This live teacher walkthrough explores how Newsela STEM helps you confidently plan and deliver engaging, standards-aligned science instruction. The session demonstrates how to combine hands-on investigations, real-world texts, data exploration, and writing tasks—all in one platform.

Now more than ever, educators need tools that make STEM relevant, accessible, and rigorous. This webinar shows how Newsela STEM supports instructional planning, literacy integration, differentiation, and assessment—so you can meet standards while keeping students engaged.

What You’ll Learn

• How to use Generation Genius 5E lesson plans to engage students with hands-on labs, videos, and structured learning sequences.
• How to connect science to real-world relevance using Science in the News and Math in the News articles.
• How to strengthen literacy in STEM classrooms with scaffolded texts, Lexile adjustments, translation tools, and writing prompts.
• How to build Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) writing skills using ready-made graphic organizers, rubrics, and structured collections.
• How to integrate data literacy with Tuva datasets to help students analyze, manipulate, and interpret real-world data.
• How to assess learning with built-in quizzes and Formative exit tickets aligned to NGSS and state standards.
• How to extend learning with performance tasks and Science Changemakers projects that promote inquiry and action.

Key Themes Discussed

• Making STEM relevant through real-world connections.
• Addressing literacy gaps in science classrooms.
• Embedding writing and argumentation into science instruction.
• Using data exploration to deepen critical thinking.
• Providing hands-on learning with structured teacher support.
• Aligning instruction, differentiation, and assessment within one platform.
• Supporting district initiatives around disciplinary literacy and cross-curricular writing.

Who Should Watch This Webinar?

This webinar is designed for:

• Elementary, middle, and high school science teachers.
• STEM educators integrating engineering and technology concepts.
• Instructional coaches supporting science and literacy initiatives.
• District and school leaders focused on STEM implementation.
• Curriculum leaders aligning NGSS or state science standards.
• Educators seeking tools to strengthen CER writing and data literacy.

Meet the Speaker

Brittany Kearns, Curricular Solutions Architect, Newsela.