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Creating tomorrow's STEM workforce

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Creating tomorrow's STEM workforce

Katherine Johnson helped pave the way for women and African Americans in technical fields...

By Debra Shapiro

CSI Philadelphia

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CSI Philadelphia

Full disclosure–NSTA got me hooked on the CSI programs. Ordinarily I would have ignored them, but when I heard that these shows excite students ...

By Debra Shapiro

Meet the author

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Meet the author

The NSTA Store has a corner where we can meet the authors of current and popular books. Steve Rich was here today to sign copies of his latest book O...

By Mary Bigelow

Learn, share, re-engergize

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Learn, share, re-engergize

I headed over to the exhibit hall just before it opened. I was surprised to see so many eager educators waiting for the doors to open, even on the th...

By Lynn Petrinjak

Rest? Not much, even on the weekend

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Rest? Not much, even on the weekend

Some NSTA attendees take a few minutes to rest their feet....

By Lynn Petrinjak

Multi-tasking

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Multi-tasking

Hughes High School, a STEM-focused school in Cincinnati, has an intersession which students devote to their projects. As luck would have it this year,...

By Mary Bigelow

Do these guys ever rest?

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Do these guys ever rest?

ISTE (the International Society for Technology in Education) sponsored a series of seven sessions (spread out over two days) presented by two of the m...

By Mary Bigelow

Taking a break

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Taking a break

Shopping at the NSTA store...

By Mary Bigelow

LOL in science class

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LOL in science class

Diana Hunn and Susan Clay Due to technical difficulties, I arrived late to Diana Hunn’s and Susan Clay’s session on Using Humor to Enh...

By Debra Shapiro

Science talk in Philadelphia at the NSTA national conference

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Science talk in Philadelphia at the NSTA national conference

Science talk between students (not teacher-to-student)—is that possible?...

By Peggy Ashbrook

Talking to teachers

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Talking to teachers

I talked to a few more teachers this afternoon. There are folks from all across the country here this week, but I somehow managed to talk to two peopl...

By Lynn Petrinjak

Girl power in science

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Girl power in science

Christina Dragon...

By Debra Shapiro

Getting ideas

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Getting ideas

I was in an interesting session yesterday and have overheard bits and pieces of a lot of different conference attendees talking about presentations th...

By Lynn Petrinjak

What attendees are saying

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What attendees are saying

I talked to a few teachers this morning between sessions. Here’s what they’re saying about attending the conference: Daniel Welker...

By Lynn Petrinjak

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