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NSTA Press Book
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 6–8: Structuring Lessons With the NGSS in Mind
Instructional Sequence Matters shows how to make simple shifts in the way you arrange and combine activities to improve student learning. It also make...
By Patrick Brown
Blog Post
First-Graders Modeling Day and Night: Making Sense of a Phenomenon
As a first-grade teacher in Detroit with predominantly Latinx students and English language learners, I worked for several weeks at the end of last sc...
By Cindy Workosky
Blog Post
Recently, my colleagues and I had an exchange with some teachers in one of our professional development programs. One teacher said, “I think I do a ...
Blog Post
Modeling in Science Instruction
With the shift toward three-dimensional teaching and learning that the Next Generation Science Standards requires, the Crosscutting Concept of Modelin...
By Cindy Workosky
Journal Article
The Poetry of Science: Dimensions of Science
Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. Students explore a poem about science....
Journal Article
Teaching Teachers: The Language of Science in the Reading and Writing of Student Scientists
This column enhances the repertoire of preservice and inservice teachers. This article serves as an introduction to the different genres used in the w...
Journal Article
Methods and Strategies: Seeds of Practice
This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This issue discusses how to modify 5E inquiry lessons to amplify science a...
Journal Article
Citizen Science: Be a Zombee Hunter for Science
This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. Celebrate...
NSTA Press Book
The Power of Assessing: Guiding Powerful Practices
The Power of Assessing will show you how to use authentic assessments as a dynamic teaching tool. But this book doesn’t just describe ways to evalua...
By Lisa M. Nyberg, Julie V. McGough
NSTA Press Book
Packaging Design, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School
Packaging Design outlines a journey that will steer your students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines...
NSTA Press Book
Improving Bridge Design, Grade 8: STEM Road Map for Middle School
What if you could challenge your eighth graders to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure by designing bridges that last longer? With this volume in...