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Blog Post
NGSS: Planning for Science Success for All Students
Creating an Environment for All Students to Show Their Understanding Much discussion has focused on how the NGSS (and other state standards based o...
By Hallie Booth
Blog Post
PLNs + High-Quality Units = NGSS Success
In June 2013, Kentucky’s Board of Education officially adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), which not only set a new course for sci...
By David Grossman
NSTA Press Book
Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Teacher Edition
How do our bodies manage to heal wounds, build the stamina to run marathons, and give us the energy—even while we’re sleeping—to keep us alive a...
By AAAS/Project 2061
NSTA Press Book
Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Student Edition
How do our bodies manage to heal wounds, build the stamina to run marathons, and give us the energy—even while we’re sleeping—to keep us alive a...
By AAAS/Project 2061
NSTA Press Book
Discovery Engineering in Biology: Case Studies for Grades 6–12
Show your students how amazing it can be to just “see what will happen” when they blend biology, engineering, and serendipity. Focusing on innovat...
By Rebecca Hite, Gina Childers, Megan Ennes, M. Gail Jones
Blog Post
Helping Educators Develop Young Ocean Problem-Solvers
Myrtle, the green sea turtle. Photo credit: W. Chappell Informal science centers are in perfect alignment to provide rich NGSS supports usi...
By Corrine Steever
eBook
It’s Still Debatable! Using Socioscientific Issues to Develop Scientific Literacy, K–5 (e-book)
It’s Still Debatable! encourages scientific literacy by showing you how to teach the content and thinking skills K–5 students need to explore real...
eBook
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 3–5: Explore Before Explain (e-book)
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 3–5 is a one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine how you teach science in elementary school. The...
Blog Post
Helping Students Take Control of Their Learning
I am responsible for teaching my students how to think, learn, solve problems, and make informed decisions. I firmly believe that science is...
By Cindy Abel
Blog Post
Under Indefinite Construction: Creating an NGSS-Friendly Classroom Community
When the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) were first released, I struggled with how to create opportunities that allowed the student...
By Megan Rowlands Elmore