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Contemporary Instructional Approaches to Promote STEM Learning for English Learners

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Contemporary Instructional Approaches to Promote STEM Learning for English Learners

The release of the report English Learners in STEM Subjects: Transforming Classrooms, Schools, and Lives (shortened to “the report” hereafter) (NASEM 2018) is timely, as three emerging forces shape the changing landscape of K–12 science educati...

By Okhee Lee

Middle School Elementary High School Crosscutting Concepts Equity Literacy Multilingual Learners NGSS Research Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

STEM Careers for the 21st Century

Journal Article

STEM Careers for the 21st Century

Welcome to the ninth issue of Connected Science Learning! Having spent most of my career building connections and supporting collaboration in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education, I am quite excited about my new role as CSL f...

By Beth Murphy

Informal Education Careers Equity Inclusion STEM

NSTA Press Book

Swing Set Makeover, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School

What if you could challenge your third graders to design a swing set that’s safe but still lots of fun? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!Swing Set Makeover outlines a journey that will steer your students toward auth...

Elementary Informal Education Engineering Mathematics Physical Science STEM Assessment Curriculum Multilingual Learners Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS Pedagogy Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning Equity Inclusion Interdisciplinary Literacy New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Methods & Strategies: Responsive Teaching and High-Stakes Testing

Journal Article

Methods & Strategies: Responsive Teaching and High-Stakes Testing

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This article focuses on responsive teaching, an instructional approach where the teacher seeks to understand the substance of students’ ideas, to find “seeds of science�...

Elementary Physical Science Curriculum NGSS Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Equity New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

STEM Education Now More Than Ever

In response to “these unconventional and uncertain years,” veteran educator Rodger W. Bybee has written a book that’s as thought-provoking as it is constructive. Now more than ever, he writes, America needs reminders of both the themes that mad...

By Rodger W. Bybee

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School STEM Curriculum NGSS Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Advocacy Careers Equity Inclusion New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Research Teacher Preparation

Methods and Strategies: Reading With a Purpose

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Methods and Strategies: Reading With a Purpose

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. Young students learn science and literacy through the Strategic Research Cycle....

Elementary General Science Assessment Curriculum Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Equity Literacy

Methods and Strategies: Equity and the Maker Movement

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Methods and Strategies: Equity and the Maker Movement

Integrating children’s communities and social networks into making...

Elementary Informal Education Engineering Pedagogy Equity Makerspace

Editor's Note: Removing Barriers

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Editor's Note: Removing Barriers

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

General Science Disabilities Equity Inclusion

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