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“She’s afraid that if she leaves, she’ll become the life of the party.” —Groucho Marx...
By Eric Brunsell
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Chemistry Now, weeks 5 & 6: hamburgers and chocolate
Pleasant surprise or horrible mutation? Cheeseburger cupcakes....
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The other night, I could hear my daughter in her room talking; well more like explaining what sounded like schoolwork. Rather than opening the door, I...
By Martin Horejsi
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Participation "rubric"?
At our next department meeting we’re going to discuss the idea of using a rubric to evaluate students’ class participation. In many of my ...
By Mary Bigelow
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This winter has had more than “teachable moments”—it’s been a teachable season (at least on those days when school was in session)...
By Mary Bigelow
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Once again, a late evening was spent on earth science worksheets. This time, however, it was not memorizing terms that presented the challenge, but ra...
By Martin Horejsi
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Chemistry Now, week 4: chemical bonds
What makes nutmeg and cloves smell like Christmas, while polyurethane-based adhesive smells like, well, glue?...
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Join NSTA and find an early childhood science community
Dear Early Childhood Teacher (of science and everything else) and teacher educators: We invite you to join NSTA! The National Science Teachers Assoc...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Using data to get the big picture
I’m a new teacher at a new school. I’m applying for a spot on the principal’s cabinet. One of the questions he’s asking is ...
By Mary Bigelow
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No good news from the Nation's Report Card on Science
The 2009 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Science scores were released last week, and NSTA was fortunate to have a number of journalis...
By Francis Eberle
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There is an old physics joke about a professor who gave a test that included a question that required to the student to explain how to measure the hei...
By Martin Horejsi
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Data collection and representation
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By Mary Bigelow
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Each January, NASA’s Day of Remembrance honors the crew members of Apollo 1, space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, and others who have given t...
By Mary Bigelow
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Chemistry Now, week 3: molecule structure, properties
As part of the weekly, online, video series “Chemistry Now,” NSTA and NBC Learn have teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to creat...
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