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I’m looking for suggestions on how to have class discussions that are meaningful and help students with our learning goals, especially discussing current events or the results of our investigations. Sometimes it goes off-topic or students don’t l...
By Mary Bigelow
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The best education resources of 2016 just announced
This week, the Association of American Publishers PreK–12 Learning Group announced the year’s top learning resources, its 50th year of providing this service to the education community....
By Claire Reinburg
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Teacher Appreciation Week, ESSA, and More
There has been a good deal of activity at the Department of Education with the ESSA and on Capitol Hill recently....
By Jodi Peterson
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Ideas and information from NSTA's April/May K-12 journals
This month, all three K-12 journals include the article Addressing Student Diversity and Equity. Another must-read article for all science teachers!...
By Mary Bigelow
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We are excited about attending an NSTA conference next year (it would be our first conference). The school has professional development funds to cover some of the expenses, but we have to write a proposal describing what we hope to learn from it. Any...
By Mary Bigelow
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Reflecting on the NSTA National Conference Middle School Share-a-thon
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By Guest Blogger
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Career of the Month: Medical Scientist
Based on Interviews With Professionals Using Science in the Workplace...
By sstuckey
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Meeting with others about early childhood STEM education–at a conference, at the White House
The powerful learning that comes of getting together with others who are interested in the same topic can lead to action that increases opportunities for all children to engage in science and engineering explorations. Let’s not leave out using tech...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Teach Your Students To Be Good Stewards of the Environment
Share some of these great NSTA Press® resources with your students and teach them the importance of being good stewards of our environment. Prices provided are the member and nonmember book prices....
By Carole Hayward
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Uncover Your Students’ Ideas in Earth and Environmental Science
The newest book in the NSTA Press best-selling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series is here!...
By Carole Hayward
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Sylvia Shugrue award winner 2016
Debra Ericksen, winner of the 2016 Shugrue Award and a science teacher at Adamsville Primary School in Bridgewater, NJ, has developed interdisciplinary, inquiry-based lessons that encourage students to pursue their curiosity about the world....
By admin
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Exemplary science teaching leads to better assessment of student learning
Too often science teachers focus on the information included in textbooks and a specific curriculum. But these resources do not include Exemplary Science Teaching. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) continue to focus on conventional ideas a...
By Robert Yager
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THE GREEN ROOM: When Lead Flows from the Tap
Making Your Teaching More Environmentally Friendly...
By sstuckey
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Teach Students Evidence-Based Argumentation
Scientists make arguments and test arguments. They evaluate, analyze, and critique data. Scientists question. They learn from their mistakes. For student scientists, learning how to make and support evidence-based arguments is a critical to their fut...
By Carole Hayward
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Science with infants, toddlers and preschoolers
In the March 2016 Rocking and Rolling column in Young Children, “Sharing the Wonder Science With Infants and Toddlers,” Emily J. Adams and Rebecca Parlakian write, “For infants and toddlers, [science] is a process of exploration and discovery.�...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Recommendations for Science-Focused Additions to a Middle School Reading List
Question of the Week on the Middle Level List Serve “I’d really like to encourage my middle school (6-8) students to read more science literature for more robust discussions....
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Vernier Turns Up The Pressure with the new Pressure Sensor 400
The new Vernier Pressure Sensor 400 is one small step up in price, but one giant leap in performance. With an exceptional operational temperature range, and secure metal fittings makes the Vernier Pressure Sensor 400 is a serious tool for high schoo...
By Martin Horejsi
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#NSTA16 Nashville | Do Not Try This at Home!
Big Bird, @BillNye and Flamingos… No it’s not a crazy dream, it’s #NSTA16— @eckzoo April 3, 2016 ...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Multicultural Equity at NSTA16
Earlier today I attended the Equity Through STEM session presented by Jerry Valadez and Retiring NSTA President Juliana Texley. The discussion was intriguing—not only did they share the history of multicultural initiatives within NSTA, they talked ...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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The True Story of #LilHil: How Social Media Helped Me Write My #NSTA16 Nashville Story
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By Patricia Hillyer
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Bill Nye's Rising Star Wants to Talk to Science Teachers
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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Apprehensive about teaching science
I’m nervous about teaching science. It was not my favorite subject in high school and I took only the required courses in college (mostly lecture). My elementary math-science methods course included science inquiry, but I had very few opportunities...
By Mary Bigelow
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Early Childhood at the NSTA 2016 national conference: Elementary Extravaganza and more!
When I search any conference schedule to choose sessions to attend I am always suspicious of those that are listed as for PreK-12....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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There has been a lot of activity on Capitol Hill with FY2017 appropriations, the new federal education law ESSA, and at the Department of Education....
By Jodi Peterson
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What Can Science Teachers Learn about Special Needs at the #NSTA16 Nashville Conference?
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By Guest Blogger
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Are children wondering about dirt (soil)?
When children work with soil (or dirt as they most often call it), they rarely question where it comes from. Soil, sky, water…they just are....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Gardening: with limitations and some success
When the preschool moved, the new location presented many obstacles to gardening with children: Sloping ground. Mature trees shading much of the area. English ivy covered portions of the available area. The play area had not yet been constructed so ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Ideas and information from NSTA's March K-12 journals
This month, all three K-12 journals include What We Call Misconceptions May Be Necessary Stepping-Stones Toward Making Sense of the World (a must-read) and Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12 (a must-share)....
By Mary Bigelow
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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Supercharge Your Elementary Science Program in 4 Days at #NSTA16 Nashville
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By Korei Martin