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Earth Science Week Resources from the National Science Teachers Association
Earth Science Week is October 13–19, 2013. Take a world tour, solve a mystery, apply to be named the Environmental Science Educator of the Year, or ...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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This December, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “PreK–8 Science: A Playground for Literacy and Mathe...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Citizen Science: Engaging Students Through Public Collaboration in Scientific Research
Too often, students think of science as a static collection of facts rather than an ongoing process of discovery in which they can play a part. Citize...
By Carole Hayward
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Chemistry: Strategies and activities
October — The school year is well underway and it’s the month in which science teachers celebrate Mole Day (so who needs Halloween to hav...
By Mary Bigelow
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October K-12 Journals Available from the National Science Teachers Association
October’s K–12 journals from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) highlight unique trends in science eduction....
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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One of Apple’s more recent releases may cause problems in your classroom: You and your students will be fighting over it to see who can create the s...
By Ken Roberts
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Using "kits" in science
I’m a second-year teacher at a small elementary school. I was poking around the supply closet and found several unopened science kits. Last ye...
By Mary Bigelow
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Assessments: Part of the learning process
Do you have advice on assessments that would be helpful for sharing with my mentee, a new teacher? —Shirley, Lexington, Kentucky Assessing student l...
By Mary Bigelow
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I’ve been a longtime fan of Understanding Science from the University of California Museum of Paleontology at Berkeley. It’s a comprehensi...
By Mary Bigelow
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What are science teachers reading in September?
Check out this month’s most popular books, e-books, and children’s science trade books! Click over to our NSTA Recommends Catalog app to s...
By Amy America
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Talking about the Top Ten Technology Items Administrators Think About
This month’s The Leading Edge asks science education leaders to share their views on The Top Ten items identified by administrators as part of the S...
By Christine Royce
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Aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessment with the NGSS and Framework
One of the big ideas from my teaching courses was “congruency”—an alignment of curriculum (What content and skills will you teach?), ins...
By Mary Bigelow
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Just in Time: The New Science Teacher's Handbook
As a new science teacher, your first year of teaching is well underway....
By Carole Hayward
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Our parents’ association is giving mini-grants to each teacher. This is only my second year teaching at the elementary level, so I still need lo...
By Mary Bigelow
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First week of preschool for two-year-olds
The first week of school is when we begin to know our students and make observations about their skills, personalities and interests. I was surprised ...
By Peggy Ashbrook