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Making STEM Hands On: Connect the Curriculum to Students’ Lives

Whenever possible, examples should be profiled from students' immediate or regional surroundings.

Michael DiSpezio
Author, ScienceFusion and HMH Science Dimensions Programs

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What Is STEM Education? A Primer for International Educators

International educators should explain to students how science, technology, engineering, and math are intertwined.

Michael DiSpezio
Author, ScienceFusion and HMH Science Dimensions Programs

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What Are Evidence Notebooks in the Science Classroom?

Students use evidence notebooks to record observations and predictions, make sketches, and note questions that they have.

Michael DiSpezio
Author, ScienceFusion and HMH Science Dimensions Programs

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Integrating Science With Engineering and Tech in the Classroom

Understanding the connections between science, engineering, and technology are important to monitoring planets and other parts of our solar system.

Dr. Mike Passow
Former Classroom Teacher; Past President, National Earth Science Teachers Association

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Podcast: Author and Naturalist Talks Love of Animals, New Memoir

Sy Montgomery, author of more than 20 books, shared the various life lessons we can all learn from animals and how her memoir came to be.

Caitlin Henault
Senior Communications Associate, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Why and How to Use Computational Models in Biology

Modeling can help spark students’ own questions that will lead to further investigations in the science classroom.

Dr. Mike Heithaus
Dean and Professor, Florida International University, Miami

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Coding in Classrooms: Why Computer Science Education Matters

Given the importance of computing knowledge today, every student deserves the opportunity to learn computer science, including coding.

Stevin Smith
Senior Vice President of Technical Services, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Making the Transition to the Next Generation Science Standards

The new Next Generation Science Standards represent an entirely different approach to teaching and learning. Here's what you need to know.

Dr. Mike Heithaus
Dean and Professor, Florida International University, Miami

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Science Labs in the Classroom: Comparing NGSS vs. Traditional

Rather than adhering to explicit steps during labs, students are now involved in more active learning experiences.

Michael DiSpezio
Author, ScienceFusion and HMH Science Dimensions Programs

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Why Are Science and Engineering Practices Like Modeling Important?

Developing and using models is one of the NGSS' eight science and engineering practices.

Dr. Cary Sneider
NGSS Writing Team Leader, Associate Research Professor at Portland State University

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Podcast: From Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist—Sylvia Acevedo's Story

This conversation features HMH CEO Jack Lynch and Acevedo—rocket scientist, entrepreneur, and CEO of the Girl Scouts.

Caitlin Henault
Senior Communications Associate, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Metric Measurements, Magnitudes, and Mathematics Matter in the Science of Scale

Dr. Thomas O’Brien
Professor, Graduate School of Education at SUNY Binghamton

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How Crosscutting Concepts Are Related: A Case Study From Astronomy

Dr. Cary Sneider
NGSS Writing Team Leader, Associate Research Professor at Portland State University

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Developing and Using Models: Hands-On Strategies for All Grade Bands!

Michael DiSpezio
Author, ScienceFusion and HMH Science Dimensions Programs

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Exploring the Crosscutting Concept of Cause and Effect with Your Students

Dr. Mike Passow
Former Classroom Teacher; Past President, National Earth Science Teachers Association

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Science Kits vs. Textbooks: A False Dichotomy

Dr. Cary Sneider
NGSS Writing Team Leader, Associate Research Professor at Portland State University

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What Does 3D Teaching Look Like?

In advance of his fall science webinar, Cary Sneider, HMH Science Dimensions Consulting Author, shares a collection of virtual field trips to demonstrate 3D teaching in action.

Dr. Cary Sneider
NGSS Writing Team Leader, Associate Research Professor at Portland State University

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Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning: What You’re Already Doing in Science Class—and in Everyday Life

New education standards can bring new language to describe teaching strategies that are already in place. Here, author Marjorie Frank illustrates the Claims-Evidence-Reasoning language of NGSS with some everyday examples.

Marjorie Frank
Author, ELD Specialist