All Inclusion resources

The authors of Making Sense of Science and Religion believe that addressing interactions between science and religion is part of all science educators...

By Joseph W. Shane, Lee Meadows, Ronald S. Hermann, Ian C. Binns

Postsecondary Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Biology Evolution General Science Life Science Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Advocacy Inclusion New Science Teachers Policy Professional Learning old Research

Blog Post

Encouraging Students to Engage in Argument With Evidence

When I first began to shift my curriculum to support the Next Generation Science Standards, I was a bit overwhelmed!...

By Michelle Monk

High School Equity Inclusion Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

Blog Post

Arguing From Evidence to Discover the ‘Why’

In my science classroom, students look at evidence all the time. Sometimes it is in photos or videos; sometimes in charts and graphs; and sometimes we...

By Rebecca Schumacher

Middle School Elementary High School Administration Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Equity General Science Inclusion Inquiry NGSS Policy Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Using Virtual Reality in the Classroom for Students on the Autism Spectrum

Virtual reality has seen rapid development in the first part of the 21st century, although it has been around for many years. Remember the old ViewM...

By Wyayn Rasmussen, and Kate Drechsler

Informal Education Disabilities Inclusion Teaching Strategies Technology

Blog Post

Get a KLEW(S)! Collaboration is Key for Translating Contemporary Research into Teaching, Learning Science

I first encountered the KLEWS teaching strategy in an article in Science and Children (NSTA 2015), “KLEWS to Explanation-Building in Science.” I s...

Elementary Preschool Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Inclusion Instructional Materials Lesson Plans NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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