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When I was student teaching, we had to do a “reflection journal.” Now that I have my own teaching assignment, I’m wondering if teachers keep such a document. If so, what do they put in it? What format do they use and how do they find the time f...
By Mary Bigelow
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College Students: Volunteer with eCYBERMISSION and See the Big Picture
Ever considered the opportunity to offer your help or engage with someone you might learn something from?...
By admin
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#14Books: NSTA Press Honored to Be on Science Books & Films Best Books List
Field-tested science fair ideas that make students responsible for their own learning… middle school experiments using Rocket Launchers, Sound Pipes, Drinking Birds, and Dropper Poppers… a kid-magnet formula that will get your students en...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Science lessons for the new year from NSTA Press
NSTA Press sampler of science l...
By Claire Reinburg
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NSTA Press author Victor Sampson presents a webinar on scientific argumentation
Join NSTA Press author Victor Sampson for his webinar “Scientific Argumentation: Helping Students Identify, Evaluate, and Support Claims” (a 2-part course)....
By Wendy Rubin, Managing Editor, NSTA Press
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New year, new format for The STEM Classroom
Welcome to my new blog! The old STEM Classroom e-newsletter has gotten a makeover and become part of the new monthly Science and the STEM Classroom....
By Becky Stewart
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Senate releases draft of No Child Left Behind legislation
Last week Sen....
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NSTA and ASE: creating pathways to better international cooperation in science education
They say the world is flat … and so it often seems. Cross the ocean by plane, or travel far from home by train or car…sit down for coffee with other teachers…and the issues are almost always the same. We find much in common wherever we go....
By Juliana Texley
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One of the perks of being an NSTA member is having access to all of the journals online. Regardless of the grade level you teach, the journals have ideas for authentic activities and investigations that can be used, adapted, or extended for different...
By Mary Bigelow
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The Next Generation Science Standards: a transformational opportunity
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and A Framework for K–12 Science Education articulate a beautiful vision for students....
By Guest Blogger
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Supplementing a budget decrease
Our principal just informed us that the science department budget will be decreased for next year. It’s already bare bones, so my colleagues and I are interested in finding other funding sources such as grants. What do we need to know to get starte...
By Mary Bigelow
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System exploration in early childhood
When winter sets in, teachers set aside time in the schedule for children to remove and store their winter outwear. Such a variety of clothing systems appear! Coats and jackets with zippers, hoods, snaps and Velcro, mittens and gloves, hats that pull...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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In a letter to the West Virginia Board of Education, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) encourages the members of the Board to eliminate changes that were made to the Next Generation Content Standards and Objectives for Science in West ...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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The Pasco Wireless Dissolved Oxygen Probe VS. Winter Water
The power of a Bluetooth-connected Dissolved Oxygen probe is not only from the DO data, but the places the data can be collected, and the ways the data is presented. Over the holidays I took the Pasco wireless DO probe up in the mountains to genera...
By Martin Horejsi