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Blog Post
Using the Crosscutting Concepts to Scaffold Student Thinking
At the recent NSTA National Conference in Los Angeles, three-dimensional learning was, of course, a major topic of discussion. When those discussions ...
By Cindy Workosky
Blog Post
Planning Three-Dimensional Instruction
Knowing that content material is most engaging when students can relate to it, I always begin my year with a student survey. The questions are designe...
By Cindy Workosky
Blog Post
Digging Deeper: Designing Solutions
This month’s Digging Deeper column for the Next Gen Navigator focuses on the practice of constructing explanations and designing solutions, and spec...
By Cindy Workosky
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 ...
Journal Article
Engineering Encounters: Reverse Engineering
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month's issue shares information on how students’ everyday experien...
Journal Article
Engineering Encounters: Building Technological Literacy With Philosophy and Nature of Technology
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. In this issue the authors discuss a design project they have used with upp...
Journal Article
Editor's Note: Early Childhood Engagement in Science
Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
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Engineering Encounters: From STEM to STEAM
This column presents ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. Incorporating the arts in a roller coaster engineering project....
Journal Article
Methods and Strategies: Using Argument-Based Inquiry Strategies for STEM Infused Science Teaching
This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This article focuses on an argument-based inquiry (ABI) approach to a four...