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Where else but Philadelphia?

People were doing double-takes in the exhibit hall as Ben Franklin himself was strolling around. I wonder what he thought of all the displays and even...

By Mary Bigelow

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You know your session is successful when…

Equity and Excellence...

By Mary Bigelow

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Young investigators

Inquiry Projects in the Elementary Classroom...

By Mary Bigelow

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Best conference ever!

This is my favorite conference so far, and that’s saying a lot since I’ve worked at NSTA for 12 years! Even the weather is cooperating&#82...

By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director

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The scoop on science notebooks

Karen Wood...

By Debra Shapiro

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Philly Soul

NSTA conferences offer so much more than what you see on the program. Between sessions, I stopped to watch and listen to this young man, who was perfo...

By Debra Shapiro

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Did you bring your kids?

I didn’t bring my son, but after walking around the Exhibit Hall, I regretted it. Who knew that Curious George would be here? When I saw him, I ...

By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director

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All about animals

This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a Madagascar hissing beetle. I enjoy going to NSTA conferences because I get to see all sorts of denizen...

By Debra Shapiro

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The Science Store is bustling

The NSTA Science Store has a new look!...

By Lynn Petrinjak

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Early enthusiasm evident

I was talking to a first time attendee on the trolley from the hotel to the convention center this morning. Cecelia Dygdon told me the web site was ov...

By Lynn Petrinjak

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Among friends

The great thing about traveling to an NSTA conference is that almost immediately you find yourself among friends. When I arrived at the train station,...

By Debra Shapiro

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The calm before

Things are quiet for now at the registration area in Philadelphia (noon on Wednesday—attendee registration opens at 5:00). ...

By NSTA Web Director

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Can't wait for the exhibits!

Walking through the Exhibit Hall, watching it get set up, is exciting. Pretty soon the rafts of building materials, strings of lights, and yards of ma...

By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director

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Taking the train

It’s time to head for the train station and get on my way to the 2010 National Conference on Science Education in Philadelphia. I’ve cre...

By Lynn Petrinjak

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Take a musical break

Catty-corner from the Mariott Hotel in Philadelphia is a national musical treasure: the Wanamaker organ (yes, the store is a Macy’s now). This i...

By Mary Bigelow