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Hope in Action: How Agency First Classrooms Change Everything
This year, something unexpected happened in my science classrooms: students didn’t want the units to end. Their reaction signaled something deeper than engagement; they experienced learning as meaningful, self-driven, and hopeful. This article…
Save Hours with AI: NGSS-Aligned Science Lessons in a Click
In a school year defined by tight schedules, rising expectations, and newly emerging district AI policies, many science educators are asking the same question: How can I use AI to save time without sacrificing NGSS rigor or equity?
Making Kepler Click
The Making Kepler Click lesson series helps teachers make Kepler’s Laws meaningful through hands-on modeling, data analysis, and student discourse grounded in the Five Practices Framework.
Engaging Educators with Building Thinking Classrooms in Science K-12
This workshop at the 2025 CASE Conference in Palm Springs used the instructional practices from the book Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics K-12: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning, and applied them to the science classroom. In…
If You Give a Hawk a Mouse, You’ll Need a Lesson Plan and Assessment Tools to Go With It
How can educators leverage state-provided resources to strengthen instruction, build assessment confidence, and ultimately support student mastery—without adding more to their plates?
