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Career Education, NGSS, Teacher Tenure, Creationism, and Dissections:  The STEM Landscape Across the United States

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Career Education, NGSS, Teacher Tenure, Creationism, and Dissections: The STEM Landscape Across the United States

As schools get back into session and teachers prepare to go back, many stories are popping up in the news about science and STEM education across the ...

By Jodi Peterson

Notetaking vs notemaking

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Notetaking vs notemaking

I really want to stop “giving” notes to students because it doesn’t seem like a good use of class time. They use tablets, so they ca...

By Mary Bigelow

How Can NSTA Help Me Give Back to My Profession?

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How Can NSTA Help Me Give Back to My Profession?

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By Carole Hayward

Ideas for must-have strategies

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Ideas for must-have strategies

I’m mentoring two new science teachers this year, and I want to focus on must-have strategies and effective practices for science. I’m sur...

By Mary Bigelow

Center Your Learning in the NSTA Learning Center

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Center Your Learning in the NSTA Learning Center

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By Carole Hayward

Making connections

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Making connections

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 id...

By Mary Bigelow

Breaking Down Walls at the 2014 National Congress on Science Education

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Breaking Down Walls at the 2014 National Congress on Science Education

If you were with the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) in Washington, D.C. last week, you would have been part of the most exciting and pro...

By Juliana Texley

Science of Golf: course set up

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Science of Golf: course set up

I have a love-hate relationship with golf. Growing up on a midwestern farm, “green” was spring and summer. Today, “green” has very different m...

By Judy Elgin Jensen

What Resources Does the National Science Teachers Association Offer Around Elementary Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)?

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What Resources Does the National Science Teachers Association Offer Around Elementary Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)?

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) offers a growing collection of resources around the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)....

By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director

Professional Development Options

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Professional Development Options

I was recently appointed K-12 science department chairperson. Our professional development budget is slim, but I’d like to do something other th...

By Mary Bigelow

Science of Golf: pace of play

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Science of Golf: pace of play

This golfer is waiting for the green to clear....

By Judy Elgin Jensen

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