NGGS Spotlight
Beyond the Lab: Science & Literature in the Elementary Classroom
This spring, I had the pleasure of teaching an elementary science methods course for the first time. Typically, I work with middle and high school credential candidates, so I was a bit nervous as I prepared to teach the class. While I taught…
Growing Solutionaries: How Seeds to Solutions Builds Climate Confidence in Students
Any educator who teaches environmental literacy or climate change has both an opportunity and a responsibility: to address the eco-anxiety many students carry. If environmental literacy is to be meaningful, it must cultivate agency alongside…
Planet, People, Purpose: Sustaining the Practice of Teaching
As we reflect on Planet, People, Purpose, I find myself thinking less about curriculum maps and more about people; specifically, the preservice and early-career teachers stepping into their own classrooms for the first time. As many preservice folks…
