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I’ve been following Qwiki in its beta form, and now it’s available to all. Qwiki is a multimedia resource with more than two million entri...
By Mary Bigelow
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The limits of molecular learning
As the evening wore down and the hour hand moved north of the seven, my sixth grade daughter informed me she had a big science test the next day and n...
By Martin Horejsi
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*Great Backyard Bird Count, February 18-21, 2011...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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February’s Science 2.0 column focuses on how you can transform your classroom by using video lectures. Check out these videos by two of the pio...
By Eric Brunsell
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Chemistry Now, week 2: cheeseburger chemistry—cheese
As we mentioned last week, NSTA and NBC Learn have teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch “Chemistry Now,” a weekly, onlin...
By admin
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Personalized professional development
I am part of a team of elementary teachers (pre-K through fifth grade). Where can we find professional development (PD) in Earth sciences? —Patricia...
By Mary Bigelow
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Conference sessions of great interest to early childhood teachers
The March 10-13, 2011 National Science Teachers Association’s national conference in San Francisco promises many good sessions for early childhood ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Chemistry Now, week 1: chemistry of water
In celebration of the International Year of Chemistry, NSTA and NBC Learn have teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch “C...
By admin
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I like to think of science as the process of discovering or creating knowledge. Sure it has many other definitions, but to me, in its most basic form ...
By Martin Horejsi
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Importance of teaching science in early childhood promoted by NSTA President Alan McCormack
For any who did not get a chance to read the wonderfully supportive statement by the National Science Teachers Associatio...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I was just reading about Google’s Global Online Science Fair. My first thought was why didn’t I think of that? But even if I had, it would hav...
By Martin Horejsi
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Data collection in early childhood
The January 2011 issue of Science and Children focuses on collecting data. In the Early Years column I wrote that “Young children collect data ever...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Every spring, our fourth grade does a one-day field trip. The teacher who usually planned the event retired, and I was asked to take over. We’d ...
By Mary Bigelow