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Fun and games with the carbon cycle
Demonstrating the carbon cycle was never so much fun as it was in Kristen Dotti’s New Orleans session, Drop the Lecture and Let the Students...
By Debra Shapiro
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Picture-perfect elementary STEM
This year, K–5 teachers from the Baltimore City (Maryland) Public Schools went from thinking they couldn’t teach STEM (science, technology...
By Debra Shapiro
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With STEM, almost everything is possible
The audience for Colonel Geoffrey Ling’s presentation had a treat yesterday. Ling, who is program manager for the Defense Science Office at Defe...
By Debra Shapiro
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The NSTA Science Store at the conferences is a popular meeting spot where teachers can browse ...
By Claire Reinburg
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The scoop on the Next Generation Science Standards
Stephen Pruitt, vice president for content, research, and development for Achieve, Inc., gave teachers an engaging preview of the Next Generation Scie...
By Debra Shapiro
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Morgan Fairchild on science ed and the economy
(photo courtesy of Morgan Fairchild.com) Who knew that actress Morgan Fairchild knew so much about science? “I was the original science nerd...
By Debra Shapiro
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By Martin Horejsi
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The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pipeline: how are we doing?
NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle...
By Francis Eberle
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The magic of a scientist's visit
(photo by Cathy Parker, TOPScience Project Coordinator) When a scientist visits a classroom, a kind of magic happens for te...
By Debra Shapiro
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What educators should know about research
Reading publications from other organizations related to literacy, administration, and technology provides a context for science instruction. An artic...
By Mary Bigelow
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I wish I had more than 24 hours in a day. There are so many new resources online, and even the tried and true ones are continually being updated....
By Mary Bigelow
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Exploring the practices in the science Framework
I attended a great session at the NSTA Hartford conference regarding the new Framework and Next Generation Science Standards. Francis Eberle and Harol...
By Cindy Workosky