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Becoming a Responsive Science Teacher: Focusing on Student Thinking in Secondary Science

“No one would find it strange to see a geologist poring at length over a single rock, or an entomologist over a moth, or botanist over a leaf. Exami...

By Daniel Levin, David Hammer, Andrew Elby, Janet Coffey

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

NSTA Press Book

Science Fair Warm-Up, Grades 7–10: Learning the Practice of Scientists

To the teacher: Although this book is intended as a guide for your students, NSTA has you covered as well! Science Fair Warm-Up, Teachers Guide: L...

By John Haysom

High School Middle School General Science Curriculum Teaching Strategies Safety Teacher Preparation

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Science Fair Warm-Up, Grades 8–12: Learning the Practice of Scientists

To the teacher: Although this book is intended as a guide for your students, NSTA has you covered as well! Science Fair Warm-Up, Teachers Guide: L...

By John Haysom

High School Middle School General Science Disciplinary Core Ideas Teaching Strategies Safety Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Science Fair Warm-Up, Teachers Guide: Learning the Practice of Scientists

Even science fair enthusiasts may dread grappling with these two questions: 1. How can you organize many students doing many different projects at t...

By John Haysom

Elementary High School Middle School General Science Assessment Curriculum Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

The NSTA Ready-Reference Guide to Safer Science, Volume 3

"The changing safety legal standards and professional best practices affecting academic laboratories are efforts to match the rise of modern science's...

By Kenneth Russell Roy

High School General Science Instructional Materials Safety

NSTA Press Book

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

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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

Moon Phase and Solar Eclipse

Book Chapter

Moon Phase and Solar Eclipse

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ understanding of the Earth- Sun-Moon system well enough to explain the causes of Moon...

Elementary High School Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Assessment

What Are Stars Made Of?

Book Chapter

What Are Stars Made Of?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how astronomers investigate the composition of stars. The probe is designed ...

Elementary High School Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Assessment Disciplinary Core Ideas Phenomena Three-Dimensional Learning

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