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I’m hoping that secondary teachers will take a look at the articles that describe authentic investigations conducted by young scientists in thei...
By Mary Bigelow
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Footprints in the snow—books to extend learning
Bird footprints in fresh snow...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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The Frugal Science Teacher, PreK–5
When the going gets tough, the tough get creative. Challenging times mean lean budgets in many schools, but science teachers have a knack for stretchi...
By Claire Reinburg
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Exploring form and function with hats: books about firefighters
In the February 2010 Early Years column (Science and Children) I wrote about exploring form and function using hats, and testing them for how water fl...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I’m looking for suggestions for formative assessments. Do you have some unique ideas to assess students quickly and adjust instruction accordi...
By Mary Bigelow
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Latest from NSTA's online outposts
What’s New, 2/1/2010 Here’s a quick look (with lots of links!) at what’s going on at NSTA’s online outposts: In the NSTA onli...
By Howard Wahlberg
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Seeking inventive college students
A new series for a major cable network is searching for college students who are always inventing things and building things. If you know any smart, ...
By Debra Shapiro
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Science activities: quantity vs. quality
My ninth grade students enjoy labs, but my colleagues say I do too many and the students aren’t learning anything. How many labs should I do each we...
By Mary Bigelow
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Two-year-olds explore transparent, translucent, and opaque materials
Science activities with two-year-olds may not last very long but sometimes the children surprise me. One group of four children spent about 15 minutes...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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NSTA Press author Richard Konicek-Moran has always been challenged and inspired by what he calls Everyday Science Mysteries, those events you stumble ...
By Claire Reinburg
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To help students understand this month’s earthquake in Haiti, the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology has compiled a set of resour...
By Mary Bigelow
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More science in the early years—a reoccurring theme from high school teachers and researchers
So it’s not just me, or you…An elementary school science specialist wrote to National Science Teacher Association colleagues asking middle and hig...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Science-related nonfiction books
I teach science at the elementary level. I’d like to improve our nonfiction science collection for students to read outside of class or for teac...
By Mary Bigelow
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Latest from NSTA's online outposts
Lots going on across the spectrum of NSTA’s online outposts. Here’s a quick list of what buzz is happening where: On our “core site&...
By Howard Wahlberg