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Finding FundingSqueezing money out of the bare-bones science budgets in today's schools is tough. Before you send your students out to collect soda cans, let us show you where to look for help financing your classroom needs. View »
Twenty Percent Time: Learning Science While Exploring InterestsAs a teacher, you know learning can be fun, and you want your students to know it too. By allowing students to explore their interests independently, you can open their eyes to a world of discovery and encourage passionate learning. Physics teacher Katie Lanier shares her tips. View »
Science and Engineering PracticesDimension 1 of the Next Generation Science Standards® (NGSS) is Science and Engineering Practices. This article explores the eight practices, summarizes some key points about each practice, and offers sample activities in which students may engage. View »
What Are Phenomena?In nature, phenomena are considered observable events we can use science to explain or predict. They're also learning opportunities. We offer tips on how phenomena can guide your teaching. View »
Gathering, Visualizing, and Interpreting DataAP® science exams require students to perform calculations and to visualize and interpret data. We can help you make data collection and analysis a key part of your students’ classroom experience. View »
Dissection Artifacts for Three-Dimensional InstructionDissection is a powerful tool for student engagement and interest. Use it to investigate the crosscutting concepts of cause and effect, structure and function, and systems and system models. Learn more. View »
Ten Tips for Becoming a "Great" Science Teacher
Whether you’re a new teacher or an experienced one, there are ways you can improve the classroom experience for your students and yourself. View »
Finding Funding
Squeezing money out of the bare-bones science budgets in today's schools is tough. Before you send your students out to collect soda cans, let us show you where to look for help financing your classroom needs. View »
Twenty Percent Time: Learning Science While Exploring Interests
As a teacher, you know learning can be fun, and you want your students to know it too. By allowing students to explore their interests independently, you can open their eyes to a world of discovery and encourage passionate learning. Physics teacher Katie Lanier shares her tips. View »
Principal's Walk-Through NGSS Checklist
An administrator's guide for observing NGSS practices in the classroom. View »
Science and Engineering Practices
Dimension 1 of the Next Generation Science Standards® (NGSS) is Science and Engineering Practices. This article explores the eight practices, summarizes some key points about each practice, and offers sample activities in which students may engage. View »
What Are Phenomena?
In nature, phenomena are considered observable events we can use science to explain or predict. They're also learning opportunities. We offer tips on how phenomena can guide your teaching. View »
Gathering, Visualizing, and Interpreting Data
AP® science exams require students to perform calculations and to visualize and interpret data. We can help you make data collection and analysis a key part of your students’ classroom experience. View »
Dissection Artifacts for Three-Dimensional Instruction
Dissection is a powerful tool for student engagement and interest. Use it to investigate the crosscutting concepts of cause and effect, structure and function, and systems and system models. Learn more. View »
How to Teach the Crosscutting Concepts with Wisconsin Fast Plants
Lessons taught with Wisconsin Fast Plants engage students with natural phenomena, and they are some of the easiest to design with crosscutting concepts as the foundation. Learn how. View »
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