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Science of the Winter Olympics: Physics of Figure Skating
Many would call the figure skating events the most elegant of all of the winter Olympic sports. The spins. The tosses. The leaps. How on earth do they stay in balance? Find out by watching the latest installment of the Science and Engineering of the ...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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Planning and carrying out investigations
According to the editor, “Although the practice of planning and carrying out investigations has always been a part of good science instruction, the student focus often has been more on carrying out than on planning, with teacher-structured inve...
By Mary Bigelow
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Science of the Winter Olympics: Faster & Safer Bobsleds
Controlled violence. That’s what Steve Langton of the U.S. Bobsled Team calls his sport, in which he’s huddled in a bullet-shaped, finned shell made of carbon fiber and Kevlar hurtling down a curving track at speeds over 70 miles per hour. The te...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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Social Science Teachers: Meet Us at #NSTA14
How do you start an #organellewar? Create a virtual Professional Learning Community? Use Facebook with preservice teachers? Flip your classroom? Use YouTube in your science classroom?...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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DiscoverE brings us Engineers Week
Next week is Engineers Week, February 16-22, “a time to:...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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NSTA’s K-12 Science Education Journals: February Issues Online
It’s February, and many of us are focused on groundhogs, candy, and hoping never to hear the words polar vortex again! Spring is still a few months away, so this is a good time to bundle up and get a fresh look at what your science teaching pee...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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If you think that the “history and nature of science” means students reading biographies of scientists of the past, your thoughts may change after browsing this issue of Science Scope. These articles represent lessons that incorporate the...
By Mary Bigelow
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Engineers Week Resources from the National Science Teachers Association
Engineers Week is February 16–22, 2014. Engineering is in the spotlight right now—and science teachers need to know how to incorporate it into their STEM curriculum, what resources really work, and where to get online PD to stay current....
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Science of the Winter Olympics: Science of Snow
SUPERCOOL! More than just an expression, this state of water figures prominently in snow formation. Find out more about snow and how snow conditions might impact winter Olympians whose gold medals are inextricably linked to this frozen base material....
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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Science of the Winter Olympics: Engineering the Halfpipe
Imagine locking both feet onto a board, hurtling down a vertical face and up the opposing one before becoming airborne, where you twist and flip with near abandon. Now, imagine doing that with the equivalent weight of five people clinging to your bac...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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This April, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Engineering and Science: Technological Partners” at our 2014 National Conference on Scie...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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What the new NSTA Early Childhood Science Education position statement means to me
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has adopted a new position statement, the Early Childhood Science Position Statement. This thoughtful document was inspired by the clamor of early childhood educators looking for guidance informed by ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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My colleague and I are early–career science teachers at a middle school. Rather than our reinventing the wheel, do you have any suggestions how to make lab days run more smoothly, especially at the beginning and end of the class? –Sean, Oakla...
By Mary Bigelow
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Each month, columns on safety in the science lab are featured in NSTA’s Science Scope (Scope on Safety) and The Science Teacher (Safer Science). These columns are written by Ken Roy, Director of Environmental Health and Safety for Glastonbury P...
By Mary Bigelow
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Concepts that cut across science disciplines
Patterns…cause and effect: mechanism and explanation…scale, proportion, and quantity…systems and system models…energy and matter: flows, cycles, and conservation…structure and function…stability and change…...
By Peggy Ashbrook