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Learning Visualized with the Vernier Go Direct Hand Dynamometer

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Learning Visualized with the Vernier Go Direct Hand Dynamometer

Collecting real-time data is important in science and science education, but it also presents a wonderful opportunity to learn about graphing and data...

By Martin Horejsi

Appropriators Provide Boost for Federal Education Programs

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Appropriators Provide Boost for Federal Education Programs

ESSA Title IVA and Title II See Increases for FY2020 Programs...

By Jodi Peterson

Adding Inquiry to ‘Cookbook’ Labs

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Adding Inquiry to ‘Cookbook’ Labs

Jose Rivas’s AP Physics 1 students at Lennox Math, Science, and Technology Academy in Lennox, California, work on a rotational inertia investigatio...

By Debra Shapiro

Why I Am Voting YES for Science Teaching by Judy Boyle

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Why I Am Voting YES for Science Teaching by Judy Boyle

I am an elementary teacher, not a science teacher. I teach everything from shoelace tying to technology. When I began teaching, my science content kno...

By Kate Falk

Handouts available, NSTA19 was great—thanks Missouri!

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Handouts available, NSTA19 was great—thanks Missouri!

Where but at an NSTA national conference can you: See a possible future for your students in the keynote speech by retired astronaut and U.S....

By Peggy Ashbrook

Heat Source Safety

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Heat Source Safety

Many hands-on STEM activities and demonstrations require the use of a heat source. The challenge is to determine the appropriate heat source based on ...

By Kenneth Roy

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Having the right chemistry

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Having the right chemistry

I was wondering how I could incorporate chemistry into my early elementary classes and what some good resources are to use. — G., Montana Chemistry...

By Gabe Kraljevic

PASCO Wireless Pressure Sensor

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PASCO Wireless Pressure Sensor

Introduction:...

By Edwin P. Christmann

NSTA Members to Vote on New Name

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NSTA Members to Vote on New Name

The NSTA Board of Directors took a bold step to usher in a new, exciting future for NSTA by voting in February in favor of changing the association’...

By Cindy Workosky

LOL

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LOL

I like to infuse humour into my classroom. What is your opinion on teachers and students joking around? — T., Utah I, too, am a jokester and like to...

By Gabe Kraljevic

Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s April 2019 K-12 journals

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Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s April 2019 K-12 journals

Regardless of what grade level or subject you teach, check out all three K-12 journals. As you skim through titles and descriptions of the articles, y...

By Mary Bigelow

Ed News: Here’s The Math That Proves Teachers Are Underpaid

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Ed News: Here’s The Math That Proves Teachers Are Underpaid

This week in education news, math that proves teachers are underpaid; how 29 year old Katie Bouman helped to capture the image of a black hole; and h...

By Kate Falk

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