....
Journal Article
Formative Assessment Probes: Is It Erosion or Weathering?
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. The formative assessment probe in this month’s issue can be used as an initial elicita...
Journal Article
Science 101: Does the Earth Have Any Natural Ways to Adjust the CO<sub>2</sub> in the Atmosphere?
This column contains exercises to challenge content knowledge. This month's issue discusses ways to remove CO2 from the atmosphere....
NSTA Press Book
Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More
Solar Science offers more than three dozen hands-on, inquiry-based activities on many fascinating aspects of solar astronomy. The activities cover the...
By Dennis Schatz, Andrew Fraknoi
Journal Article
Science 101: What Does the Sun Send to the Earth?
This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses electromagnetic waves....