{"id":6473,"date":"2020-02-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6473"},"modified":"2020-02-15T19:51:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T03:51:26","slug":"helpful-stem-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/2020\/02\/17\/helpful-stem-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpful STEM Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stemteachingtools.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/STEMTeachingTools-400x100.jpg\" alt=\"STEM Teaching Tools\" class=\"wp-image-6474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/STEMTeachingTools-400x100.jpg 400w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/STEMTeachingTools-150x37.jpg 150w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/STEMTeachingTools-768x191.jpg 768w, https:\/\/educatoral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/STEMTeachingTools.jpg 867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The STEM Teaching Tools website has some great briefs that I&#8217;ve seen at several NGSS workshops I&#8217;ve attended in the past bunch of years. I&#8217;ve even shared some in workshops I co-facilitate because they&#8217;re so cool so I thought I&#8217;d share the resource here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clicking on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PD Modules link (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/stemteachingtools.org\/pd\" target=\"_blank\">PD Modules link<\/a> in the menu shows some cool resources for teachers of Science but the section that I&#8217;ve actually dealt with is the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tools section (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/stemteachingtools.org\/tools\" target=\"_blank\">Tools section<\/a>. On that page, you&#8217;ll find 65 briefs with some great information for Science and STEM teachers. Looking through those you&#8217;re bound to find something helpful. The briefs that I&#8217;ve seen at workshops and that I&#8217;ve shared myself include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stemteachingtools.org\/brief\/42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Using Phenomena in NGSS-Designed Lessons and Units (opens in a new tab)\">Using Phenomena in NGSS-Designed Lessons and Units<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/stemteachingtools.org\/brief\/28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Qualities of a Good Anchor Phenomenon for a Coherent Sequence of Science Lessons (opens in a new tab)\">Qualities of a Good Anchor Phenomenon for a Coherent Sequence of Science Lessons<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Beyond the Written C-E-R: Supporting Classroom Argumentative Talk about Investigations (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/stemteachingtools.org\/brief\/17\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond the Written C-E-R: Supporting Classroom Argumentative Talk about Investigations<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Steps to Designing a Three Dimensional Assessment (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/stemteachingtools.org\/brief\/29\" target=\"_blank\">Steps to Designing a Three Dimensional Assessment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve used any of these, or if you&#8217;ve found any of these helpful, which ones have you used? Please share in the comments section.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The STEM Teaching Tools website has some great briefs that I&#8217;ve seen at several NGSS workshops I&#8217;ve attended in the past bunch of years. I&#8217;ve even shared some in workshops I co-facilitate because they&#8217;re so cool so I thought I&#8217;d share the resource here. 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