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Vacation activities for students
How do you get families and students to participate in science in the summer? I’m looking for ideas to engage upper elementary students. –Ambe...
By Mary Bigelow
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Chemistry Now,chemistry of plastics: polyethelene
Polyethelene. Most people would be hard pressed to NOT to have some in their possession at any given moment. This chance discovery has completely revo...
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Science of NHL hockey: reflexes & reaction time
You’re the goalie. You’re padded down in an extra 10 kg of gear. You know the puck is “over there” somewhere. Then you catch it with your eye,...
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Studying Science Teaching and Learning Through Drawings...
By Mary Bigelow
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Science of NHL hockey: statistics & averages
NHL hockey is a game of numbers—statistics that is. Fans may cheer on a team because of where they’re from, their team mascot, or the atmosphere o...
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Chemistry Now: chemistry of changing leaves
Think autumn leaves. OK, sing along now … The falling leeeeaves drift by the windoooow. The autumn leeeeaves of red and goooold … OK, maybe not!...
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Spring activities and books to go with them
In our mid-Atlantic spring we can have temperatures in the 50s or in the 80s, rain or shine. The activities the children have been involved in center...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Science of NHL hockey: projectile motion
Tired of discussing projectile motion in terms of bullets and cannonballs? Launch into the Science of NHL Hockey, where hockey pucks follow the same p...
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Sylvia Shugrue Award winners 2007–2012
The Sylvia Shugrue Award for Elementary school teachers honors one elementary school teacher who creates and makes use of interdisciplinary, inquiry-b...
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Resources for science teachers
One of my favorite benefits of being an NSTA member is being able to view all of the journals electronically, although I’m somewhat of a dinosau...
By Mary Bigelow
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Science of NHL hockey: work, energy & power
Potentially your students will go kinetic over this installment of the Science of NHL Hockey video series! OK, really bad play on words. But luckily t...
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Chemistry Now Nobel efforts: buckyballs and graphene
What do diamond and graphite have in common? Wait … that’s too easy. What do diamond, graphite, soccer balls, and the state of Texas have in commo...
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Reflections on the end of the school year
My first year of teaching had its ups and downs, but I’m looking forward to next year. As the school year ends, do you have any suggestions for ...
By Mary Bigelow
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Science of NHL hockey: vectors
Vectors. The key to passing a puck, throwing a football, shooting pool, coordinating fireworks, or finding buried treasure. Knowing which way to go is...
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Science of NHL hockey: hockey geometry
Although science and math seem to go hand-in-hand, many of us have trouble incorporating math concepts in our science instruction. Hockey Geometry, pr...
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