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Science and Children Wins a Silver Award for Design Excellence
NSTA offers congratulations and gratitude to the authors, designers, reviewers, and editors of Science and Children, NSTA’s elementary level science...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Congratulations to the authors and to the NSTA Press staff for their recently announced 2014 Gold EXCEL Award from Association Media and Publishing (A...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Questions and discussions about safety are often seen in the NSTA e-mail listserves and discussion forums. Each month, columns on safety in the scienc...
By Mary Bigelow
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Whether from Spiderman or Voltaire, the sentiment proves critically important to our approach to science education. As such, we hold great power to en...
By David Evans, NSTA Executive Director
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Today at the National Science Teachers Association: We’re following NSTA Member Steve Rich (@bflyguy) on Twitter as he visits the White House for an...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Calming the interview butterflies
I’m finalizing my student teaching, which has been a good experience. I’m excited about teaching science, but I’m not excited about interviewing...
By Mary Bigelow
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NSTA’s K-College Science Education Journals: April/May 2014 Issues Online
Science for All is the theme of our high school journal this month, but all four of NSTA’s grade-level journals are full of the types of ideas and l...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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What to do at the end of the year?
I’m working with a beginning teacher, and I’d like to share some ideas on the challenges of the end of the year, such as how to keep stude...
By Mary Bigelow
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Doing Good Science in Middle School
“In our experience, good science—by which we mean activity-based STEM instruction—promotes the unexpected and delightful development of adolesce...
By Carole Hayward
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Middle schoolers enjoy a challenge. The featured articles in this issue show that incorporating physical science concepts with engineering practices a...
By Mary Bigelow
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NSTA conference in Boston: Reflection and making connections Part 2, Sat and Sun
Here are the descriptions of a few more sessions I attended at the 2014 NSTA national conference in Boston. These summaries are from my notes and may ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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How to Select and Design Materials that Align to the Next Generation Science Standards
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By Guest Blogger
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I had a great conversation with an early-career teacher a few weeks ago. She was a “digital native”—armed with smart phone and ready to tweet. I...
By Juliana Texley
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#NSTA14 Heats Up in NOLA with the STEM Iron Chef Competition
Attendees of NSTA’s 2014 STEM Forum and Expo will be challenged to cook up a recipe for STEM success next month....
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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NSTA conference in Boston: Reflection and making connections Part 1, Th and Fri
I didn’t see the swan boats in the Public Garden or tea in the Harbor, but I did see many things—skylines, modern art, sunrises and fabulous sessi...
By Peggy Ashbrook