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Two of the sessions I attended today were presented by classroom teachers who have found new ways to develop their leadership skills....
By Mary Bigelow
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NSTA must be in Nature’s good graces, because this was a perfect day to arrive in Baltimore for the area conference—blue skies and warm (f...
By Mary Bigelow
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I just got back from the NSTA area conference in Kansas City, Missouri, and I’d like to try presenting. My colleagues and I have some successful...
By Mary Bigelow
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NAEYC post conference update: science was there
From beginning to end, the National Association for the Education of Young Children 2010 annual conference in collaboration with National Black Child ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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To hire or not to hire …
To continue the theme of “what’s been brewing lately?” I recently received a message from an NSTA chapter leader who asked for guida...
By Teshia Birts, CAE
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Your thoughts on alternative certification
“Different Routes to Science Teaching Lead to Common Ground,” the cover story of the November...
By Debra Shapiro
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Science at The National Association for the Education of Young Children's national conference
The National Association f...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I’ve used some of your suggestions on class participation, but this year I have several fifth-graders who try to monopolize class discussions an...
By Mary Bigelow
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USA Festival of Science and Engineering 2010—just a fraction of what was there
I had a good time at the USA Science and Engineering Festival Expo in Washington, D.C. on October 23 and 24. I was really impressed with the large nu...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Popular classroom resources at the KC conference
The on-site Science Store at the Kansas City Area Conference has been bustling....
By Claire Reinburg
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The fall is my favorite season — the colorful leaves, the cooler weather, the different position of the sun that gives everything a slightly dif...
By Mary Bigelow
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Teaching and learning about wind energy
On an appropriately blustery morning in Kansas City, the short course “Wind Energy for the Science Classroom,” led by Joe Rand of The KidWind Proj...
By Claire Reinburg
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Blogging resumes for NSTA Chapters and Associated Groups community
Hello everyone! I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself —I’m Teshia Birts, one of the newest members of the NSTA staff...
By Teshia Birts, CAE
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Physics filtered through a three-year-old
“Whether we like it or not,” Christoph Niemann writes at the New York Times website, “human life is subject to the universal laws of...
By NSTA Web Director