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NSTA’s 2018 National Harbor Conference: Personalize Your Schedule Based on Content Area
Happening right outside the nation’s capital, NSTA’s 2018 National Harbor conference on science education will take place November 15–17....
By Carole Hayward
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Beginner, as well as veteran, middle school science educators will find what they need to reimagine the teaching of physical science in Patrick Brown’s new NSTA Press book Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 6-8: Structuring Lesson...
By Carole Hayward
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How Did an Ordinary Science Teacher Win an Award?
Dear NSTA Colleagues, As a proud 18-year veteran of a Kindergarten classroom, applying for one of the NSTA awards in 2014 became “LIFE CHANGING.” I am excited to share my story as an NSTA member whose passion for teaching Kindergarteners and sc...
By Korei Martin
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Evidence, claims, and Media Literacy Week
As the author of the NSTA Press book Exemplary Evidence: Scientists and Their Data, elementary science educator and gu...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Supporting Students With Disabilities in STEM
Jason, is this big enough?” My seventh-grade teacher asked me about the text on the whiteboard, in front of the entire class. Much to my horror, she continued to ask this repeatedly for what felt like the rest of the year. As a middle school studen...
By Kate Falk
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Chinquapin oak acorns, also spelled “Chinkapin.”...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Helping Students Develop Perseverance
Tom Meagher, district STEM education coordinator for Owatonna Public Schools in Owatonna, Minnesota, shows students how to hold a Monarch butterfly before releasing it....
By Debra Shapiro
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NSTA’s E-mail List Server: A Gold Mine of Help at Your Fingertips
One of the most popular and accessible ways for members to get quick professional development advice and stay abreast of education trends is through the free NSTA’s E-Mail List Server....
By Carole Hayward
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Simple Ways to Make the Best Schedule for Your Grade Level at #NSTA18 Charlotte
NSTA’s 2018 Charlotte conference on science education is right around the corner (November 29–December 1)....
By Carole Hayward
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Spiders and other small creatures—do we want children to be afraid?
Huge anatomically incorrect ‘spiders’ with legs as long as a Daddy Longlegs’ took over the neighborhood these past weeks, crawling up webs ‘spun’ on the sides of houses. Dropping out of trees are others with more fuzzy hair than a troll dol...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Education and the November Election, What You Need to Know
It’s trick or treat time, and I’m not talking Halloween. This important election will happen in 8 days and NSTA will still be working on your behalf in 8+1 days. The most important thing for you to do is to vote. We need to ma...
By Jodi Peterson
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How to Use the Power of Assessing in Your Classroom
Authors Lisa M. Nyberg and Julie V. McGough have done it again....
By Carole Hayward
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Bringing the outdoors indoors.
How do you achieve the full concept of bringing the outdoors, indoors? How do you make sure your students are getting the most out of it? How do you transition smoothly where you do not lose any student’s attention? — K., Louisiana ...
By Gabe Kraljevic