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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, November 19, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
Web Seminar
Join us on Thursday, February 20, 2025, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about plasma physics and its applications. What is inside our sun and&nb...
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Scaffolding an Inquiry-Based Spring Constant Activity for Differentiated Physics Instruction
This activity gives students the opportunity to design an experiment, collect data, and solve for the spring constant of different springs. The use of...
By Eric Lindley
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Overcharging: Science of Thermal Runaway
Lithium-ion batteries solve many problems, yet also create new problems like thermal runaway. To better understand the phenomenon themselves, the auth...
By Amy Gilbert, Ann Dubick
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Engaging Middle School Students with the Nature of Particles, Waves, and Light
This three-day unit engages students in the exploration of light behavior and makes connections to the advanced idea of the wave-particle duality of l...
By Isaiah Kent-Schneider, Jerrid Kruse, Dan Chibnall, Paige Anderson, Emma Richards, Brooke Christenson
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, October 29, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, October 15, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, October 8, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, October 1, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
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Teaching Physics as the Awesome Rules of Nature
Focus on Physics...
By Paul G. Hewitt
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Phenomena Interest Comes Naturally to Young Children
A child’s world is one filled with observable daily events or facts referred to as phenomenon that exist or happen, especially those that invoke a c...
By Shelly Counsell
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Scope on the Skies regular column. An SEL-based look at comets, their impact on society, and how they are named....
By Bob Riddle
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, September 17, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, September 3, 2024
By Debra Shapiro
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Light, Forces, Sticks, Crates and So Much More: A Loose Parts Learning Approach to STEM
The use of loose parts can be an effective teaching method to improve and enhance student understanding of Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). L...
By Carla Gull, Suzanne Levenson Goldstein, Tricia Rosengarten