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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 don’t have time to think!” Her statement has haunted me to this day. I wondered what students le...
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 wonder that the outsides of the books are as impressive as the insides....
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 statement on Early Childhood Science Education. Thank you to all the individuals who brought these tw...
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, Sister Marian taught her entire first-grade class of 66 students how to read. I should know—I wa...
By David Beacom, NSTA Publisher
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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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Congratulations to the authors and to the NSTA Press staff for their recently announced 2014 Gold EXCEL Award from Association Media and Publishing (AM&P)....
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 science lab are featured in NSTA’s Science Scope (Scope on Safety) and The Science Teacher (Safer 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 encourage, enlighten, and nurture young minds that are inherently curious and full of poignant questio...
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 educators luncheon with 2nd Lady Jill Biden, getting excited because we’re only 1 week away from ...
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 for jobs. Will the school ask anything about the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)? Do you h...
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 lessons that promote a quality science education for all. This month’s K–College journals from th...
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 students engaged and ideas for the summer break. —Alyssa, Corpus Christi, Texas...
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 adolescent middle school students.” –From the preface...
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 and crosscutting concepts can lead to challenging projects for students (and their teachers as they c...
By Mary Bigelow