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House and Senate Leaders Begin Work to Reconcile Education Bills to Replace No Child Left Behind
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By Jodi Peterson
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Team building is something that any sports team undertakes; business teams participate in; as well as other professional areas focus on. The purpose of team building is to bring individuals together to develop interactions that enhance or increase ...
By Christine Royce
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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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NSTA summer journals for K-12 teachers
Add these journals to your summer reading! The Science Teacher: Big Data...
By Mary Bigelow
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7 Science Facts #NSTA Learned on Twitter This Week
Twitter is a treasure trove for news. These tweets caught our eye at NSTA recently, and they could surely be useful conversation starters in the classroom. Read on, and share the stories that caught your eye this week! 1. Kids love chasing fireflies,...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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What are science teachers reading this summer?
Browse this month’s most popular books, e-books, children’s trade books, and journal articles on NSTA’s website. Between now and August 14, 2015, save 10% on NSTA Press and NSTA Kids books or e-books by entering promo code SUMMER at che...
By Claire Reinburg
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Expanding understanding, resources for discussions about gender
Young children’s imaginative play often includes creating family groups with toy animals or dolls, and role-playing with housekeeping and dress-up materials. They recreate the relationships they experience or know of from books and other media....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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A graphic organizer for writing
When I ask students to write about a topic, most try to submit a collection of copy-and-paste paragraphs. I’m looking for strategies to help students create original writing. —H., Georgia...
By Mary Bigelow
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Senate Passes Legislation to Overhaul No Child Left Behind
Fourteen years after it was first signed into law and seven years after it expired, the U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday, July 16 to overhaul the Elementary and Secondary Education Act–commonly known as No Child Left Behind–by a vote of...
By Jodi Peterson
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Engineering Next Generation Science Leaders in Omaha, Nebraska
“Here we go” was a tweet from a delegate attending the 2015 National Congress on Science Education (NCSE), held last week in Omaha, Nebraska, by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA); excitement was evident from start to finish! Congre...
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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Finding out what students know and can do
I teach sixth grade science, and my students come from five district elementary schools and several private schools. Some schools emphasize science more than others, so it’s hard to know what knowledge and experience each student has. My principal ...
By Mary Bigelow
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K–5 and the Next Generation Science Standards—Webinars
The free webinars by National Science Teachers Association experts, Carla Zembal-Saul, Mary Starr, and Kathy Renfrew, will guide us to a deeper understanding of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Summer weather events and patterns
If you haven’t been tracking weather events with the children in your summer and year-round programs, they are missing an opportunity to make observations and learn about collecting data. Some regions have more of the same every day, some experienc...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Senate Debates NCLB; House Passes NCLB Rewrite Legislation, Student Success Act
This past week the full Senate began work to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act with the Every Child Achieves Act, legislation that would replace No Child Left Behind, first signed into law 14 years ago and scheduled for reauthor...
By Jodi Peterson
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July 8, 2015, image of Pluto and Charon tak...
By Claire Reinburg
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Do you have any suggestions for how I can help my middle school students understand and use the metric system? We struggle with this at the beginning of every year. –E., Indiana...
By Mary Bigelow
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Start Your App Search With a Question
[youtube]https://youtu.be/LL4n4nq0DDc[/youtube] In this video, columnists Ben Smith and Jared Mader share information from their Science 2.0 column, “Start Your App Search With a Question,” that appeared in the Summer issue of The Science Teacher...
By sstuckey
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NSTA at #ILA15: Hands-On Science + Literacy Solutions
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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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NSTA President Carolyn Hayes Welcomes NSTA's New Committee, Advisory Board, and Panel Members
On behalf of the ...
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NSTA’s K-College July 2015 Science Education Journals Online
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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Our Most Popular NSTA Press Book Quotes
For nearly two years, NSTA Press has been pinning quotes from its books to Pinterest. Our followers often repin these interesting, informative, and often inspirational quotes. These are the books that have garnered the most attention. Are you followi...
By Carole Hayward
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Three major features of “doing” science
NSTA has identified three major features of students who actually “Do” science. The first of these is Human explorations of the natural world. The second includes Explanations of the objects and events encountered. And the third requires Evid...
By Robert Yager
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Exploring the properties of clay
Finding bits of clay pottery made and discarded by people hundreds of years ago reminds me of how this useful material can be a valuable addition to a preschooler’s experience. Of the earth but not commonly found on playgrounds, clay could be r...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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ESEA (No Child Left Behind) Reauthorization Bill Scheduled for Senate Action July 7
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By Jodi Peterson
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Drifters Take Students on Scientific Ocean Journeys
The Charger, a 5-foot-long drift boat, has been launched from larger vessels several times throughout its journey across the Atlantic Ocean....
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Get Lost in the Magic of Learning with the Celestron Flipview Digital Microscope
One of the wonderful things about the amazing science education technology available to teachers today is that the tech can disappear—in a good way. The Celestron Flipview digital microscope is one of them. ...
By Martin Horejsi
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What science teachers are reading June 2015
Here are the most-read books, e-books, and children’s trade books on NSTA’s website this month. Click over to the NSTA Science Store and catch up on what’s hot this June on science teachers’ reading tables and tablets....
By Claire Reinburg
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Just about four years ago, A Framework for K-12 Science Education appeared on the scene, and just over two years ago the Next General Science Standards were published and released. Since that time, there has been much effort put into and collective...
By Christine Royce
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Bruce Alberts’ Grand Challenges Offer Reforms Sought by Science Educators
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By Robert Yager
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Classrooms as ecosystems: The physical environment
(This is a continuation of Classrooms as ecosystems: Social interactions, in response to a question about creating a classroom that is a positive place for learning: The physical environment...
By Mary Bigelow
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Classrooms as ecosystems: Social interactions
During my student teaching, I was impressed with how the classroom was a very positive place for learning. I wasn’t there at the beginning of the year when the teacher set things up, so I’m wondering what to do when I get my first classroom. �...
By Mary Bigelow
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Va-cation, stay-cation, and edu-cation
But teachers get the summers off!! How many times do we see that in op-eds and online conversations? Those who make that comment obviously have never been a teacher, a family member of a teacher, or friend of a teacher....
By Mary Bigelow
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Garden observations and questions
Gardening with children may turn up questions voiced by the children or suggested by their behavior. As you observe children in the garden or a natural area, take a few notes about what they look at or touch....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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NSTA at NAESP: Hands-On Science + Literacy Solutions
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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Go Big with Vernier's Go Wireless pH Sensor
The Vernier Go Wireless (Bluetooth) pH sensor...
By Martin Horejsi
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Our new principal wants us to come up with goals to accomplish in the next year. He hasn’t provided much guidance yet, so I don’t know what to do. How can I do this meaningfully? —J., Delaware...
By Mary Bigelow