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Should science instruction before grade 3 be eliminated to make more time in the school day for Language Arts and Math instruction?...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Spring is a great time to focus on botany! This issue has many ideas to enhance traditional plant activities to make inquiry “bloom” in the classroom. I’ve noted the SciLinks topics that would support the content or include addition...
By Mary Bigelow
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I just sat through another full day of “professional development.” As a middle school science teacher, I’m interested in many topics related to my subject, but this day was a series of generic presentations to the entire faculty. I ...
By Mary Bigelow
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Thomas Nelson Hubbard (1931–2011)
Long-time NSTA exhibitor Thomas “Tom” Nelson Hubbard died Monday, March 21, 2011, in Santa Barbara, California from cardio-respiratory failure. Born February 22, 1931, in Rockford, Illinois, Tom attended Rockford schools, Hotchkiss Scho...
By NSTA Web Director
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Chemistry Now, week 10: pickles
Pucker up, it’s time to talk pickles. Pickled peppers, cukes, onions, eggs, really anything that can be preserved by tossing it in a brine solution and letting nature take its course. In the case of pickling, its about establishing the right co...
By admin
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Astoria High School in Astoria, Oregon just became an experiment in the future of student computing. The tech company Google put an experimental laptop into the hands every one of the school’s 700 students....
By Martin Horejsi
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A teacher's responsibilities
I will have a student teacher next semester. In addition to her leading my physical science classes, I’d like her to experience some other responsibilities that teachers have. Any suggestions? — Kimberly, Providence, Rhode Island Many people ...
By Mary Bigelow
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The children whom I see once-a-week in an hour-long afternoon science enrichment class show growth in their exploration of building using ramps and blocks to create pathways for balls. These materials have been available each session for about four m...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Switching from cookbook labs to full inquiry
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By Mary Bigelow
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Chemistry Now, week 9: the chemistry of green
It’s so simple, it almost seems magical. Leaves take in sunlight, convert it to sugars and starches, and the plant feeds itself and becomes the first link in a food chain that reaches all the way to the apple you chew and swallow on the way to ...
By admin
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An interesting example of 21st century technology
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFV9FDLrV0g[/youtube]...
By Martin Horejsi
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Teaching resources for the Japanese earthquake and tsunami
The devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan is on the minds of all of us, including our students. The event and aftermath is tragic and the continuing nuclear emergency is a reminder of how fragile society can be. As educators, we can help our st...
By Eric Brunsell
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Graphing in early childhood classrooms
The two comments on an earlier post on Collecting Data were about graphing in early childhood classrooms. My curiosity got the better of me so I investigated what some of the standards have to say about when it is appropriate to teach the concept ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Chemistry Now, week 8: cheeseburger chemistry: tomato
Tomatoes…fiery color and cool completeness How does a tomato go from green, marble-like sphere to juicy red brilliance? Chemistry, that’s how. In the case of tomatoes, the plant bathes the fruit in ethylene molecules when the fruit reache...
By admin