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What’s happening in the early childhood world of Pumpkin Science? Have you planted and harvested pumpkins? Have you weighed, floated, cut-open, coun...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Great science in urban middle schools
If you’re an administrator in an urban middle school, come to the NSTA Conference in Minneapolis. You can spend a day with a group of dedicated urba...
By Debra Shapiro
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SciLinks and cooperative learning
Earlier this month, I was asked to search for and upload resources on cooperative learning for SciLinks (use the keyword “community collaborati...
By Mary Bigelow
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Are children getting enough direct experience with natural materials?
There has been an interesting discussion going on among the middle and high school science teachers on the NSTA General Science email list about the l...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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The average wind speed in Minneapolis is 10 miles per hour (mph), equal to the Windy City of Chicago, according to worldfactsandfigures.com. While tha...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Richard Louv on returning nature to the classroom
By now many of you surely have heard of Richard Louv and his book Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. ...
By Debra Shapiro
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The editor makes a good point – helping students connect science to real issues can help to dispel the “why are we doing this” quest...
By Mary Bigelow
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One of the organizing strands for the NSTA Conference in Phoenix is “Rigor Without Mortis: Challenging and Accessible Content.” Challenging AND ac...
By Debra Shapiro
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Asking questions and solving problems
In the article CSI for Trees there a quote that sums up the theme of this issue: “An ordinary activity can be transformed into a lesson that in...
By Mary Bigelow
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Some of my colleagues in the science department and I would like to start a book group, but we’re not sure how to get started. What books should we ...
By MsMentorAdmin
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Resource sharing—websites and other places to learn
Does it seem to you that this blog needs a place to post about resources such as book and website recommendations, commercial sites for needed early ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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"Early Sprouts" for two
When I shared my copy of the book Early Sprouts: Cultivating Healthy Food Choices in Young Children with a nutritionist friend, she got very excited ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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What science should we teach in early childhood?
I’m interested in your opinions on what should be included in early childhood science standards. We don’t want to underestimate the abilities of y...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Living things in the classroom
Many NSTA journal articles refer to working in “Outdoor Classrooms.” I teach in a neighborhood school with no grass or trees in the school...
By MsMentorAdmin
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What a bonanza for chemistry/physical science teachers this fall–first, the September issue of The Science Teacher (with the theme of Chemistry ...
By Mary Bigelow