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Integrating Engineering and Science in Your Classroom

“I still remember my very first day as a teacher. A few days earlier, my principal had given me advice: ‘Whatever you do, do not start with an ove...

Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School General Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Teacher Preparation

Exploring Your Environment

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Exploring Your Environment

Depending on you location, you may get to experience different seasons–thus meaning your environment changes. Students can begin to make initial obs...

Early Childhood Elementary Environmental Science Life Science Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Literacy

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Rise and Shine: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Science Teacher

Rise and Shine provides a friendly support system that new science teachers can turn to in their first days, months, and even years in the classroom. ...

By Linda Froschauer, Mary L. Bigelow

Elementary High School Middle School General Science Teaching Strategies New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

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Teaching Science Through Trade Books

“‘What was your favorite book as a child?’ In more than 10 years of facilitating workshops, we have never heard anyone reply, ‘My fourth-grad...

By Christine Anne Royce, Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry

Elementary Middle School Earth & Space Science General Science Physical Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Literacy Teacher Preparation

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Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes

What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a sta...

By Page Keeley, Cary Sneider

Elementary High School Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Lesson Plans NGSS Phenomena Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

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Front-Page Science: Engaging Teens in Science Literacy

“The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force issued new guidelines for mammograms in 2009. What does this mean for someone with a family history of br...

By Angela Kohnen, Alan Newman, Laura Pearce, Wendy Saul

High School Disciplinary Core Ideas Teaching Strategies Teacher Preparation

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