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Chemistry of soap and detergents
Slippery, slathery, sparkly soap. We squirt a dollop on our hands, rub it in timed to the birthday song, rinse off, and our hands are squeaky clean. ...
By admin
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The American Jobs Act and science labs
NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle...
By Francis Eberle
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Science of natural disasters, for young children
With ten-plus inches of rain, even fenceposts sprout with fungus....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Models, and maps, and spatial understanding
Teaching spatial awareness is part of most early childhood standards, such as the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework (Understan...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I just started my first teaching position (middle school Earth science) and already I feel overwhelmed. It seems like I need 36 hours in a day. What c...
By Mary Bigelow
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How will you implement your professional development learning this year?
Professional development strengthens teaching skills and introduces the latest research about learning....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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— The Scientific Process Berkeley’s Understanding Science website is a great resource for learning more about the process of science. The re...
By Eric Brunsell
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Welcome back for the 2011–2012 school year!
NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle...
By Francis Eberle
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Benefitting from undergrad research experience
photo by Karolis Panavas...
By Debra Shapiro
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I’m an elementary teacher and I’m thinking of taking the Praxis test to be certified to teach science in middle school. It has been many years...
By Mary Bigelow
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It’s a challenge for science teachers to design activities and investigations that fit into the time periods we have. But science research and i...
By Mary Bigelow
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Authentic experiences in microscopy
OK—you’ve seen the adventures that students have to explore living things, but you don’t have the funds for a field trip and your school...
By Mary Bigelow
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YouTube is an amazing resource, with videos on just about any topic. There are animations, videos of demonstrations that you might not be able to do i...
By Mary Bigelow
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Our district has a goal for every teacher to reinforce student literacy skills. We’re struggling with this at the secondary level. Most of our s...
By Mary Bigelow