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Commentary: The Importance of Cultivating Empathy in STEM

Journal Article

Commentary: The Importance of Cultivating Empathy in STEM

An opinion piece about how seeking to understand another’s perspective, or what many call engaging in empathy work, can help middle school students ...

High School Middle School STEM Teaching Strategies New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education

Poetry of Science: What’s the Matter?

Journal Article

Poetry of Science: What’s the Matter?

Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. Students identify the ways in which matter is described and classified in this month's poem....

Elementary General Science Teaching Strategies Literacy

Methods and Strategies: Much Ado About Nothing

Journal Article

Methods and Strategies: Much Ado About Nothing

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses how children think about the small-particle...

Elementary General Science Physical Science Instructional Materials NGSS Pedagogy Phenomena Teaching Strategies

NSTA Press Book

The Power of Investigating: Guiding Authentic Assessments

Children want to explore, dig, build, play, and wonder. To do this they need to touch, feel, see, observe, listen, manipulate, plan, and create. How d...

By Julie V. McGough, Lisa M. Nyberg

Elementary Assessment Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, K–12

Implementing PBL is difficult for teachers, and few curriculum guides are available to support their efforts. This book fills that gap by providing th...

By Tom J. McConnell, Joyce Parker, Janet Eberhardt

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Earth & Space Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Editor's Note: Get Outdoors

Journal Article

Editor's Note: Get Outdoors

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

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Pre-service Teachers General Science Teaching Strategies

The Poetry of Science: Citizen Science

Journal Article

The Poetry of Science: Citizen Science

Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. Talking about this poem shows how regular people can join with scientists to study nature and observe p...

Early Childhood Elementary Informal Education General Science Teaching Strategies Citizen Science

Teaching Through Trade Books: Adaptations for Survival

Journal Article

Teaching Through Trade Books: Adaptations for Survival

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature. This month’s issue has students experience nature by examining how seeds are tr...

Elementary General Science Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Literacy

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