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Journal Article

Undergraduate STEM students may be overwhelmed by the complex information they are exposed to during their education. Even so, there are a handful of ...

By Nora Demers

Pre-service Teachers Preservice Science Education Teaching Strategies

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Student Self-Care in the Sciences

Instructor support is associated with various positive outcomes for students. Self-care (taking care of one’s physical, mental, and emotional health...

By Carly Yadon

Advocacy Leadership Preservice Science Education Teaching Strategies

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Development and Implementation of an Undergraduate STEM Peer Coaching Program

Undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) experiences have academic, psychological, and social challenges that require ad...

By Laura E. Swann, Jonathan L. Hall, Katie Vaccaro-Garska, Samantha R. Seals, and Pamela P. Benz

Pedagogy Preservice Science Education STEM Teaching Strategies

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Using a Socioscientific Issues Approach in an Undergraduate Environmental Science Course

A perennial goal of science educators is to develop functional scientific literacy in their students, especially those who will not become professiona...

By Mark H. Newton

Environmental Science Preservice Science Education Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Family Science Clubs

Educators are increasingly recognizing that significant amounts of science learning take place over the course of one’s lifetime and that much of th...

By M. Gail Jones and Megan Ennes

Elementary General Science Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Making the Most of Field Trips

Field trips can be a unique way to engage elementary students in science content. However, budget cuts and a focus on standardized testing are causing...

By Nicole Hesson

Elementary Preservice Science Education Professional Learning Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Cardboard City

Cardboard, a common maker space material, is inexpensive, readily available, and durable. It is also easy to manipulate. It can be folded, cut, painte...

By Julie Jackson, Julie Brenegan, Kristi Wagner, and Michelle Berry

Elementary Engineering Instructional Materials Makerspace Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Growing Students' Meaning-Making

In this sensemaking lesson, K–2 students explore how different factors influence seed germination and explain the elements necessary to sprout. Note...

By Patrick Brown, Jessica Fries-Gaither, and Kathy Renfrew

Elementary 5E Crosscutting Concepts Pedagogy Sensemaking Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

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Using Argument to Reason About Science Practice

We have been working for nearly two decades with teachers across all grade bands to promote productive argumentation. From this experience, and those ...

By William Sandoval, Jon Kovach, Leticia Perez, Lynn Kim-John, and Jarod Kawasaki

Elementary Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

40 Years of Inspiring Students to Explore STEM: What Has Science Olympiad Learned?

By John F. Loehr and Jenny Kopach

Informal Education Assessment Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching Strategies