Sensemaking Resources

NSTA Press Book

This guidebook uses an Explore-before-Explain instructional sequence to help you facilitate the design of active meaning-making lessons in science....

Web Seminar Series

Web Seminar 1: Introduction to the NSTA Sensemaking Tool Discover the purpose, design, and structure of the NSTA Sensemaking Tool and how it reflects current research on the instructional shifts needed to teach three-dimensional science. Participant...

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Helping students make sense of complex scientific ideas requires more than just content delivery—it requires purposeful, consistent opportunities for thinking, talking, and connecting ideas. Instructional routines are structured, repeatable str...

Web Seminar

As science education evolves, the shift toward three-dimensional (3D) teaching and learning—integrating disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices—represents a transformative opportunity for educ...

Web Seminar

Three-dimensional (3D) learning is at the heart of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and today’s science education reform—but what does it really look like in classrooms, and how can leaders support its implementation system wi...

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What does it take to create a science classroom where students feel empowered to share their ideas, ask questions, and figure things out together? ...

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What makes instructional materials high quality—and how can you tell the difference between a resource that simply covers content and one that truly supports deep, three-dimensional learning?...

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What does it really mean for students to make sense of science?...

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Because many science educators didn’t experience Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking during their own K–12 education, implementing it in today’s classrooms can feel like venturing into the unknown....

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Many educators didn’t experience Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking during their own K–12 education, which makes implementing it in today’s classrooms both challenging and exciting....

Web Seminar Series

This web seminar series, scheduled on February 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern Time, offers an opportunity to K-8 teachers to learn about the use of science notebooks in the classroom....

Web Seminar Series

This web seminar series, scheduled on September 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern Time, offers an opportunity to develop or deepen your understanding of how phenomenon-driven, three-dimensional teaching and learning form the foundatio...