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Educating Students About Aerospace Careers
Students in William Ervin’s aerospace class at Dubiski Career High School in Grand Prairie, Texas, gather around the flight simulator used in the class. Cindy Hasselbring reads from the Boeing Pilot and Technician Outlook report: “804,000 new...
By Debra Shapiro
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A Manhattan jury recently awarded nearly $60 million in damages to a former Beacon High School student who was badly burned by a teacher’s botched chemistry experiment more than five years ago. The student suffered third-degree burns over 30% of hi...
By Kenneth Roy
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I find it challenging to engage elementary students in the life sciences. What are some hands-on activities that work? Are there anchoring phenomena that you recommend? —C., Utah Depending on your curriculum, you could pursue several avenues to cap...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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Measuring Murphy’s Law with the Vernier Go Direct Acceleration Sensor
On the 4th of July this year, a fitting date, America lost a true hero whom many people had never heard of, namely Robert Gilliland. Bob Gilliland was the chief test pilot and first person to fly the iconic SR-71 Blackbird, arguably the coole...
By Martin Horejsi
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The “Zoon Hot-Air Balloons Getting Started Package” contains all the materials necessary for a class of 30 students to construct and launch their own hot ...
By Edwin P. Christmann
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Plan an Interactive Family Science Event with Support from an App
Welcome to guest post authors Cindy Hoisington, a science educator researcher at Education Development Center (EDC), and Claire Christensen, an educational media researcher at SRI International....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Apply to Serve on the NSTA Board or Council by Dennis Schatz
Now that fall is almost here it is time for you and our colleagues to apply to be an NSTA board or council member. The web portal to apply – or nominate someone else – is now open at https://www.nsta.org/about/governance/nominations.aspx. Applic...
By Kate Falk
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My grade 3 students seem to be bored with the content on ecosystems. I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas of what I could do to make ecosystems more engaging? — A., Arizona...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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Designing Engineering Projects That Teach Science Concepts by Cory Culbertson
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the engineering projects in my courses. On the surface, they don’t seem like something I need to worry about. My students love these projects and talk about them all year. My administration likes the student-...
By Cory Culbertson
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Linking Science and Engineering Through Good Questions
Engineering design projects are a wonderful opportunity for students to develop science disciplinary core ideas (DCIs). (As many of you know, with the release of the NGSS, learning in engineering must be integrated with developing DCIs in physical, l...
By Greg Bartus
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Science and Humanities Classes Collaborate for Engineering Integration
As my school’s new K–4 science teacher, I wanted to expand the limited time I had for dedicated science instruction by connecting science and engineering to established student activities in the homeroom classes. Successful integration depends on...
By Kathy Kennedy
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Join NSTA’s Book Study and Gain 40 Hours of Personalized Professional Learning
If you’re beginning the school year feeling like you need more support with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NSTA has the answer for you!...
By Carole Hayward
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Two New NSTA Books Make It Fun and Easy to Engage Students in Physical Science
Teachers: We know that your instructional hours are short but that your list of teaching priorities is long....
By Carole Hayward
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Solid lessons, fluid performance
What are some fun, engaging hands-on activities or demonstrations about the three states of matter for a third grade class? —B., Tennessee...
By Gabe Kraljevic