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I feel overwhelmed by the grading process. It seems like I spend most of my waking hours grading homework, lab reports, tests, quizzes, notebooks, and projects. I teach two science courses at the high school and meet 150 students every day. What ca...
By Mary Bigelow
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There are many ways students can be motivated in science. Some students have a passion for the subject that goes beyond the classroom. Others may find the types of activities in the classroom to be motivational—working with others, using technology...
By Mary Bigelow
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Science of the Winter Olympics: Science of Ice
The phrase “a level playing field” has a lot of different meanings. But for the skaters, curlers, hockey players, lugers, and bobsledders in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games it means just one thing—ICE. And how is it that all of these athletes can...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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This April, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Teaching Elementary Science with Confidence!” at our 2014 National Conference on Science...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Science of the Winter Olympics: Slopestyle Skiing
The count down is on for February 7, the start of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia! Twelve new winter sports will join those we always look forward to watching. Among them is Men’s and Women’s Ski Slopestyle. To the uninitiated, it ...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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Science of ice, brief explanation
For all those who are experiencing the solid form of water or teaching about it, here is a cool video from the National Science Foundation (NSF) about the science of ice. In this short video, athletes J.R....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Basic Data Literacy: Helping Your Students (And You!) Make Sense of Data
We are surrounded by data. When you read, watch, or listen to the news, you are presented with the conclusions drawn from data someone else has collected....
By Carole Hayward
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NSTA's K-College Science Education Journals: January 2014 Issues Online
Communicating science—NSTA’s journals are all about it this month—helping children be captivated by the wonders of science, empowering them to share, and making science relevant to students as they grow into responsible citizens. The links ...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Learning about shapes, with tips from a special education teacher
Working in a school with teachers who have a different expertise than I have means I have access to an informal professional learning community’s broader depth of knowledge. Early childhood teachers represent a wide variety of cultures, ages and ed...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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This April, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Science and Literacy: A Symbiotic Relationship” at our 2014 Nat...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Lab Incident at a Manhattan High School: Another Hard Safety Lesson to Learn
On January 2, 2014, a chemistry lab safety incident involving a fire injured students at Beacon High School in Manhattan (NYC). An article in The New York Times reported that two students were burned as a result of a fireball of methanol vapor create...
By Kenneth Roy
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I’m a new teacher fresh out of college, and I took a job as a chemistry teacher in a different state. I had a good student teaching experience, so I’m okay with the students and the curriculum and I love the area, but as a newbie I feel i...
By Mary Bigelow
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On the winter solstice I took a walk through the yard and thought about the amount of sunlight that it receives throughout the year....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Navigating the authority-figure/friend territory
At least these no longer apply!...
By Mary Bigelow