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A Professional Development Approach to the NGSS
Today’s Guest Blogger is author Eric Brunsell, an Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and C...
By Eric Brunsell
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NSTA Launches Two New Blog Series
As another school year draws to a close, NSTA launches two new blog series: Why Membership Matters and Making the Most of Your Membership. Debuting th...
By Carole Hayward
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Welcome to NSTA’s Newest Volunteers: Standing Committee, Advisory Board, and Review Panel Members
On behalf of the staff of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), its leadership, and members, I would like to welcome and thank the followi...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Continue the Coversation on Debunking Myths or Pseudoscience
A few days ago, the Leaders Letter for May was sent out to those on the distribution list and it included a report about the Third National Climate As...
By Christine Royce
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Each issue of Science & Children, NSTA’s elementary school journal, features the column Science 101 with explanations of various topics and phen...
By Mary Bigelow
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On behalf of the staff of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and our leadership team, I would like to thank the following members of our...
By Bill Badders
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Safety and substitute teachers
We had an incident in a high school physical science class where the substitute teacher left the room and several students engaged in dangerous behavi...
By Mary Bigelow
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Each issue of The Science Teacher, NSTA’s high school journal, features the column The Green Room, with background information, classroom activities...
By Mary Bigelow
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Way Cool! Physics Lessons (Seriously)
Middle and high school science teachers who seek engaging chances for their students to first watch something happen—and then become curious enough ...
By Carole Hayward
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National Science Teachers Association and NAEYC Join Forces to Enrich Early Childhood Science
The world of a young child is full of “wow.” Children are constantly observing, exploring and discovering phenomena around them. From those activi...
By Juliana Texley
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At a professional development workshop several years ago, I heard a teacher say “I do lots of activities. My students are so busy, they don̵...
By Mary Bigelow
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NSTA Press Titles Honored: 2014 Washington Book Publishers Design and Effectiveness Awards
Authors and designers of books by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Press cover the content science teachers need, so it’s no won...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has endorsed the National Science Teachers Association’s (NSTA) new position st...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Exploring the properties of liquid, and solid, water
Photo by Em Parkinson....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Outstanding Science Trade Books Enhance a 95-Year-Old Tradition
This is Children’s Book Week—and 2014 is, incredibly, the 95th year for the annual celebration. A bit more recently—in 1954, a mere 60 years ago...
By David Beacom, NSTA Publisher