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Bring Relevant, Multimodal Science Instruction to All Learners with Newsela STEM

May 8, 2026

Resource: Real World Science Connections ⏱ 27:12

How do we best use the time available to provide relevant science instruction?

Science educators often face competing priorities: sparking curiosity with interactive materials, building science literacy, and managing a tight instructional schedule. Newsela STEM provides a comprehensive toolkit developed with the understanding that students learn best when science and literacy are integrated through multimodal instruction. This session explores flexible pathways to shift from conceptual ideas to "doing science" using evidence-based resources.

What You’ll Learn

How to launch phenomena using Generation Genius videos that feature diverse student scientists.
Strategies to integrate science and literacy using leveled articles and paragraph-level translations.
Ways to drive active inquiry through PhET simulations and NSTA-partnership lesson plans.
How to scaffold scientific writing using the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) collection and AI-powered graphic organizers.

Key Themes Discussed

Evidence-Based Outcomes: Research shows multimodal instruction can move a student from the 50th to the 64th percentile.
Building Background Knowledge: Using real-world news and current events to make science "sticky" for all learners.
Instructional Flexibility: Leveraging Lesson Sparks to plan investigations and collect data within existing classroom routines.
Equitable Participation: Providing sentence frames and accessibility tools to support multilingual learners.

Who Should Watch?

This webinar is designed for K–12 science educators, instructional coaches, and curriculum leaders looking for standards-aligned, multimodal STEM resources that improve ELA and science achievement.

Speaker: Rachel Foster, Curriculum Solutions Architect, Newsela

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