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It’s amazing how comfortable you can be at an NSTA conference, even in a city you’ve never visited before. Even the floors are just like h...
By Debra Shapiro
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Just taking a break after a full schedule of sessions and a reconnaissance of the exhibitor’s hall. The conference center is a very large venue,...
By Mary Bigelow
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Be sure to check out the conference blog this week. Use the tab at the top of the page for first-hand accounts of the sessions, exhibitors, speakers, ...
By Mary Bigelow
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Just how big is this conference?
According to the NSTA conference website, there are over 1400 presentations and workshops (not counting other special sessions and happenings)! I was ...
By Mary Bigelow
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Why are we studying this? What good will this do me? I know there are teachers who enjoy the challenge of students’ asking questions such as the...
By Mary Bigelow
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All of these articles this month reflect Isaac Newton’s work on forces and motion and the application of these principles to our daily lives –...
By Mary Bigelow
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Was there ever a time when a one-size-fits-all approach to science instruction was appropriate?...
By Mary Bigelow
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You’ve heard the old saying that when the student is ready, the teacher appears. In the case of the NSTA Boston National Conference, when the ci...
By Debra Shapiro
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Natural history, nature science, and science teaching
Our science department meetings were interesting. My colleague and I taught life and environmental science, and our counterparts in the high school sc...
By Mary Bigelow
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I’ve been attending NSTA conferences off and on since the early 1980s. But this year, since I’ve retooled (rather than retired!), I don’...
By Mary Bigelow
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I’ll give Tyson credit – he spelled my last name correctly (no mean feat) and South Jersey includes the shore, so close enough. I joined the NSTA...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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The articles in this issue focus on one of the fundamental processes of science: observation. How big? What happened? What changed? How does it feel? ...
By Mary Bigelow
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In much of the country, February is not the month in which we think of environmental activities, at least the outdoor kind. But this month’s Sci...
By Mary Bigelow
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As I was reading my February issues of the NSTA publications, it occurred to me how there is a common thread among them. The lead article in The Scien...
By Mary Bigelow
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As I catch up on readings and resources from other blogs, listservs, and journals, I found several things I’d like to share. I’m calling t...
By Mary Bigelow