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Getting to the root of STEM

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Getting to the root of STEM

NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle...

By Francis Eberle

Student-produced videos

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Student-produced videos

As part of the quest to find relevant resources for SciLinks topics, I’ve been poking around YouTube, TeacherTube, and other video sites. I&#821...

By Mary Bigelow

Digital photography websites

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Digital photography websites

Here are some helpful websites addressing digital photography. Instead of an endless list of sites (I call them link dumps), I have provided only one ...

By Martin Horejsi

Displaying science on classroom bulletin boards

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Displaying science on classroom bulletin boards

I teach science to fifth and sixth graders. I have a separate classroom equipped as a lab. It’s an ideal situation, but as a new teacher, I&#821...

By Mary Bigelow

Free technology for teachers

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Free technology for teachers

Happy New Year! Over the holiday break, I found this blog on a colleague’s Facebook page. Free Technology for Teachers has lots of suggestions f...

By Mary Bigelow

Physics videos

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Physics videos

December’s Science 2.0 includes a brief example of how Dale Basler (physics teacher and co-host of Lab Out Loud) creates his own videos for use ...

By Eric Brunsell

Activities and investigations

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Activities and investigations

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By Mary Bigelow

Micronaut

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Micronaut

From January’s Science 2.0 column: Picture This Assessment “I have often used microscopic images of everyday objects as warm-up exercises to s...

By Eric Brunsell

Science 2.0 suggestions!

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Science 2.0 suggestions!

A blog (and column) works best when it focuses on community. We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions. Let us know if you want us to write ...

By Eric Brunsell

Young scientists publish their work

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Young scientists publish their work

One of the many blogs I subscribe to is Not Exactly Rocket Science from Discover magazine....

By Mary Bigelow

Cameras in YOUR classroom

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Cameras in YOUR classroom

In the November and January issues of The Science Teacher, we wrote about using digital cameras in the classroom. November’s column (read it fre...

By Eric Brunsell

What can you do with this?

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What can you do with this?

December’s Science 2.0 column focused on using rich media to spark questioning and inquiry.  Here is a fully developed example from Dan Meyer&#8217...

By Eric Brunsell

Lesson planning

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Lesson planning

Our middle school science department has started using the BSCS 5E instructional model. We like this framework, but we’re having a hard time fit...

By Mary Bigelow

Sulfur + iron + tantalum …

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Sulfur + iron + tantalum …

What on earth could this be a recipe for? ...

By NSTA Web Director

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