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A classic activity to show that air is matter and takes up space is to tuck a piece of tissue into a small clear jar, up end the jar and lower it into...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I’m mentoring a new science teacher. I’ve never done this before, so I’m asking teachers, “What’s the best advice your m...
By MsMentorAdmin
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Invertebrates in the classroom
Children often do not think of invertebrates as animals. If we can train ourselves to talk about insects and other invertebrates not as “bugs” but...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Playing with magnets and learning about the property of materials
Playing with magnets is a useful science activity in early childhood classrooms because it fosters conversation, exploration of materials, and learnin...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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It’s one thing to get students to recite definitions for the states of matter. But what do they really understand? For instance, the word “gas...
By Mary Bigelow
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Setup day for NSTA staff here in Cincinnati and all is going smoothly. We’re looking forward to thousands of attendees engaging in outstanding ...
By Howard Wahlberg
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One of the many rich workshops I attended at the NSTA Portland Area Conference was the Family Science Day Session presented by the Foundation for Fami...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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With the emphasis on literacy since the onset of No Child Left Behind, there seems to be two schools of thought. One emphasizes instruction in reading...
By Mary Bigelow
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I am a new teacher, and my supervisor asked me to write a letter recommending a student for an award. I don’t think he is qualified. What should...
By MsMentorAdmin
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Visiting the city of Portland, Oregon and the waterfalls of the Columbia River Gorge invigorated my thinking about taking classes outside....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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At the NSTA conference in Portland
It was exciting to be in the midst of so many people who care about teaching and learning science, and a pleasure to anticipate being on the receivin...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Collaboration in science teaching
Collaboration is key for many scientific endeavors, and an opportunity for growth for teachers. Here’s how two preschool teachers, both with a...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Diverse reading matter converges around "preconceptions"
My reading matter for the trip to the NSTA Portland conference is How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School, Expanded Edition, (National A...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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WOW, the universe is REALLY big
More than 60 educators crowded into room C124 at the Convention Center this afternoon to ponder the imponderable: the size and scale of the universe?...
By ManagingEditorSC
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Have you ever thought about writing for an NSTA journal?...
By ManagingEditorSC