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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 Speak Up National Research Project which focused on the changing environment for digital learning....
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?), instruction (What learning activities will help students learn and use the content and skills?), and as...
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 lots of stuff for my classroom. I’d like to spend the funds on science-related materials. Any su...
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 the abilities of this year’s two-year-old class, but I shouldn’t have been....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Many of us remember building models in school—replicas of the solar system, atomic structure, or the double helix of DNA. But in the era of the Next Generation Science Standards, models should not just be built as an arts-and-crafts activity, but a...
By Mary Bigelow
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Learning more about the NGSS (Part 2)
In a previous post, I touched on the resources I’m using to familiarize myself with NGSS. In addition to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) app, I’m finding quite a few additional online resources t...
By Mary Bigelow
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This October, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Bridging to the Next Generation Science Standards—What’s in It for Me?” at our Conference on Science Education in Portland, OR, October 24-26, 2...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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This October, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Bridging Elementary and Secondary Science and the Common Core” at our Conference on Science Education in Portland, OR, October 24-26, 2013. Adopted by m...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Science of Golf: friction and spin
It’s the Sunday round on TV and the leader lands short of the green. He (or she) pulls out a wedge and gives the ball a mighty whack. The ball lands well past the pin, then suddenly starts spinning backwards! Before you know it, the ball has snugge...
By admin
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This November, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Merging Literacy into Science Instruction” at our Conference on Science Education in Charlotte, NC, November 7-9. NSTA recognizes that the grow...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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California's Decisions Show that NGSS is State Driven
The California State Board of Education unanimously adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) this week, making it the sixth state to do so. The decision not only represents a move forward for evidence-based science instruction but also hi...
By MsMentorAdmin
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Is a series of single digit numbers really that hard to mentally add up? Seems that many high school golfers think so. Even as a senior excelling in calculus, my golfer daughter and her competitors would whip out their cell phone calculators after a ...
By admin
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Apply for a Leadership Position on NSTA's Board and Council
Are you looking for a way to hone your leadership skills and give back to the science education community? Consider sharing your time and talents with the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) by applying for a nomination to the NSTA Board of ...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Engaging students in a variety of instructional strategies
What would implementing the NGSS “look like” in a classroom? Each of the featured articles in this issue highlights several classroom strategies that you can use to start making connections to the disciplinary core ideas, practices, and c...
By Mary Bigelow