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Journal Article
This paper highlights learning supports associated with genetics lessons that were implemented in a urban high school biology classroom. The supports provided access to science content for ELs, students with IEPs, and struggling readers during an int...
By Lauren Stewart, Donna Ross, and Kimberly Elliot
NSTA Press Book
Investigating Environmental Changes, Grade 2: STEM Road Map for Elementary School
What if you could challenge your second graders to design an outdoor STEM classroom with a butterfly garden, birdbath, and sundial? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!...
Journal Article
Investigating Bark Beetle Outbreaks
Model and explain the cause of recent bark beetle outbreaks....
Journal Article
A Cancer Education Curriculum for Underserved Elementary School Children
Learn how Los Angeles educators implemented a new curriculum to teach underserved elementary students about basic cancer concepts. ...
By Dieuwertje J. Kast, Anupam Singh, and W. Martin Kast
NSTA Kids
Come along on a tour of the wonderful world of birds and their beaks. This book is the story of a child and two grown-up friends on a jaunt across their yard, in a park, past a pond, and through the pages of a photo album. Like them, you’ll find yo...
Journal Article
The Early Years: Analyzing Media Representations of Animals
This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This issue aims to engage children in analyzing and interpreting illustrations to determine sizes of pictured animals and give evidence for how they know. To ...
Blog Post
Exploring Structure and Function in Insects
As an entomologist, one of my greatest challenges is trying to overcome my students’ feelings of fear and disgust regarding insects. Insects often have negative images in society. Walk through any toy store, and you will likely find plastic insects...
By Cindy Workosky
Blog Post
Using Toxic Algal Blooms to Teach Structure and Function
Young children often experience a developmental stage in which they question everything. Why aren’t there dinosaurs anymore? Why do cats purr? Why are some potato chips green? They go from simply observing their surroundings to analyzing, experimen...
By Rebecca Brewer