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NSTA’s K–College Science Education Journals: January 2015 Issues Online
Is your science classroom equipped for success? Or are you teaching with limited resources?...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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This March, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Natural Resources, Natural Partnerships” at our 2015 N...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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National Bird Day Resources from NSTA Press
Today is National Bird Day, and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has some great resources you can use to celebrate! Enjoy these free c...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Movie Magic Can Jump Start Your Science, Math, and Technology Lessons
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By Carole Hayward
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Problem solving and engineering in play
Unless teachers and parents resist the urge to help as soon as we first see that a child has a problem, we might miss seeing how the child can solve i...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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By Carole Hayward
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What would YOUR End of the Year Recommendation (Resolution) be to the Business Community?
In 2007, Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future (RAGS) was released from the National Aca...
By Christine Royce
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I like to consider my classroom as a partnership with the students. So this year (my first year), the students were able to choose their own teams for...
By Mary Bigelow
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"Extras" for NSTA journals
Students are naturally inquisitive and eager to learn. The NSTA K-12 journals for December have many ideas and suggestions for teachers to tap into th...
By Mary Bigelow
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Must read—take S&C home over winter break
The December issue of Science and Children will be an issue I refer to often....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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NSTA’s K–12 Science Education Journals: December 2014 Issues Online
The titles of this month’s journal articles from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) are so fun, you may just feel like you’r...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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The way it's supposed to be…
I have been trying to incorporate more inquiry-based investigations into my biology curriculum. But the students are upset. They want to stick with th...
By Mary Bigelow
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On OPB radio’s Think Out Loud interview segment, “Examining The Shortage Of Craft Workers In Oregon,” Dave Miller interviews trade industry...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Our recent NSTA conference on science education in Long Beach, CA, was held in collaboration with the California Science Teachers Association (CSTA)....
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Elementary science connections
Help! At my school, science is a special that my first graders go to once a week. I’m looking for integrated and engaging ideas for science that I c...
By Mary Bigelow