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What will happen if I…. Preparing an effective learning environment with help from Peep
I see it all the time, children wondering what will happen if I….push on this ball, let go of this ball, put this ball in water, or throw this ball? What will happen if I…touch the paper gently with the paintbrush, shake the paint brush, put the ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I Have Little Access to Professional Learning Programs Where I Live. Where Can I Turn to for Help?
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By Carole Hayward
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Recommend a resource for early childhood science and engineering education
Guidance for effective science and engineering teaching can be found in the NSTA position statement on Early Childhood Science Education. Materials for science and engineering science explorations, such as teacher resource books, can sup...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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#NSTA14 Long Beach: Highlights from the Hall
The Long Beach NSTA 2014 Area Conference on Science Education starts this week! We’ll be making ourselves at home at the Long Beach Convention Center in sunny California, December 4-6, 2014....
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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NSTA Members – Three Reasons We Are Thankful For YOU!
As we prepare the turkey and brave the elements (some of us) for those last minute ingredients we forgot, this time of the year we give thanks for family and friends. NSTA is no different – we are very thankful for our members and here are just a f...
By Teshia Birts, CAE
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The Lab Out Loud Podcast for Thanksgiving: Top 12 Science Celebrity Episodes Edition
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By Carole Hayward
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No Money in the School Budget to Attend the NSTA National Conference? Learn What You Can Do
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By Carole Hayward
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Teaching is my second career. I used to work for an environmental agency, but I’m having second thoughts about this switch. I took over for my cooperating teacher at the beginning of this marking period....
By Mary Bigelow
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Supporting children's interests
As we take a nature walk on the paths through a large garden area tended by church members, the children always want to “go to the pond.” This body of water is an 8’ by 10’ pool with pump-circulated water flowing from a raised area. We watch ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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NSTA Has Made 25 Members Very Happy (and We Have Even More in Store)
A big shout out and congratulations to 25 NSTA members who recently renewed their membership for two years and won FREE registration to the NSTA National Conference on Science Education in Chicago, March 12-15, 2015. The winners will also receive a $...
By Teshia Birts, CAE
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NSTA journals: A goldmine for teachers
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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NSTA’s K–College Science Education Journals: November 2014 Issues Online
Cause and effect, solutions to problems, analyzing and interpreting data, and quantitative reasoning… these are the subjects science teachers are writing about in this month’s K-College journals from NSTA. The November issues are online, ...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Learn to engage students in scientific argumentation
A gallery walk gives students an opportunity to discuss claims and evidence...
By Claire Reinburg
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Addressing concerns about activity and healthy eating
What could be more fun that creating art while being physically active? An upcoming book by MaryAnn Kohl and Barbara Zaboroski shows how to do just that in ways that encourage children to make choices and control art medium in active ways....
By Peggy Ashbrook