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STEM, Standards, and Strategies for High-Quality Units

New in 2020!Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Do you, your school, or your school district want to align your science curriculum with state standards while meeting the growing demand for STEM instruction? If so, this is ...

By Rodger Bybee

Elementary High School Middle School STEM Curriculum Instructional Materials NGSS Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation Administrators

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Features of an Effective Future-Faculty Teaching-Development Program

Many institutions are preparing graduate students and postdoctorals (future faculty) for effective teaching in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Interestingly, little is known about beneficial features of teach...

By Jacinta Mutambuki, Regina Frey, and Denise Leonard

Postsecondary STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

NSTA Press Book

The Changing Earth, Grade 8: STEM Road Map for Middle School

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.What if you could challenge your eighth graders to help people recognize the inherent risks of living in a region that’s prone to flooding, earthquakes, and volcanoes? Wit...

Middle School Climate Change Earth & Space Science STEM Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

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From STEM to STEAM

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School Advocacy STEM

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How STEM Teachers Can Immerse Themselves in the Three Rs Over the Summer

By TRACY VASSILIEV, DOUGLAS J. GARDNER, AND DAVID NEIVANDT

Middle School Inquiry Professional Learning old STEM

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Girls in STEM

By Melanie Kinskey

Elementary Careers Equity STEM

Transforming to a Successful STEM School

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Transforming to a Successful STEM School

By Jo Anne Vasquez, Michael Comer, and Jen Gutierrez

Elementary Curriculum Interdisciplinary STEM

NSTA Press Book

Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Have you been wondering how well your students understand engineering and technology concepts? Have you been wishing for formative assessment tools in both English and Spani...

By Page Keeley, Cary Sneider, Mihir Ravel

Elementary High School Middle School Computer Science Engineering Mathematics STEM Technology Assessment Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

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Learning STEM by Building Airplanes

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Branches and STEM

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Branches and STEM

I want to know if there are ways to incorporate [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)] into more or all subjects? How would a teacher begin to integrate English or social studies with STEM? —M, Arkansas...

By Gabe Kraljevic

STEM Teaching Strategies

Equity in STEM Education: It’s All About Culture!

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Equity in STEM Education: It’s All About Culture!

Guest post by Alicia Santiago When you think about diversity, how does it show itself? When you stand before your students, do the faces looking back at you look like your own? Most likely, your answer is “no.” Classrooms and afterschool progr...

By Lynn Petrinjak

Equity STEM

Building STEAM With Model Railroads

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Building STEAM With Model Railroads

Are you a science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) teacher seeking a new way to interest students in these subjects? While model railroading is not a new hobby, STEAM teachers can accomplish learning goals while introducing it to a ne...

By Debra Shapiro

STEM Teaching Strategies

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