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Long day, but they're still at it
A hands-on experience with a walking stick...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Indianapolis chemistry teacher Georgia Watson was enthusiastic about her experience today at the NSTA national conference. Not only did she present on her project-based forensic science program, but she also visited the exhibit hall, where she collec...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Educators want to know more about the NGSS Framework
Hundreds of teachers were eager to hear more about the Framework for the Next Generation Science Standards from NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle and Stephen Pruitt of Achie...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Elementary educators' early morning
Elementary educators turned out in force for this special event just for them!...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Chris Triola "Put things in the hands of kids and watch what happens."...
By Mary Bigelow
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I talked to a couple science educators earlier today about why they came to the NSTA National Conference in Indianapolis. Indiana resident John Sellers was looking for ideas to add to his curriculum. Peter Garik, who presented a session on science ...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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I’ve met conference attendees from all over—including Washington, Tennessee, North Carolina, as well as many from Indiana. But not all the attendees I’ve met have been of the human variety. In the exhibit hall, a possum, a pair of p...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Every NSTA conference has some things in common—particularly the crowd of people gathered outside the exhibit hall prior to the official opening....
By Lynn Petrinjak
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At the 2012 national conference
Yesterday at the NSTA national conference was my treat for myself—the CESI Engineering Is Elementary Day. My father was a metallurgist, and later a ceramist....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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A fourth grade student was given a lengthy assignment that required much Internet “research.” I put the word research in quotes since the word was used, but not necessarily in the spirit of its traditional meaning let alone its direct implicat...
By Martin Horejsi
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I am teaching the states of matter to first graders. I was looking for some demonstrations or hands-on activities to help the students understand the concept of a gas, since they can’t really see it. —Megan, Maryland...
By Mary Bigelow
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Elementary Extravaganza Excitement
Don’t you just hate it when multiple conference sessions you want to attend are occurring simultaneously, or several blocks away from one another? If you are an elementary teacher, the “Elementary Extravaganza” will give you a break...
By ManagingEditorSC
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Do you remember the book Play With Me, (Viking Press, 1955), written and illustrated by Marie Hall Ets about a child observing wildlife?...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Nature experiences and empathy—see the March issues of journals for early childhood educators
Both the NSTA journal Science and Children, and the NAEYC journal Youn...
By Peggy Ashbrook