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Grades 6-8, is a time of tremendous physical, emotional, and cognitive changes for students. It is also a pivotal time for understanding and gaining enthusiasm for science.

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Denver24: STEM Learning with Rocketry: Exploration Generation

Resources for the Denver conference session STEM Learning with Rocketry: Exploration Generation (3/23/24)....

 

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Denver24: Creating a Classroom Culture that Supports Equitable Science Learning

NSTA National Conference on Science Education, Denver, Colorado, March 2024...

 

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Building on Students’ Experiences for Sensemaking: Developing and Using Models
 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, March 19, 2024
 

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Web Seminar: School & District Leaders: Engage Your Teacher Groups with NSTA! April 11, 2024

School and district leaders are invited to join us on Thursday, April 11, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET, to learn about NSTA’s School and Distric...

 

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Sponsored Web Seminar: NSTA/ECA Science Kit Services - Partnering Together to Help You Manage Your Classroom Materials, May 9, 2024

Struggling with materials management in your district?  Want to learn tips and tricks from the experts at ECA Science Kit Services? Join us on Th...

 

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Next to Nothing

Scope on the Skies March 2024...

 

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From Sun to Shade: Exploring Environmental Changes During the Total Solar Eclipse

Excitement is building in anticipation of the total solar eclipse taking place this April 2024. During the total solar eclipse, the moon will pass bet...

 

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Eliciting initial ideas, building understandings, and coming to consensus: Using different teacher moves to support three distinct discussion types

Whole group discussions are a key aspect of the NGSS because these activities are where students collectively make sense of natural phenomena. However...

 

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Making Formative Use of Student Experience Data to Promote Equity in a Cycle of Collaborative Teacher Inquiry

This article describes a cycle of teacher collaborative inquiry called the Student Experience Improvement Cycle (SEIC). The SEIC is a novel form of as...

 

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Designing Performance-Based Assessments that Engage!

Rather than feel stressful for students, an assessment should feel like a celebration of learning. Performance-based assessments allow students to dem...

 

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Introducing Engineering Aims and Values through Rover Wheel Design

Engineering activities often emphasize the practices of engineers, but pay less attention to aspects of the nature of engineering. One important aspec...

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