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NSTA Web Seminars Bring the Experts to You

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By Carole Hayward

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I agreed to work with a student teacher next semester, and I’m looking forward to the experience. I teach three classes of biology and an AP cla...

By Mary Bigelow

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New from NSTA: Quick Reference Guides to the Next Generation Science Standards

In focus groups, science teachers tell NSTA staff members that time is their biggest challenge. We hear that again and again, and we listen! Many scie...

By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director

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Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards: How Your Classroom Is Framed Is as Important as What You Do in It

As humans, we are driven to explore and explain our surroundings; we wonder about the things we see and try to figure out how and why they appear the ...

By Guest Blogger

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Patterns: a crosscutting concept

Children notice patterns in nature in small moments as they play in natural areas and find a new kind of leaf, or suddenly realize one morning that th...

By Peggy Ashbrook

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Hesitate to Participate? Part 2

In a previous blog, a teacher posed a question about getting her students to participate in discussions. She shared her experiences in trying the stra...

By Mary Bigelow

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K-12 Primer on the Midterm Elections and Everybody’s Talking about Testing

There is plenty of discussion this week on what’s ahead for education and science as Americans head to the polls on November 4, and the testing/acco...

By Jodi Peterson

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Echo Meter Touch

The Echo Meter Touch is a hardware module (with ultrasonic microphone) and software app that work together to let you monitor, record, and analyze bat...

By Ken Roberts

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#NSTA14 Orlando: Highlights From the Hall

We’re just one short week away from the Orlando NSTA 2014 Area Conference on Science Education. We’ll be making ourselves at home at the Orang...

By Guest Blogger

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Why Did Mrs. Carter Ask a Science Teacher to Create a Butterfly Garden?

It’s not every day that a science-teacher-turned-author gets the call that a former first lady of the United States could use his help. When that ha...

By Guest Blogger

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Hesitate to participate?

I know this is a rare problem: quiet kids. But what suggestions do you have for a ninth-grade class that is made up predominately of students who see...

By Mary Bigelow

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What Meets YOUR Needs?

We often discuss differentiated or individualized instruction being important for students and then provide “one-size-fits-all” professional devel...

By Christine Royce

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Science Education Evolving: NSTA's Plan for Supporting Science Educators and Working Toward a More Scientifically Literate Future

A clear vision supported by specific plans is critical to the success of any organization....

By Bill Badders

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I’ve Been Hired as a Science Teacher, but I’m Not Certified to Teach Science. Help!

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