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Blog Post
Arguing From Evidence to Discover the ‘Why’
In my science classroom, students look at evidence all the time. Sometimes it is in photos or videos; sometimes in charts and graphs; and sometimes we...
By Rebecca Schumacher
Journal Article
Evaluating Nature Museum Field Trip Workshops, an Out-of-School STEM Education Program
Out-of-school learning opportunities for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) represent an important context in which ...
By Caroline Freitag, and Melissa Siska
Journal Article
Saturday Seminars for Urban Scholars Program
The K–16 academic journey to a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is often described as having serious barriers, s...
By Michele W. McColgan, Robert J. Colesante, Albert G. Andrade, and Kenneth Robin
NSTA Press Book
Natural Hazards, Grade 2: STEM Road Map for Elementary School
What if you could challenge your second graders to help communities prepare for disasters ranging from floods and wildfires to earthquakes and hurrica...
Blog Post
Designing Engineering Projects That Teach Science Concepts by Cory Culbertson
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the engineering projects in my courses. On the surface, they don’t seem like something I need to worry about...
By Cory Culbertson
Blog Post
Linking Science and Engineering Through Good Questions
Engineering design projects are a wonderful opportunity for students to develop science disciplinary core ideas (DCIs). (As many of you know, with the...
By Greg Bartus
Journal Article
Formative Assessment of STEM Activities in Afterschool and Summer Programs
The positive impacts of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) afterschool and summer programs have been well documented and summarized i...
By Cary Sneider and Sue Allen
Journal Article
Communities across the United States are working together to increase the quality and quantity of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ...
By Lydia Peabody, Rebecca K. Browne, Bailey Triggs, Patricia J. Allen, and Gil G. Noam
Journal Article
I love data—especially when used to look at learning experiences and figure out what’s working, what isn’t, and what to do next. Not surprisin...
By Beth Murphy
Journal Article
Innovation and progress in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce is critical to the growth of the United States in the glo...
By Sarah Rhodes-Ondi, and Maryam Ghadiri
NSTA Press Book
Radioactivity, Grade 11: STEM Road Map for High School
What if you could challenge your 11th graders to figure out the best response to a partial meltdown at a nuclear reactor in fictional Gammatown, USA? ...
Journal Article
Bold innovations in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Brilliant hacks for the digital divide. Breakthroughs in maternal health care to redu...
By Linda Kekelis
NSTA Press Book
Discovery Engineering in Physical Science: Case Studies for Grades 6–12
Who knew that gecko feet inspired scientists to develop a stickier adhesive or that cockleburs in dog fur led to the invention of Velcro? Discovery En...
By M. Gail Jones, Elysa Corin, Megan Ennes, Emily Cayton, Gina Childers