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Welcome Dear Colleagues,

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

As the CEO and President of the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), we are pleased to welcome you to our vibrant community of 40,000 science educators and professionals who are dedicated to advancing best practices in science and STEM education, with a profound impact on student learning. At NSTA, we believe an appreciation for science can be fostered in every student, and a passion for professional growth lies within every educator. Our vision is a world in which science literacy and education are not only valued, but also recognized as crucial elements for shaping the future of our society. With the ability to make informed decisions about the collective challenges we face, we believe that science education empowers us all. We take pride in offering an array of products and programs that cater to the diverse needs of science educators: • Professional Learning and Teaching Resources. We support science educators in deepening their knowledge base and enhancing their instructional practice through research-based professional learning. • Conferences and Events. We host several face-to-face conferences and virtual events each year, offering the latest in science and STEM content, teaching strategies, and research to enhance and expand educators’ professional growth. • Awards and Competitions. We administer several competitions for teachers and students, grants, and an awards program, honoring extraordinary individuals for their accomplishments and outstanding work in the science and STEM education fields. • Publications. We are dedicated to publishing books and journals that empower educators to elevate their science teaching and learning. With great excitement, we invite you to explore this catalog of books and resources, thoughtfully curated to enrich your classroom lessons, inspire engaging stories, and elevate your teaching strategies and curriculum development for three-dimensional learning. Thank you for being a part of our journey as we continue to shape the future of science education together. Sincerely,

Dr. Erika Shugart, Ph.D. Executive Director and CEO

Dr. Julie Luft, Ph.D. President

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E D U C AT O R S I N F O R M AT I O N

Dedicated to publishing books and journals that empower educators to elevate their science teaching and learning With an abundant 200+ titles, authored by nationally recognized educators, NSTA Press is an awardwinning publisher of classroom and professional development resources. Since 1944, we have been supporting K–12 science educators in enriching their classroom lessons, inspiring engaging stories, and elevating their teaching and curriculum development strategies. Veteran and preservice teachers, administrators, curriculum developers and coordinators within schools, districts, and states will all benefit from: •C LASSROOM RESOURCES delivering ready-to-go lesson plans, stories, and activities. •T EACHING STRATEGY RESOURCES about three-dimensional teaching and learning, reference guides for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and weaving formative assessment into daily instruction.

NSTA Press books will: • Reflect research about how students learn science presented in A Framework for K–12 Science Education. • Encourage inquiry-based learning approaches, where students are encouraged to explore and investigate. • Present scientific concepts in a clear and engaging manner, using grade level appropriate language. • Incorporate hands-on activities and experiments, allowing students to engage directly with scientific concepts and foster a deeper understanding of the subject matter. • Demonstrate real-world applications of scientific principles to help students see the relevance and importance of science in their daily lives. • Be based on scientific research and discoveries, ensuring that the information presented to students is accurate and up to date. • Integrate science with STEM subjects, helping students make connections between different disciplines and develop a holistic understanding of the scientific process. • Provide assessment materials to help teachers gauge students’ understanding and track their progress.

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Science & Children

Science Scope

The Science Teacher

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL

Journal of College Science Teaching

Connected Science Learning

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Innovative, classroom-tested science activities and strategies based on the current research outlined in the Framework for K–12 Science Education.

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E- L I C E N S I N G

E-License NSTA Press Titles A cost-effective way to support your virtual learning goals! Want to offer NSTA classroom solutions to many teachers at once? For building- or district-wide access to one or more NSTA Press® books, consider e-licensing digital versions of our most popular titles. E-licensing gives you digital versions of our titles for as many teachers as you choose while offering significant savings (as compared to buying multiple copies of a print book).

Benefits of e-licensing: • Savings are substantial. • Book copy seats are transferable. • Roll-out is simple. No need to hand out print copies or email PDFs; the library portal can be set up in minutes. • Students and teachers can access books from anywhere. • Resources directly link from your learning content management system to pages in the books. Your teachers can click through formative assessment probes from one of the Uncovering Student Ideas titles or easily flip through our NSTA Kids books.

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New Releases Committed to providing contemporary classroom resources and teaching strategies for your success! NEW RELEASE!

Activating Students’ Ideas Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence Patrick Brown, Page Keeley GRADES K–5 ©2023 | ISBN: 9781681409689 | 120 pages Product #: PB460X | Members: $31.99 | Nonmembers: $39.99 Science teachers face the incredibly challenging task of combining research on how students learn best, the three-dimensions of the Science Education Frameworks that in themselves are complicated to understand, and instructional sequences that lead to deeper learning. Activating Students’ Ideas: Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence is the type of book that stimulates teacher thinking and cultivates teachers’ skills and abilities necessary to take students to higher levels of learning. The framework that is used throughout the book is an explore-before-explain sequence of instruction using the 5E instructional model. Once teachers have a solid understanding of an explore-before-explain framework, we guide them through planning activities so they can use emerging bodies of research and the Science Education Frameworks to plan their own explore-before-explain lessons.

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Leadership by and for Science Teachers Rodger Bybee GRADES K–12 ©2023 | ISBN: 9781681409719 | 220 pages Product #: PB461X | Members: $35.99 | Nonmembers: $44.99 Imagine having the opportunity to hear from 21 colleagues about their personal leadership journeys—and to get their advice. Leadership by and for Science Teachers is just such an opportunity. Author Rodger Bybee provides the insights and inspiration you need to rise to the challenges of leadership for the benefit of science education, your science students, and yourself. At the book’s core are stories of pathways to leadership as told by STEM educators in a wide variety of career stages and positions. The narratives will teach you about the importance of leadership in science education—and then help you gain the confidence to see yourself in a leadership role.

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Creating and Using Instructionally Supportive Assessments in NGSS Classrooms

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Model-Based Inquiry in Biology Three-Dimensional Instructional Units for Grades 9–12 Ron Gray, Todd Campbell GRADES 9–12 ©2023 | ISBN: 9781681406732 | 440 pages Product #: PB459X | Members: $55.99 | Nonmembers: $69.99 You shouldn’t have to scavenge for high-quality curriculum materials that both center around real-world phenomena and align with A Framework for K–12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. And now you don’t have to—thanks to Model-Based Inquiry in Biology: Three-Dimensional Instructional Units for Grades 9–12. This book will help you engage your biology students in constructing, critiquing, revising, and testing models to explain how things happen in the world. The authors make it clear that by using modeling to explain events, you can shift the emphasis of your biology lessons away from “we need to learn about this topic in order to do well in class” to “we need to figure out why or how something happens.”

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Model-Based Inquiry in Chemistry

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Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, Grade 2 (Expanded Edition) Using Children’s Books for Three-Dimensional Learning Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan GRADE 2 ©2023 | ISBN: 9781681408491 | 344 pages Product #: PB458X2 | Members: $50.99 | Nonmembers: $62.99 Your students will love Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, Grade 2, Expanded Edition because of the captivating fiction and nonfiction books at the core of the lessons. In a brand-new lesson, your second graders can learn about the natural phenomenon that wind and water can change the shape of land by building a model inspired by Kate, Who Tamed the Wind. They explore the engineering design process by reading Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight and then designing a toy of their own. This book brings you engaging content and helpful teacher supports that cover phenomena students find interesting and relevant; more questioning strategies to drive student sensemaking; three-dimensional prompts and activities; and updated reading strategies.

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Picture-Perfect STEM Lesson Plans Children’s Book Packs Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan GRADE K-2 ©2023 | Members: $39.99 /pack | Nonmembers: $49.99/pack Each Children’s Book Pack includes an individual lesson booklet and two accompanying picture books, many of which include accompanying Lexile Framework details. Purchasing individual lessons allows you the flexibility to pick and choose which lessons fit best into your curriculum while fostering STEM and inquiry-based science by connecting lessons to real-world examples.

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Classroom Resources Ready-to-go lesson plans, stories, and activities for educators and students alike!

Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan Integrating Reading, Science, and Inquiry in One Complete Package to Engage in STEM Learning!

Karen Ansberry

Never has it been this easy to interest students in reading and science. The award-winning NSTA Press® Picture-Perfect Science Lessons series combines the appeal of children’s picture books with standards-based science content and the English Language Arts and Literacy Common Core Standards. The classroom-tested lessons clearly identify the appropriate science content per grade and embed carefully selected reading strategies. Each book contains exciting science lessons for elementary school teachers to use, complete with student pages, assessments, and recommended picture books that can be read alongside the lesson to aid in guided inquiry. Emily Morgan

K–5 teachers, curriculum coordinators, professional development coordinators, and college science and preservice faculty will find these resources indispensable.

Grade Level Book Packs Each pack includes a custom printed Lesson Booklet and 2 accompanying Picture Books

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Animal Architects

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Animal Teachers

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Build It!

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Be a Friend to Trees

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Get the Message

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Let’s Drum

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Flight of the Pollinators

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Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?

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Mirror, Mirror

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How Big Is A Foot?

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Moon Patterns

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If You Find a Rock

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Feel the Heat

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Nature Did It First

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Imaginative Inventions

Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan

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Move It!

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No Two Alike

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Melting and Freezing

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Soccer Science

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Our Blue Planet

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Sunshine on My Shoulders

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Robots Everywhere

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The Handiest Things

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Shadow Play

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Seeds on the Move

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The Perfect Day for a Picnic

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Stargazers

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That Magnetic Dog

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Wind and Water

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Picture-Perfect STEM Lesson Plans

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Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, Kindergarten (Expanded Edition) Using Children’s Books for Three-Dimensional Learning Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan ©2022 | ISBN: 9781681408477 | 276 pages Product #: PB458XK | Members: $50.99 Nonmembers: $62.99 You’ll love this book because the veteran teachers who wrote this new edition understand that you need an approach that’s easy to use and makes the most of class time. Picture Perfect STEM Lessons, Kindergarten, Expanded Edition brings you ready-to-use lessons containing engagement activities, hands-on explorations, student pages, and opportunities for STEM education outside of school. Inside you’ll also find assessments, including ideas for poster sessions, writing assignments, design challenges, and presentations. More teacher-tested lessons, more standards-based content, and a kidmagnet formula that will get your students more engrossed in STEM while they improve their reading skills. What’s not to love?

Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, First Grade (Expanded Edition) Using Children’s Books for Three-Dimensional Learning Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan ©2022 | ISBN: 9781681408484 | 288 pages Product #: PB458X1 | Members: $50.99 Nonmembers: $62.99 With this newly expanded book in the PicturePerfect Science series you can combine STEM and reading through lively lessons that are just right for your first-grade students. Also, reading-comprehension strategies are embedded in all 11 of the ready-to-teach lessons, six of which are updated and five that are brand new. The goal is to help your young scientists learn to read and read to learn while engaging in activities that blend science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Your students will love Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, First Grade, Expanded Edition because of the captivating fiction and nonfiction books at the core of the lessons, and you’ll love it because the veteran teachers who wrote this book understand that you need an approach that’s easy to use and makes the most of class time.

“ The book has everything laid out for you. It tells you exactly what to do when. It explains how much time is needed, the materials needed, what the students need, and background information for the teacher. The chapter goes into detail through each step: engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate. It explains what to do in each step and provides questions the teacher can ask the students.” Rachel Williams

Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, Second Grade (Expanded Edition)

Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, 3–5

Using Children’s Books for Three-Dimensional Learning

Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry

Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan ©2023 | ISBN: 9781681408491 | 344 pages Product #: PB458X2 | Members: $50.99 Nonmembers: $62.99 Your students will love Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons, Grade 2, Expanded Edition because of the captivating fiction and nonfiction books at the core of the lessons. In a brand-new lesson, your second graders can learn about the natural phenomenon that wind and water can change the shape of land by building a model inspired by Kate, Who Tamed the Wind. They explore the engineering design process by reading Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight and then designing a toy of their own. This book brings you engaging content and helpful teacher supports that cover phenomena students find interesting and relevant; more questioning strategies to drive student sensemaking; three-dimensional prompts and activities; and updated reading strategies.

Using Children’s Books to Inspire STEM Learning ©2017 | ISBN: 9781681403311 | 408 pages Product #: PB422X2 | Members: $44.79 Nonmembers: $55.99 For teachers eager to integrate STEM into their school day, Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons is an exciting resource. They embed readingcomprehension strategies that integrate the STEM subjects and English language arts through high-quality picture books. You’ll help your 3–5 students engage in STEM activities while learning to read and reading to learn. Through the accompanying lessons, you can teach ways to plan and carry out investigations; analyze and interpret data; and construct explanations and design solutions.

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Page Keeley Formative Assessment Probes for Uncovering and Addressing Students’ Preconceived Ideas! These invaluable lesson planning resources bring you engaging questions, also known as formative assessment probes, while also offering field-tested teacher materials. The teacher materials explain content, identify links to standards, and suggest gradeappropriate ways to present materials so students learn the concepts accurately. Probes cover topics such as physical, life, earth, and space science; the nature of science; and unifying themes.

Page Keeley

K–12 teachers, curriculum coordinators, professional development coordinators, and college science and preservice faculty will find these resources essential and exciting.

Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology

Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy

Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1

32 New Formative Assessment Probes

45 New Formative Assessment Probes

25 New Formative Assessment Probes

Page Keeley, Cary Sneider, Mihir Kanak Ravel

Page Keeley, Cary Sneider

Page Keeley

What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? The 45 astronomy probes provide situations that will pique your students’ interest while helping you understand how your students think about key ideas related to the universe and how it operates. The book is organized into five sections: the Nature of Planet Earth; the Sun-Earth System; Modeling the Moon; Dynamic Solar System; and Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe. Using this powerful set of tools to identify students’ preconceptions is an excellent first step to helping your students achieve scientific understanding.

Author Page Keeley continues to provide K–12 teachers with her highly usable and popular formula for uncovering and addressing the preconceptions that students bring to the classroom—the formative assessment probe—in this first book devoted exclusively to life science in her Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. In this volume, Keeley addresses the topics of life and its diversity; structure and function; life processes and needs of living things; ecosystems and change; reproduction, life cycles, and heredity; and human biology. Using the probes as diagnostic tools that identify and analyze students’ preconceptions, teachers can easily move students from where they are in their current thinking to where they need to be to achieve scientific understanding.

©2020 | ISBN: 9781681403113 | 232 pages Product #: PB455X | Members: $31.99 Nonmembers: $39.99 Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology has the potential to help you take an important first step in teaching for understanding—and perhaps transform your teaching about STEM-related topics. Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology brings you engaging questions, also known as formative assessment probes. The book’s 32 probes are designed to uncover what students know—or think they know—about what technology and engineering are, how to define related problems, and how to design and test solutions. The book offers field-tested teacher materials that provide best answers along with distracters designed to reveal preconceptions and misunderstandings that students commonly hold.

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Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science, Volume 1 45 New Force and Motion Assessment Probes Page Keeley, Rand Harrington ©2010 | ISBN: 9781935155188 | 240 pages Product #: PB274X1 | Members: $39.99 | Nonmembers: $49.99 Nationally known science educator Page Keeley—principal author of the hugely popular, four-volume NSTA Press series Uncovering Student Ideas in Science—has teamed up with physicist and science educator Rand Harrington to write this first volume in their new series on physical science. They begin with one of the most challenging topics in physical science: force and motion. The 45 assessment probes in this book enable teachers to find out what students really think about key ideas in force and motion. There are Teacher Notes, which can be used before and after administering the probe.

Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science, Volume 2 39 New Electricity and Magnetism Formative Assessment Probes Page Keeley, Rand Harrington ©2014 | ISBN: 9781936137374 | 208 pages Product #: PB274X2 | Members: $39.99 | Nonmembers: $49.99 If you and your students can’t get enough of a good thing, Volume 2 of Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science is just what you need. The book offers 39 new formative assessment probes, this time with a focus on electric charge, electric current, and magnets and electromagnetism. It can help you do everything from demystify electromagnetic fields to explain the real reason balloons stick to the wall after you rub them on your hair. By helping you detect and then make sound instructional decisions to address students’ misconceptions, this new volume has the potential to transform your teaching.

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Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science, Volume 3

Student Ideas

32 New Matter and Energy Formative Assessment Probes

VOL. 3

Uncovering IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE

32 NEW Matter and Energy Formative Assessment Probes

KEELEY COOPER

PAGE KEELEY SUSAN COOPER

“Another Great Book from Keeley! This book is full of more formative assessment probes for life science! I love using these to uncover my students’ background knowledge and misconceptions at the beginning of each unit. They are easy to use and do not need to be modified like many other resources.” Carrie S. (Duluth, GA)

Page Keeley, Susan Cooper ©2019 | ISBN: 9781681406046 | 240 pages Product #: PB274X3 | Members: $39.99 | Nonmembers: $49.99 Have you been wanting to learn more about what your students know (or think they know) about major concepts in matter and energy? Have you been wishing for formative assessment tools in both English and Spanish? Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science, Volume 3 has the potential to help you transform your teaching. As the authors write in the book’s introduction, “When teachers take the time to uncover [existing] ideas, understand where they came from, and make instructional decisions that will help students give up their strongly held ideas in favor of scientific ways of thinking, they are taking an important first step in teaching for conceptual understanding.”

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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 1 (Second Edition)

explain science content and suggest gradeappropriate ways to present information. But Volume 2 covers more life science and Earth and space science probes.

25 Formative Assessment Probes Page Keeley ©2018 | ISBN: 9781681405636 228 pages | Product #: PB193X1E2 Members: $39.99 | Nonmembers: $49.99 Like the first edition of Volume 1, this book helps pinpoint what your students know (or think they know) so you can monitor their learning and adjust your teaching accordingly. Loaded with classroom-friendly features you can use immediately, the book includes 25 “probes”— brief, easily administered formative assessments designed to understand your students’ thinking about 60 core science concepts. All probes in this new edition are provided in both Spanish and English. The detailed Teacher Notes that accompany each probe have been updated to include current research summaries, connections to A Framework for K–12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards, new instructional suggestions, and related NSTA resources.

Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2

Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2 (Second Edition) 25 More Formative Assessment Probes Page Keeley ©2021 | ISBN: 9781681408323 216 pages | Product #: PB193X2E2 Members: $31.99 | Nonmembers: $39.99 “Leave no alternative science idea unchallenged!” could be the slogan of this second edition of Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2, Second Edition. Like the others in the bestselling series, this book is loaded with classroom-friendly features to pinpoint what your students know (or think they know) so you can adjust your teaching accordingly. At the book’s heart are 25 “probes” to use before you start a topic or unit. These short, easily administered formative assessments will determine your students’ thinking on core science concepts in physical science, life science, and Earth and space science.

25 More Formative Assessment Probes Page Keeley , Francis Eberle, Joyce Tugel ©2007 | ISBN: 9780873552738 208 pages | #: PB193X2 Members: $23.99 | Nonmembers: $29.99 If Hollywood filmed this sequel, the studio would call it “Probes II: More Battles Against Misunderstandings.” Like the blockbuster before it, Volume 2 will reveal the surprising misconceptions students bring to the classroom—so you can adjust your teaching to foster a sound understanding of science. The field-tested probes are short, easy to administer, and ready to reproduce, and teacher materials

learning in science. Following in the footsteps of earlier volumes in the Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series, this all-new book provides short, easy-to-administer probes that determine what misconceptions students bring to the classroom about the nature of science and about physical, life, Earth, and space sciences. This new volume in our bestselling series provides more topic areas for classroom use as well as guidance on how teachers can use the probes for their own learning.

Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 3 Another 25 Formative Assessment Probes Page Keeley, Francis Eberle, Chad Dorsey ©2008 | ISBN: 9781933531243 216 pages | Product #: PB193X3 Members: $39.99 | Nonmembers: $49.99 Since publication of Volume 1 of this series, thousands of teachers are using these innovative classroom tools to improve student

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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4 25 New Formative Assessment Probes Page Keeley, Joyce Tugel ©2009 | ISBN: 9781935155010 208 pages | Product #: PB193X4 Members: $39.99 | Nonmembers: $49.99 Wouldn’t it be helpful to know what your students’ ideas are about a science concept before launching into a new lesson or unit? Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4, offers 25 more formative assessment probes to help reveal students’ preconceptions of fundamental concepts in science. Teachers of grades K–12 will find short probes with grade-band specifics that provide easy-to-follow suggestions for addressing students’ ideas by promoting learning through conceptual-change instruction. Volume 4 adds to the probes in physical, life, and Earth and space science with a new category called “unifying principles.”

Two beautiful eclipses are coming to North America Fall 2023 and Spring 2024!

WHEN THE SUN GOES DARK

MORGAN Kids

Andrew Fraknoi Dennis Schatz Copyright © 2017 NSTA. All rights reserved. For more information, go to www.nsta.org/permissions. TO PURCHASE THIS BOOK, please visit www.nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/9781681400112

Solar Science

When the Sun Goes Dark

Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More

Andrew Fraknoi , Dennis Schatz

Dennis Schatz, Andrew Fraknoi

GRADES 5–8

GRADES K–8

©2016 | ISBN: 9781941316078 | 376 pages Product #: PB403X | Members: $31.99 | Nonmembers: $39.99 Solar Science offers more than three dozen hands-on, inquiry-based activities on many fascinating aspects of solar astronomy. The activities cover the Sun’s motions, space weather caused by the Sun, the measurement of time and seasons in our daily lives, and much more. The authors are award-winning experts in both astronomy and science education, so they know just how to encourage students to work like scientists by asking questions, doing experiments, comparing notes, and refining and reporting results. The book contains plenty of ideas for related writing projects; gradeappropriate math examples; and connections to music, art, fiction, and history.

This richly illustrated book is a fun way to help young astronomers understand all the excitement during a solar eclipse. The book tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ball, two Hula-Hoops, and table tennis balls. Later, in the backyard and around the house, the family explores safe ways to view a solar eclipse and ponder phenomena from sunspots to phases of the Moon. Written by the authors of NSTA’s award-winning book Solar Science, When the Sun Goes Dark gives children and adults hands-on techniques for learning the science behind eclipses of the Sun and Moon.

Named an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K–12!

Kick-start your planning for the upcoming eclipse events and check out the resources and teaching materials to use in your K–8 classrooms, authored by Andrew Fraknoi and Dennis Schatz.

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NSTA KIDS books fill the needs of both teachers and parents by providing lively children’s picture books that also impart sound science. Engaging narratives and bold, bright graphics help make science fun and encourage children to curl up with a good book and keep asking, “Why?”

Never Stop Wondering Emily Morgan

Notable Titles by Emily Morgan

©2019 | ISBN: 9781681406503 | 32 pages Product #: PB440X | Members: $15.99 | Nonmembers: $19.99 This colorful book celebrates our sense of wonder and shows how curiosity is key to cracking the mysteries of the universe. Packed with lively rhymes and fun illustrations, Never Stop Wondering demonstrates how the need to know can lead to great scientific discoveries. And the activities at the end of the book will prompt readers to do exactly what scientists do: study their surroundings, come up with questions, test ideas, and then question some more. Ready, set, wonder!

Emily Morgan Awaken a sense of wonder in a child with the Next Time You See series! Rather than providing facts to memorize, the engaging text and eyecatching photography in these books inspire children to experience the enchantment of everyday phenomena in the natural world. Specially designed to be experienced with an adult—whether a parent, teacher, or friend—Next Time You See books serve as a reminder that you don’t have to look far to find something remarkable in nature. Curriculum coordinators as well as early childhood and elementary teachers will find these resources engaging. Special bindings make these especially suitable for library collections.

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Next Time You See a Bee

Next Time You See a Maple Seed

Emily Morgan

Next Time You See a Bee reveals the big impact these little insects have on the world. It shows how the physical features of bees make them pros at collecting and spreading pollen and explains how bees pollinate flowers, allowing the plants to produce delicious foods such as apples, almonds, and peaches. It also introduces readers to the wide variety of North America’s native bee species, discusses why bees are threatened, and shares what readers can do to help. After reading Next Time You See a Bee, curious kids can partner with adults to observe these remarkable creatures without fear—and take bee-friendly measures to protect the insects for the benefit of us all.

It’s fun to toss maple seeds up in the air and watch them spin down to the ground like nature’s own helicopters. This book prompts inquisitive kids to learn about these marvels of aerial engineering, including their real name (no, not whirlybird), the work they do for maple trees, and how to uncover the little trees waiting to sprout from the seeds. Next Time You See a Maple Seed is a mini class in how tall trees grow from these tiny, twirling winged fruits.

Next Time You See a Cloud Emily Morgan ©2016 | ISBN: 9781938946363 | 32 pages Product #: PB329X8 | Members: $15.99 Nonmembers: $19.99 Next time you want to see a show, go outside and look at the sky because the clouds will put on a show for you with their ever-changing shapes and sizes. This book reveals some fascinating science behind these beautiful displays. Author Emily Morgan answers all kinds of questions: What are clouds made of? Why are some clouds white? Which clouds mean fair weather is coming, and which ones mean rain is on the way? Next Time You See a Cloud is an engaging look at the science behind a sky-high spectacle.

Next Time You See a Firefly Emily Morgan ©2013 | ISBN: 9781936959181 | 32 pages Product #: PB329X3 | Members: $15.99 Nonmembers: $19.99 Every summer children enjoy watching fireflies twinkling in the twilight, but after reading this book, they’ll see the insects with new eyes. Share Next Time You See a Firefly with a child. Discover why fireflies flash and how they live secret lives underground before coming out to fill the evening with their glimmers of light. Together you’ll also realize that if you catch fireflies, you must let them go: Fireflies have a lot to do!

Next Time You See the Moon Emily Morgan ©2014 | ISBN: 9781938946332 | 32 pages Product #: PB329X5 | Members: $15.99 Nonmembers: $19.99 This fascinating book will stay with children every time they gaze up at the night sky. Through vivid pictures and engaging explanations, children will learn about many of the Moon’s mysteries: what makes it look like a silvery crescent one time and a chalk-white ball a few nights later, why it sometimes appears in the daytime, where it gets its light, and how scientists can predict its shape on your birthday a thousand years from now. Next Time You See the Moon is an ideal way to explain the science behind the shape of the Moon and bring about an evening outing no child—or grown-up—will soon forget. Children’s Choices Winner, Children’s Book Council and International Literacy Association!

Next Time You See a Pill Bug Emily Morgan ©2013 | ISBN: 9781936959174 | 32 pages Product #: PB329X4 | Members: $15.99 Nonmembers: $19.99 Encourage a child to take a close look under a nearby rock to spot a roly-poly pill bug, and introduce a fascinating creature. Gently pick it up and watch as it rolls into a ball and unrolls to take a walk. This cousin to lobsters and crabs sheds its crusty skin and will tickle your hand

with its 14 (count ’em!) wiggly legs. Awaken a sense of wonder in a child with the Next Time You See series from NSTA Kids.

Next Time You See a Seashell Emily Morgan ©2012 | ISBN: 9781936959150 | 32 pages Product #: PB329X1 | Members: $15.99 Nonmembers: $19.99 This book tells the amazing story behind seashells: how they are made by mollusks, used for protection and camouflage, and full of clues about all they’ve been through. Inspired by Next Time You See a Seashell, young readers will find these intricate objects even more fascinating when they discover their origins in slimy, snaily creatures. Especially designed to be experienced with an adult—be it a parent, teacher, or friend—Next Time You See books serve as a reminder that you don’t have to look far to find something remarkable in nature.

Next Time You See a Spiderweb Emily Morgan ©2015 | ISBN: 9781938946349 | 32 pages Product #: PB329X7 | Members: $15.99 Nonmembers: $19.99 If you know children who say “Ick!” when they spot a spider, this irresistible book will make them say “Ooh!” instead. Next Time You See a Spiderweb describes how these small, skillful creatures weave some of nature’s most clever traps—their webs. Author Emily Morgan shows how spiders snare their prey with tangled webs, funnel webs, and intricate orb webs.

Next Time You See a Sunset Emily Morgan ©2012 | ISBN: 9781936959167 | 32 pages Product #: PB329X2 | Members: $15.99 Nonmembers: $19.99 “Next time you see a sunset, stop and sit down for a while.” This book’s tempting opening line invites children and adults to take in a daily phenomenon with fresh eyes. By reading Next Time You See a Sunset together, you can learn to appreciate the spinning of the Earth, the progress of day into night, and the reasons for the spectacular colors and shadows that accompany sunrise and sunset.

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Exemplary Evidence Scientists and Their Data GRADES K–5 ©2018 | ISBN: 9781681403618 | 32 pages Product #: PB441X | Members: $15.99 | Nonmembers: $19.99 If you think of science as a puzzle, you’ll see that data is a key to unlocking it. Exemplary Evidence: Scientists and Their Data touches on the world’s many riddles—from how we see to what’s at the bottom of the ocean. It shares how scientists have solved such puzzles by collecting measurements, taking notes, and even making sketches. The book also provides mini-bios of the nine featured scientists plus four steps to using data to tease out your own answers about how the world works.

Notable Notebooks Scientists and Their Writings GRADES K–5 ©2016 | ISBN: 9781681403076 | 32 pages Product #: PB415X | Members: $15.99 | Nonmembers: $19.99 Take a trip through time to discover the value of a special place to jot your thoughts, whether you’re a famous scientist or a student. Notable Notebooks: Scientists and Their Writings brings to life the many ways in which everyone from Galileo to Jane Goodall has used a science notebook, including to sketch their observations, imagine experiments, record data, or just write down their thoughts. You also get four steps to starting your own notebook, plus mini-bios of the diverse featured scientists. Written in captivating rhyme, the text is sprinkled with lively illustrations.

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From Flower to Fruit GRADES K–5 ©2016 | ISBN: 9781941316344 | 36 pages Product #: PB416X | Members: $15.99 | Nonmembers: $19.99 From Flower to Fruit will transform curious readers—children and adults—into budding botanists. The book draws you in with the twin charms of rich illustrations and an engaging narrative. It sparks curiosity about the parts of a flower and the vital roles of bees and seeds in plant reproduction. Six kid-friendly activities and background information for parents and teachers complement the text.

The Beaks of Birds GRADES K–8 ©2018 | ISBN: 9781681403526 | 36 pages Product #: PB442X | Members: $15.99 | Nonmembers: $19.99 This book is the story of a child and two grown-up friends on a jaunt across their yard, in a park, past a pond, and through the pages of a photo album. Like them, you’ll find you can figure out what birds eat by the shape of their bills—and why some have beaks like straws, pouches, or even daggers. Also like them, you’ll have all kinds of questions about amazing birds—from house finches to hummingbirds to great blue herons—that use their own built-in tools for eating. Rounding out the story are five kid-friendly activities and background information parents and teachers can use.

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eBooks+ provide learning experiences that are both engaging and inspiring. High-resolution images, animations, simulations, and videos bring content to life!

interactive, self-directed learning experiences designed to augment understanding of science content and pedagogy. These e-books include high-resolution images, animations, videos and interactive simulations.

Flow of Matter and Energy in Ecosystems (Student Edition)

Flow of Matter and Energy in Ecosystems (Teacher Edition)

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GRADES 6–12

The Flow of Matter and Energy in Ecosystems eBook+ explores the systemic interplay and flow of matter and energy throughout ecosystems, populations, and organisms. Webs and pyramids are used to model and communicate about the transfer of energy and cycling of matter within an ecosystem, representing how the total living biomass stays roughly constant—cycling materials from old to new life—accompanied by an irreversible flow of energy from captured sunlight into dissipated heat.

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I felt this was a great tool not only for the knowledge content for myself, but also wonderful ideas and tools to use for my future classroom.” Colter Alexander

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Gravity and Orbits (Student Edition)

Gravity and Orbits (Teacher Edition)

NSTA Press

GRADES 6–12

The Gravity and Orbits eBook+ investigates concepts related to Earth’s universal gravitation and how gravity affects the universe around us. All objects that have mass have a gravitational force and every object exerts a gravitational force on every other object. The force is hard to detect unless at least one of the objects has a lot of mass. Distance also influences the strength of gravitational force. We see the effects of gravity on Earth as well as in how objects with mass interact in space. Gravity is the force behind the falling rain and flowing rivers, is responsible for pulling the matter that makes up planets and stars toward their centers to form spheres, and keeps satellites, planets, and moons in orbit around celestial bodies.

Earth, Sun, and Moon (Student Edition)

Earth, Sun, and Moon (Teacher Edition)

NSTA Press

GRADES 6–12

The Earth, Sun, and Moon eBook+ uses diagrams, illustrative visual aids, and multimedia to help teachers, students, and other readers understand the interplay between Earth, Sun and Moon, and the characteristics that make Earth unique. It focuses on topics related to the heating of Earth’s surface by the Sun, the phases of the Moon, and the apparent changes in the position of objects in the night sky.

Energy (Student Edition)

Energy (Teacher Edition)

NSTA Press

GRADES 6–12

Most of what goes on in the universe—from exploding stars and biological growth to the operation of machines and the motion of people—involves energy being transformed from one form into other forms. The Energy eBook+ uses a variety of everyday events to explore how all forms of energy can be represented as either potential or kinetic energy, how there are many forms (electrical, chemical, sound, magnetic, gravitational, nuclear) of energy, how these forms can transfer from one form to other forms, and how the total amount of energy remains the same and is measurable when studying a closed system.

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Force and Motion (Student Edition)

Force and Motion (Teacher Edition)

NSTA Press

GRADES 6–12

The Force and Motion eBook+ explores the effects of forces on the motion of objects for both a conceptual and real-world understanding, using common, observable examples, like running, billiards, and motion of vehicles. Learn about concepts such as constant motion, acceleration, speed and direction, as well as a discussion of Newton’s Laws of Motion.

Solar System (Student Edition)

Solar System (Teacher Edition)

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GRADES 6–12

The Solar System eBook+ explores what we know about our solar system’s planets, moons, and other celestial bodies. This e-book focuses on asteroids, comets, meteorites, and each of the eight planets in our solar system, including their moons and their rings. Solar system formation theories and technological advances used to study our solar system are also discussed.

I Live Where I Live Because... NSTA Kids GRADES K–5 ©2017 | ISBN: 9781681405896 | 45 pages Product #: PEY003 | Members: $21.99 | Nonmembers: $27.99 In order to survive in an environment, organisms have many different physical characteristics that help regulate their temperature, move, find food, and protect themselves. The students’ first analyze data from a case study on the peppered moth, learning about how organisms are adapted to their environment and how a change can affect their ability to survive. Students then explore physical adaptations from feet to teeth to color in order to develop an argument from evidence as to why an organism can survive well in one environment and less well in another.

Investigating Weather and Climate NSTA Kids GRADES K–5 ©2017 | ISBN: 9781681405872 | 58 pages Product #: PEY001 | Members: $21.99 | Nonmembers: $27.99 Clear patterns emerge from weather data collected over time. These patterns are the foundation of what we understand as a location’s climate. By investigating the data of different climates for long-term patterns, students begin to notice that not all places share the same patterns and can actually be quite different. These differences are largely controlled by a location’s place in the world (latitude) and its geography. The Investigating Weather and Climate eBook+ explores how humans collect weather data on which a variety of weather and climate graphs and charts are built upon. It leads students to construct their own meaning from the patterns they uncover in the data, answering the driving question, what can we learn by observing and recording weather data?

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Teaching Strategies hree-dimensional teaching and learning resources, reference guides for T the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and tools for weaving formative assessment into daily instruction.

The NSTA Quick-Reference Guides to the NGSS

Ted Willard

Four carefully organized reference books identify: (1) performance expectations; (2) disciplinary core ideas, practices, and crosscutting concepts; (3) connections to engineering, technology, and applications of science; and (4) connections to the nature of science. K–12 teachers, curriculum coordinators, professional development coordinators, and college science and preservice faculty will find these resources vital.

The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS

edited by Ted Willard

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The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the NGSS

edited by Ted Willard

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Educator and author Ted Willard brings you five books guaranteed to simplify and draw connections between and within the three dimensions and the Next Generation Science Standards!

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The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the Three Dimensions edited by Ted Willard GRADES K–12 ©2022 | ISBN: 9781941316139 | 194 pages Product #: PB354X4 | Members: $19.99 | Nonmembers: $24.99 The original version of The Quick-Reference Guide was designed specifically as a tool to support educators that had adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). But since the release of The Quick-Reference Guide, many states have developed their own standards based on A Framework for K–12 Science Education (the Framework). Whether adopting the NGSS or developing their own standards, nearly every state now has standards that use the three dimensions. This new version of The Quick-Reference Guide has been carefully revised to meet the needs of all educators who are engaged in three-dimensional teaching and learning. It retains the most useful features of the original and adds several new features that should make it even more helpful. • Descriptions of the science and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts from the Framework • K–12 progressions of the elements of all three dimensions, as well as the connections to the nature of science and the connections to engineering • A unique code for every element (based on the codes in The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions) that makes it much easier to reference a particular element • Chapters devoted to elements of the three dimensions in each grade span • A chapter on PEs that includes clarification statements and assessment boundaries and a table that identifies which elements of the three dimensions are integrated together for every PE • Tools to help make sense of the standards, including questions for unpacking the standards; a Venn diagram of practices in science, mathematics, and English language arts; and a rubric for evaluating three-dimensional lessons and units Whether you used the original “purple book” or this is your first time using The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide, this new version will likely become an indispensable tool in your work supporting three-dimensional teaching and learning.

The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions edited by Ted Willard GRADES K–12 ©2020 | ISBN: 9781938946080 | 216 pages Product #: PB414X | Members: $73.94 | Nonmembers: $86.99 The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions is your user-friendly guide to understanding how ideas build on one another and relate to each other. A Framework for K–12 Science Education (the Framework) provides specific grade-band endpoints for the disciplinary core ideas and describes progressions for the science and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and other standards based on the Framework contain tables of progressions for all three dimensions. With The NSTA Atlas, you’ll be able to trace the prerequisites for understanding science in every grade, make the appropriate connections to support science content, and show the way to the next steps in your students’ science education—all in the context of today’s standards. The 62 maps in The NSTA Atlas organize all of the elements from the standards on a particular topic (e.g., modeling, patterns, or definitions of energy) on a single page. The elements from grades K–2 are at the bottom of the page, and those from grades 9–12 are at the top. Arrows connect elements to indicate how ideas in a particular topic build on each other and how elements in different topics connect to one another. Because the maps prompt you to think about ways student learning can build over time, The NSTA Atlas is useful even if you teach in a state that hasn’t adopted the NGSS. By studying the maps in The NSTA Atlas and the additional resources in the appendixes, you’ll gain new insights about the standards and have a powerful navigational tool to help you plan your curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

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Bestsellers to Transform Teaching and Learning Discover the NGSS Primer and Unit Planner GRADES K–12 ©2015 | ISBN: 9781941316573 | eBook+ Product #: PE003X | Members: $55.99 | Nonmembers: $69.95 Discover the NGSS: Primer and Unit Planner is an interactive eBook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the Next Generation Science Standards. All told, the e-book offers up to 40 hours of interactive professional learning and covers background information, each of the three dimensions in depth, and steps to move teachers toward classroom implementation. The book’s first module undertakes an exploration of the three dimensions of the NGSS— the practices, the disciplinary core ideas, and the crosscutting concepts. Utilizing numerous interactive elements, learners analyze classroom videos, answer questions, and develop arguments from evidence while becoming proficient at understanding the structure and significance of the three dimensions. In module three, learners apply the knowledge gleaned from previous segments to plan units of study and learn how to assess whether a given curriculum aligns to the NGSS. Finally, try out the Unit Planner! Grade-specific dropdown menus guide you step-by-step through the process of organizing and developing an NGSS unit of study. Whether a quick refresher or a deeper dive into the standards is required, Discover the NGSS provides an organizational structure and a richness of interactivity from which all learners can benefit. It is also a very handy reference! With the Discover the NGSS enhanced e-book, users can work independently or with groups to gain a deeper understanding of the NGSS.

Crosscutting Concepts

Disciplinary Core Ideas

Strengthening Science and Engineering Learning

Reshaping Teaching and Learning

edited by Jeffrey Nordine, Okhee Lee

edited by Ravit Golan Duncan, Joseph Krajcik, Ann E. Rivet

GRADES K–12

Crosscutting Concepts shows how to design and implement three-dimensional instruction for all students by understanding the potential of CCCs to strengthen science and engineering teaching and learning. Throughout Crosscutting Concepts, vignettes drawn from the authors’ own classroom experiences will help you put theory into practice. Instructional Applications show how CCCs can strengthen your planning and Classroom Snapshots feature practical ways to use CCCs in discussions and lessons. Useful for teachers at all grade levels, this book will enrich your own understanding while showing you how to use CCCs for both classroom teaching and realworld problem solving.

Just as its subtitle says, this important book aims to reshape your approach to teaching and your students’ way of learning. Building on the foundation provided by A Framework for K–12 Science Education, the book’s four sections cover physical core ideas, life science core ideas, earth and space science core ideas, as well as engineering, technology, and applications of science core ideas. Disciplinary Core Ideas can make your science lessons more coherent and memorable, regardless of what subject matter you cover and what grade you teach. Think of it as a conceptual tool kit you can use to help your students learn important and useful science now—and continue learning throughout their lives.

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Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices edited by Christina V. Schwarz, Cynthia Passmore, Brian J. Reiser GRADES K–12 ©2017 | ISBN: 9781938946042 | 392 pages Product #: PB351X | Members: $39.99 Nonmembers: $49.99 When it’s time for a game change, you need a guide to the new rules. Helping Students Make Sense of the World Using Next Generation Science and Engineering Practices provides a play-by-play understanding of the practices strand of A Framework for K–12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards. Written in clear, nontechnical language, this book provides a wealth of realworld examples to show you what’s different about practice-centered teaching and learning at all grade levels. If you want a fresh game plan to help students work together to generate and revise knowledge—not just receive and repeat information—this book is for you.

Science Notebooks in StudentCentered Classrooms Jessica Fries-Gaither

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Activating Students’ Ideas Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence Patrick Brown, Page Keeley GRADES K–5 ©2023 | ISBN: 9781681409689 120 pages | Product #: PB460X Members: $31.99 Nonmembers: $39.99 Science teachers face the incredibly challenging task of combining research on how students learn best, the three-dimensions of the Science Education Frameworks that in themselves are complicated to understand, and instructional sequences that lead to deeper learning. Activating Students’ Ideas: Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence is the type of book that stimulates teacher thinking and cultivates teachers’ skills and abilities necessary to take students to higher levels of learning. The framework that is used throughout the book is an explore-beforeexplain sequence of instruction using the 5E instructional model. Once teachers have a solid understanding of an explore-beforeexplain framework, we guide them through planning activities so they can use emerging bodies of research and the Science Education Frameworks to plan their own explore-beforeexplain lessons.

GRADES K–5 ©2022 | ISBN: 9781681407074 152 pages | Product #: PB456X Members: $31.99 | Nonmembers: $39.99 Thinking made visible: That’s what happens when elementary students record their thoughts in science notebooks. This practical guide shows how notebooks can become a tangible record of their emerging understanding of and proficiency in science. Students can use their notebooks to pose questions, write down observations, work through puzzling data, or think through new ideas. You can use them to ascertain each student’s strengths and challenges in participating in the academic work of science.

Science Curriculum Topic Study (Second Edition) Bridging the Gap between ThreeDimensional Standards, Research, and Practice

Scientific literacy for all students requires a deep understanding of the three dimensions of science education: disciplinary content, scientific and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts. If you actively engage students in using and applying these three dimensions within curricular topics, they will develop a scientifically based and coherent view of the natural and designed world. The latest edition of this best-seller, newly mapped to A Framework for K–12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and updated with new standards and research-based resources, will help science educators make the shifts needed to reflect current practices in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The methodical study process described in this book will help readers intertwine content, practices, and crosscutting concepts.

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Leadership by and for Science Teachers edited by Rodger Bybee GRADES K–12 ©2023 | ISBN: 9781681409719 220 pages | Product #: PB461X Members: $35.99 | Nonmembers: $44.99 Imagine having the opportunity to hear from 21 colleagues about their personal leadership journeys—and to get their advice. Leadership by and for Science Teachers is just such an opportunity. Author Rodger Bybee provides the insights and inspiration you need to rise to the challenges of leadership for the benefit of science education, your science students, and yourself. At the book’s core are stories of pathways to leadership as told by STEM educators in a wide variety of career stages and positions.

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Patrick Brown Enhancing student learning and motivation through simple shifts in instructional practices! Instructional Sequence Matters is grounded in two researchbased approaches: POE (Predict, Observe, and Explain) and 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate). Each of these books is a one-stop teaching resource for developing lessons that support both the NGSS and contemporary research on how students learn science best. They are designed as complete self-guided tours to help both novice teachers and classroom veterans understand Why Sequence Matters, What You Need to Do, How to Do It, and What to Do Next. The result will be a sequence for science instruction that promotes long-lasting understanding for their students.

Patrick Brown

3–12 teachers, curriculum coordinators, professional development coordinators, subject matter specialists, and college science and preservice faculty will benefit from these instructional resources.

Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12 Explore-Before-Explain in Physical Science Patrick Brown GRADES 9–12 ©2021 | ISBN: 9781681408446 168 pages Product #: PB438X3 Members: $27.99 Nonmembers: $34.99

Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 3–5 is a one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine how you teach science in elementary school. The book discusses two popular approaches for structuring your lessons: POE (Predict, Observe, and Explain) and 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate). It also shows how simple shifts in the way you arrange and combine activities will help young students construct firsthand knowledge, while allowing you to put the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) into practice.

Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 6–8 shows how to make simple shifts in the way you arrange and combine activities to improve student learning. It also makes it easy for you to put the NGSS into practice. After explaining why sequencing is so important, author Patrick Brown provides a complete self-guided tour to becoming an “explore-before-explain” teacher. He explains that this teaching mindset helps students construct accurate knowledge firsthand, which is an important component of all science learning.

Like its popular counterparts for grades 3–5 and 6–8, Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12 is designed as a complete selfguided tour. It helps both novice teachers and classroom veterans understand why sequence matters, what you need to do, and how to do it. Planning templates include reflection questions, and model lessons encourage you to teach in ways that allow for active meaning making. You’ll learn to engage students as they tackle engineering design problems, use algebraic and mathematical reasoning, read technical texts, develop their own inquiries, and write argumentative essays.

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“I found this book to be so helpful as a classroom teacher, and then again as a science “coach” in our district. The Explore-BeforeExplain approach is so helpful for students because it gets them thinking like scientists! They are able to make connections to their prior knowledge and deepen their understanding of the topics. The teacher is able to be a guide through the process instead of the sole provider of knowledge. I highly recommend this book!” Tracy LaRose (Festus, MO)

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Science Formative Assessment Volumes 1 and 2

Page Keeley Flexible assessments to be used with any science curriculum! Co-published with Corwin Press, these timeless resources contain techniques that help K–12 science teachers determine students’ understanding of key concepts and design learning opportunities that will deepen students’ mastery of content and standards. K–12 teachers, curriculum coordinators, professional development coordinators, and college science and preservice faculty will benefit from these assessment resources designed to inform instruction in the science classroom.

Page Keeley

Science Formative Assessment, Volume 1 (Second Edition)

Science Formative Assessment, Volume 2

75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning

50 More Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning

Page Keeley

GRADES K–12

Formative assessment informs the design of learning opportunities that take students from their existing ideas of science to the scientific ideas and practices that support conceptual understanding. Page Keeley, a nationally known expert in science education, wrote Science Formative Assessment to help educators weave formative assessment into daily instruction and learning. In the second edition, the author provides many new examples, links the strategies to current research as well as A Framework for K–12 Science Education and Next Generation Science Standards, and even shows how these same techniques can be used across other disciplines.

This book shows readers how to use assessment to inform instruction and learning in the science classroom. In the bestselling first volume, Page Keeley shared 75 techniques that help K–12 science teachers determine students’ understanding of key concepts and design learning opportunities that will deepen students’ mastery of content and standards. Volume 2 will present 50 new strategies linked to the Next Generation Science Standards. These flexible assessments can be used with any science curriculum.

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This is one of my favorite resources! I have learned such a wide variety of formative assessments from this book all of which can be done easily without many supplies. I now use these strategies on a daily basis and I am not repeating the same ones all the time!” Carrie S. (Duluth, GA)

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Value Titles Classic series and titles!

Carla C. Johnson, Janet B. Walton, and Erin Peters-Burton In this K–12 curriculum series, educators will learn to map out a journey that will steer students toward authentic problem-solving grounded in integrated STEM disciplines. Anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning, each book is an in-depth module that uses project- and problem-based learning.

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Natural Hazards GRADE 2

Physics in Motion GRADE K

Swing Set Makeover GRADE 3

Influence of Waves GRADE 1

Transportation in the Future GRADE 3

Patterns and the Plant World GRADE 1

Harnessing Solar Energy GRADE 4

Investigating Environmental Changes GRADE 2

Rainwater Analysis GRADE 5 Wind Energy

NSTA | ROUTLEDGE CO-PUBLISHED TITLES New modules co-published by Routledge and NSTA Press offer additional STEM problem solving!

Amusement Park of the Future GRADE 6

Healthy Living GRADE 10 Construction Materials GRADE 11

Human Impacts on Our Climate GRADE 6

Radioactivity GRADE 11

Packaging Design GRADE 6 Improving Bridge Design GRADE 8

Car Crashes GRADE 12

Our Changing Environment, Grade K: STEM Road Map for Elementary School

Rebuilding the Natural Environment, Grade 10: STEM Road Map for High School

Genetically Modified Organisms, Grade 7: STEM Road Map for Middle School

Mineral Resources, Grade 11: STEM Road Map for High School

The Speed of Green, Grade 8: STEM Road Map for Middle School

Creating Global Bonds, Grade 12: STEM Road Map for High School

Formation of the Earth, Grade 9: STEM Road Map for High School

The Changing Earth GRADE 8

GRADE 5

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ADDITIONAL STEM TITLES STEM Student Research Handbook STEM, Standards, and Strategies for High-Quality Units Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom

Animals Two by Two

Looking for Animals

Environments of Our Earth

Michael’s Racing Machine

Fragrant as a Flower

Quiet as a Butterfly

How Does a Plant Grow?

The Tree by Diane’s House

How Tall Was Milton?

What Can an Animal Do?

Look and See

CLASSICS Universal Design for Learning Science

Understanding Climate Change, Grades 7–12

Brain-Powered Science

Perspectives on Science Education. A Leadership Seminar

Hard-to-Teach Biology Concepts

More Brain-Powered Science

Teaching Science Through Trade Books

Hard-to-Teach Science Concepts

Even More Brain-Powered Science

It’s Still Debatable! Using Socioscientific Issues to Develop Scientific Literacy, K–5

Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Student Edition

Science Fair Warm-Up, Grades 8–12

Discovery Engineering in Biology: Case Studies for Grades 6–12

Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Teacher Edition

Science Fair Warm-Up, Teacher’s Guide

Reframing Elementary Instruction in Physical Science

Supporting Emergent Multilingual Learners in Science, Grades 7–12

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