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NSTA’s K–12 Science Education Journals: October 2014 Issues Online
Patterns, arguing from evidence, and ecosystem ecology—these are the themes of the October 2014 science education journals published by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). Each issue is filled with articles written by science educat...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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I’ve been reading the literature on the value of play in learning. I do give my students unstructured activity time in science class, but I’m not sure they’re getting anything out of it. For example, I gave each group of students a ...
By Mary Bigelow
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7 NSTA Resources that Save Science Teachers Time and Money
Having worked at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) for many years, I get to talk to a lot of science teachers. One of my favorite things about them is how much they share with each other. In fact, I joked at our recent national confere...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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I’m a new high school teacher looking for suggestions on how to estimate the amount of time a lesson will take. My lessons look good when I plan them, but I find that often a lesson is either too short and we have extra time at the end of the c...
By Mary Bigelow
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The Vernier Motion Encoder System: Motion Encoding Made Personal
The Vernier Motion Encoder System marks a significant shift in the science teacher’s ability to transition between the conceptual, formula-based physics of motion to the “real world” application of those concepts and formulas—and here’s the...
By Martin Horejsi
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Engaging in the Art of Teaching With the Next Generation Science Standards
For the past 15 months, a four-letter acronym has been on the tip of science educators’ tongues: NGSS, the Next Generation Science Standards....
By Guest Blogger
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Solace in the Solstice? Shedding Light on the Nature of Science
The coming of autumn at 9:29 EDT last night (which I was pleased to see featured in today’s Google Doodle) serves as the perfect segue to a theme of mine as Executive Director of the National Science Teachers As...
By David Evans, NSTA Executive Director
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NGSS and 21st century tools and skills
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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Using STEM Clubs as a Catalyst for Change in K-12 Education: A Statewide Model
The growing abundance of research supporting the importance of incorporating increased Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) into schools, combined with the recently vocalized excitement in regard to STEM by high profile individuals appea...
By Guest Blogger
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Kindergarten teachers–webinar for you on Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Investigating motion....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Now that we are back in school somewhere between a week and a month depending on where you live and what schedule your district adheres to, I thought it might be a great opportunity for all of us to step back and consider how we set the stage for sci...
By Christine Royce
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I’ve heard that there will be a vacancy in the high school science department next year. The position is for three sections of general biology and two sections of environmental science (not AP). I currently teach middle school general science b...
By Mary Bigelow