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Journal Article

Engineering Encounters: The Giant Problem

This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This issue shares information about using design thinking to explore thermal conductivity....

Elementary Engineering Physical Science STEM

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School Maker Faires

This event blends Next Generation Science goals with the concepts of the Maker Movement....

Elementary STEM Lesson Plans Makerspace Preservice Science Education

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Editor’s Note: Making Sense of Makerspaces

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

STEM Disciplinary Core Ideas Makerspace

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Guest Editorial: Elementary Engineering: What Is the Focus?

An opinion piece about elementary engineering....

Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Engineering General Science STEM Curriculum Lesson Plans Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Makerspace

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The Early Years: Open-Ended Maker Projects

This column discusses resources and science topics related to students in grades preK to 2. This issue describes how children use available materials to make structures of their own design....

Early Childhood Elementary Pre-service Teachers Preschool Environmental Science Engineering Life Science STEM Inquiry NGSS Pedagogy Science and Engineering Practices Makerspace

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Best STEM Books

Books published in 2017....

Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Pre-service Teachers Preschool STEM

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Science 2.0: Drones for the Science Classroom

This column shares web tools that support learning. This issue discusses using tools flown on drones to measure and work with different forms of authentic data collected....

High School Engineering STEM Technology

Blog Post

How Teachers Are Retooling Lessons Using the EQuIP Rubric

Sometimes finding the right book or article can be the key to opening our minds to new ideas. A few years back, NSTA published a special journal series on the NGSS, and I recently re-read a few of them. Three in particular highlighted teachers’ exp...

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Journal Article

A New Year for Connected Science Learning

Connected Science Learning Editor Dennis Schatz provides readers with news about behind-the-scenes updates for the journal....

By Dennis Schatz

Informal Education STEM