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Safety Training for Non-Science Instructors
Unlike science teachers, non-science educators have little to no training in hazard analysis, risk assessment, or safety-related issues. As a result, non-science employees, such as teachers of other subjects or special education and paraprofessionals...
By Kenneth Roy
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My third-grade class created models of plant and animal cells with various items that they found around the house. Many of the kids did a great job, and their projects were very colorful. I brought samples to my Professional Learning Community (PLC)...
By Sharon Delesbore
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Making Cooperative Learning Groups Work
How can I keep my students more engaged in their science cooperative learning groups? —A., California...
By Sharon Delesbore
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Sample new science lessons from NSTA Press books
NSTA Press authors offer a rich selection of fresh lessons and strategies in their newest books, and you can download samples from each of them through the ...
By Claire Reinburg
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When informal science institutions (ISIs) offer professional learning opportunities to teachers to support science in schools, they create the potential for dynamic science educators and classrooms that can support high-quality science learning for s...
By Dr. Vanessa Lujan
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Out-of-School Time (OST) organizations play a vital role in our education system by providing youth with ways of discovering and exploring the world of STEM that complement the learning they experience during the school day. But OST programs often fa...
By Dr. Irene Porro
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The Wade Institute for Science Education has long valued the power of informal institutions to create precisely the kind of student-led inquiry-based learning and real-world problem solving envisaged by the three-dimensional learning of NGSS. Through...
By Angela Damery
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Helping Educators Develop Young Ocean Problem-Solvers
Myrtle, the green sea turtle. Photo credit: W. Chappell Informal science centers are in perfect alignment to provide rich NGSS supports using three-dimensional learning and real-world connections....
By Corrine Steever
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House Leaders Introduce The College Affordability Act
Democrats Introduce Bill to Reauthorize Higher Education Act House Democrats introduced a long-awaited bill earlier this week that would update the Higher Education Act for the first time in more than a decade....
By Jodi Peterson
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Media literacy week, October 21-25, 2019
A shared reading experience is one of the most powerful strategies for building children’s literacy skills according to the International Library Association (ILA pg 3) and in my experience as a reader, educator, and parent. Once a week I am a gue...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Does my Administrator Trust Me?
I am a first-year teacher at a high school listed as a priority to the district (i.e. school improvement needed). I like the school and the students but it seems like the administration is in my classroom all the time. I’m concerned that they do no...
By Sharon Delesbore
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Join NSTA Press book authors for workshops at NSTA area conferences in Fall 2019
NSTA Press book authors will lead workshops at NSTA fall conferences around the U.S....
By Claire Reinburg