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NSTA Launches Two New Blog Series

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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 this month, these series will go into detail on how NSTA member benefits can help you throughout your ...

By Carole Hayward

Welcome to NSTA’s Newest Volunteers: Standing Committee, Advisory Board, and Review Panel Members

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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 following members of our Standing Committees, Advisory Boards, and Panels whose terms of appointment began ...

By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director

Continue the Coversation on Debunking Myths or Pseudoscience

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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 Assessment and What Science Teachers Need to Know.  While current information is always a positive fo...

By Christine Royce

Science 101

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Science 101

Each issue of Science & Children, NSTA’s elementary school journal, features the column Science 101 with explanations of various topics and phenomena. These are written for teachers and include many examples and illustrations....

By Mary Bigelow

NSTA President Bill Badders Thanks Our Outgoing Volunteers for Committees, Advisory Boards, and Review Panels

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NSTA President Bill Badders Thanks Our Outgoing Volunteers for Committees, Advisory Boards, and Review Panels

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 Standing Committees, Advisory Boards, and Panels whose terms of appointment end on May 31, 2014. NS...

By Bill Badders

Safety and substitute teachers

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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 behaviors with gas jets and flames. Fortunately, no one was injured and no damage occurred. I’m gath...

By Mary Bigelow

The "green" classroom

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The "green" classroom

Each issue of The Science Teacher, NSTA’s high school journal, features the column The Green Room, with background information, classroom activities, and resources to make your teaching more environmentally friendly....

By Mary Bigelow

Way Cool! Physics Lessons (Seriously)

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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 to explore and discover why—should check out two new books by authors Matthew Bobrowsky, Mikko Kor...

By Carole Hayward

National Science Teachers Association and NAEYC Join Forces to Enrich Early Childhood Science

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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 activities they build models of how they think the world works and make predictions from those models. Tha...

By Juliana Texley

Learning by thinking

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Learning by thinking

At a professional development workshop several years ago, I heard a teacher say “I do lots of activities. My students are so busy, they don’t have time to think!” Her statement has haunted me to this day. I wondered what students le...

By Mary Bigelow

NSTA Press Titles Honored: 2014 Washington Book Publishers Design and Effectiveness Awards

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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 wonder that the outsides of the books are as impressive as the insides....

By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director

Early childhood science education gets a boost up from NAEYC’s endorsement of the NSTA position statement

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Early childhood science education gets a boost up from NAEYC’s endorsement of the NSTA position statement

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has endorsed the National Science Teachers Association’s (NSTA) new position statement on Early Childhood Science Education. Thank you to all the individuals who brought these tw...

By Peggy Ashbrook

Exploring the properties of liquid, and solid, water

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Exploring the properties of liquid, and solid, water

Photo by Em Parkinson....

By Peggy Ashbrook

Outstanding Science Trade Books Enhance a 95-Year-Old Tradition

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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, Sister Marian taught her entire first-grade class of 66 students how to read. I should know—I wa...

By David Beacom, NSTA Publisher

Science and Children Wins a Silver Award for Design Excellence

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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 education journal....

By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director

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