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Senate Debates NCLB; House Passes NCLB Rewrite Legislation, Student Success Act
This past week the full Senate began work to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act with the Every Child Achieves Act, legislation th...
By Jodi Peterson
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July 8, 2015, image of Pluto and Charon tak...
By Claire Reinburg
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Do you have any suggestions for how I can help my middle school students understand and use the metric system? We struggle with this at the beginning ...
By Mary Bigelow
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Start Your App Search With a Question
[youtube]https://youtu.be/LL4n4nq0DDc[/youtube] In this video, columnists Ben Smith and Jared Mader share information from their Science 2.0 column, �...
By sstuckey
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NSTA at #ILA15: Hands-On Science + Literacy Solutions
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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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NSTA President Carolyn Hayes Welcomes NSTA's New Committee, Advisory Board, and Panel Members
On behalf of the ...
By Guest Blogger
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NSTA’s K-College July 2015 Science Education Journals Online
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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Our Most Popular NSTA Press Book Quotes
For nearly two years, NSTA Press has been pinning quotes from its books to Pinterest. Our followers often repin these interesting, informative, and of...
By Carole Hayward
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Three major features of “doing” science
NSTA has identified three major features of students who actually “Do” science. The first of these is Human explorations of the natural world. T...
By Robert Yager
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Exploring the properties of clay
Finding bits of clay pottery made and discarded by people hundreds of years ago reminds me of how this useful material can be a valuable addition to a...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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ESEA (No Child Left Behind) Reauthorization Bill Scheduled for Senate Action July 7
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By Jodi Peterson
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Drifters Take Students on Scientific Ocean Journeys
The Charger, a 5-foot-long drift boat, has been launched from larger vessels several times throughout its journey across the Atlantic Ocean....
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Get Lost in the Magic of Learning with the Celestron Flipview Digital Microscope
One of the wonderful things about the amazing science education technology available to teachers today is that the tech can disappear—in a good...
By Martin Horejsi
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What science teachers are reading June 2015
Here are the most-read books, e-books, and children’s trade books on NSTA’s website this month. Click over to the NSTA Science Store and catch up ...
By Claire Reinburg
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Just about four years ago, A Framework for K-12 Science Education appeared on the scene, and just over two years ago the Next General Science Standard...
By Christine Royce