A Summer of Self-Care: How Teachers can Restore and Recharge During the Summer

Here is some dramatic data that may not actually surprise you: A recent survey found that over 90 percent of teachers and school staff across the nation reported high levels…

Finishing on a High Note: End-of-Year Science Activities that Excite & Inspire

By the last week of school, most students are already “checked out.” They’re exhausted from testing and ready for summer break—and teachers are too! That can make it very tempting…

Celebrating Student Work

From putting our students’ work on a hall bulletin board to displaying their projects at a science fair, there are so many ways to celebrate student work, formally and informally.…

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Performance Assessments: A Tool to Prepare for State Science Tests and Use Year-Round

In the past two decades, education in the United States has undergone a seismic shift in every discipline, moving away from rote learning and towards higher-level thinking and real-world problem-solving.…

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Solar Eclipse 2024: A Cross-Curricular Educational Event

On April 8, we will experience a total solar eclipse, visible in 14 states, southeastern Canada, and Mexico. During a total solar eclipse, the Moon passes between the Sun and…

Looking Back: The Year in Science

As science educators, it's easy to focus so deeply on our classrooms that we forget to recognize the science happening outside of it. So we pulled some of the most…

5 Steps to Help Students Fall In Love With Data Analysis

  One of the biggest hurdles teachers face when incorporating data analysis into their classrooms is its reputation. Students (and even adults) hear “data analysis” and often immediately think “boring”…

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A New Framework for Teaching Claim-Evidence-Reasoning

Help your students use CESR to create powerful reasoning! We’ve taken the pain out of creating reasoning by making it more straight-forward for students. We enhanced the CER framework with…

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Adopting New Science Materials Broke Down Instructional Siloes & Empowered Teachers

Many resources and textbooks deliver NGSS-aligned content.  But administrators and teachers everywhere are hungry for something more: materials that embrace NGSS methodology, too. When fully practiced, NGSS transforms science education…

Science Materials that Changed the Way Science Is Taught

District Spotlight: Sayreville School District, NJ   Teachers feel empowered using Mosa Mack materials. Now our science classrooms are full of discovery, investigation, and meaning-making.” The adoption of Next Generation Science…