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What’s New for May 31 on NSTA’s various online outposts Happy Memorial Day! Many of you are wanting to download the resources from the confer...
By Howard Wahlberg
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Educational technology standards
I had an interesting conversation with some teachers about technology skills for the 21st century. Many years ago in the last century (the mid 1980s),...
By Mary Bigelow
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At our elementary school, we’re exploring the idea of changing from self-contained classrooms to departmentalizing in grades 4 through 6. In ter...
By Mary Bigelow
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Deadline extended for NSTA New Science Teacher Academy
The deadline to submit applications for the 2010 NSTA New Science Teacher Academy has been extended to June 21, 2010. Science teachers located through...
By Howard Wahlberg
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What's new for May 24 on NSTA’s various online outposts
Many of you are wanting to download the resources from the conference in Philadelphia. Here’s how. Highlights of stimulating conversations takin...
By Howard Wahlberg
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As a SciLinks user, you have access to thousands of websites in the database. An intrepid group of reviewers called NSTA Webwatchers—made up of scie...
By Mary Bigelow
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A local laboratory is relocating, and the company is offering to donate materials and equipment to our high school. Our principal says this looks like...
By Mary Bigelow
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Latest from NSTA's online outposts
What’s New for May 17 on NSTA’s various online outposts Many of you are wanting to download the resources from the conference in Philadelphia....
By Howard Wahlberg
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New "Quiz Manager" in SciLinks
Perhaps you’ve used the “Favorite Websites” feature of SciLinks, in which you can create lists of websites to share with students....
By Mary Bigelow
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I read Jean Craighead George’s My Side of the Mountain at just the right time in my life—young enough to believe that I could live in the wood...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I’ve just been hired for my first teaching position as a high school biology teacher. I’m excited, but a little apprehensive. What can I d...
By Mary Bigelow
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Learning from the experience of others
As the revision of the national science education standards gets started, many educators, administrators, parents, and other community members will be...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Learning about the butterfly life cycle with local butterflies
This year I have challenged myself to use only local animals in the classroom, for budget and ecological reasons. Luckily for me and my students, Cabb...
By Peggy Ashbrook