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Heat and energy: what can young children understand?
My cat has moved to the top of the radiator for the winter, at least when the boiler is on and warm air is moving up through convection from below. With a house temperature of 66*-68*F, I would also like to lie on it, hopefully with some sunshine rad...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Senate Leaders to Start Over on No Child Left Behind
Last week the Washington Post ...
By Jodi Peterson
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Using Physical Science Gadgets and Gizmos in Elementary Grades
The authors of the popular Phenomenon-Based Learning series have released a new book geared toward elementary-age students. Using Physical Science Gadgets & Gizmos, Grades 3-5: Phenomenon-Based Learning is the latest book by Matthew Bobrowsky, Mi...
By Carole Hayward
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I am thinking of switching careers to become a secondary science teacher (I currently work for an environmental agency). Before I decide, what should I consider? —S., Connecticut...
By Mary Bigelow
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NSTA’s K–12 Science Education Journals: February 2015 Issues Online
Energy and Matter; Science and Language Arts; and Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information—these are the themes of the February 2015 journal articles from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)....
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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It’s a Great Time for the Latest Next Time You See Books
Emily Morgan, popular NSTA Press co-author of the Picture-Perfect Science Lessons series, has recently added three new books to the Next Time You See series: Next Time You See a Maple Seed, Next Time You See the Moon, and Next Time You See ...
By Carole Hayward
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If you’ve been to Chicago, you know it’s an ideal place to focus on design and architecture....
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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This March, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Teaching Every Child by Embracing Diversity” at our ...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Finding books about systems in cold weather
In cold weather children’s systems of clothing for comfort may become more complicated with added parts of boots, leg warmers, mittens, scarves, hats and coats with multiple fastenings. Reading a book aloud during the time it takes children to get...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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ESEA is Moving —Call your Representatives, Let your Voice Be Heard
Work to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, otherwise known as No Child Left Behind, is moving quickly in both the Senate and the House....
By Jodi Peterson
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Help Your Students Become Proficient in Science Through Argument-Driven Inquiry
“The new aim of science education in the United States is for all students to become proficient in science by the time they finish high school. The argument-driven inquiry (ADI) instruction model was designed as a way to make lab activities more au...
By Carole Hayward
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Thoughts of Gardens Can Warm Cold Winter Days
As the temperature dips low and snow piles up across large areas of the country, I find myself thinking about the spring weather to come and working in my garden. So I was delighted to have the chance to read author Steve Rich’s latest NSTA Kids bo...
By Carole Hayward
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I’m an Administrator. How Can I Stay Connected to Science Instruction?
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By Carole Hayward
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When I was student teaching, we had to do a “reflection journal.” Now that I have my own teaching assignment, I’m wondering if teachers keep such a document. If so, what do they put in it? What format do they use and how do they find the time f...
By Mary Bigelow
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College Students: Volunteer with eCYBERMISSION and See the Big Picture
Ever considered the opportunity to offer your help or engage with someone you might learn something from?...
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#14Books: NSTA Press Honored to Be on Science Books & Films Best Books List
Field-tested science fair ideas that make students responsible for their own learning… middle school experiments using Rocket Launchers, Sound Pipes, Drinking Birds, and Dropper Poppers… a kid-magnet formula that will get your students en...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Science lessons for the new year from NSTA Press
NSTA Press sampler of science l...
By Claire Reinburg
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NSTA Press author Victor Sampson presents a webinar on scientific argumentation
Join NSTA Press author Victor Sampson for his webinar “Scientific Argumentation: Helping Students Identify, Evaluate, and Support Claims” (a 2-part course)....
By Wendy Rubin, Managing Editor, NSTA Press
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New year, new format for The STEM Classroom
Welcome to my new blog! The old STEM Classroom e-newsletter has gotten a makeover and become part of the new monthly Science and the STEM Classroom....
By Becky Stewart
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Senate releases draft of No Child Left Behind legislation
Last week Sen....
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NSTA and ASE: creating pathways to better international cooperation in science education
They say the world is flat … and so it often seems. Cross the ocean by plane, or travel far from home by train or car…sit down for coffee with other teachers…and the issues are almost always the same. We find much in common wherever we go....
By Juliana Texley
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One of the perks of being an NSTA member is having access to all of the journals online. Regardless of the grade level you teach, the journals have ideas for authentic activities and investigations that can be used, adapted, or extended for different...
By Mary Bigelow
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The Next Generation Science Standards: a transformational opportunity
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and A Framework for K–12 Science Education articulate a beautiful vision for students....
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Supplementing a budget decrease
Our principal just informed us that the science department budget will be decreased for next year. It’s already bare bones, so my colleagues and I are interested in finding other funding sources such as grants. What do we need to know to get starte...
By Mary Bigelow
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System exploration in early childhood
When winter sets in, teachers set aside time in the schedule for children to remove and store their winter outwear. Such a variety of clothing systems appear! Coats and jackets with zippers, hoods, snaps and Velcro, mittens and gloves, hats that pull...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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In a letter to the West Virginia Board of Education, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) encourages the members of the Board to eliminate changes that were made to the Next Generation Content Standards and Objectives for Science in West ...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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The Pasco Wireless Dissolved Oxygen Probe VS. Winter Water
The power of a Bluetooth-connected Dissolved Oxygen probe is not only from the DO data, but the places the data can be collected, and the ways the data is presented. Over the holidays I took the Pasco wireless DO probe up in the mountains to genera...
By Martin Horejsi
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Science "home"work for interested students
I have several students this year who are really into science. I’d like to provide or suggest some elementary-level projects or activities that parents can do with them at home to encourage this interest. Do you have any ideas beyond book lists and...
By Mary Bigelow
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NSTA’s K–College Science Education Journals: January 2015 Issues Online
Is your science classroom equipped for success? Or are you teaching with limited resources?...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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This March, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Natural Resources, Natural Partnerships” at our 2015 National Conference on Science Education, in Chicago, March 12–15....
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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National Bird Day Resources from NSTA Press
Today is National Bird Day, and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has some great resources you can use to celebrate! Enjoy these free chapters from NSTA Press—they will ease you into the new year and help you look forward to spring....
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Movie Magic Can Jump Start Your Science, Math, and Technology Lessons
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By Carole Hayward
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Problem solving and engineering in play
Unless teachers and parents resist the urge to help as soon as we first see that a child has a problem, we might miss seeing how the child can solve it, possibly developing new skills in the process....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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By Carole Hayward
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What would YOUR End of the Year Recommendation (Resolution) be to the Business Community?
In 2007, Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future (RAGS) was released from the National Academies Press and heralded the need for improved performance in producing a STEM prepared workforce f...
By Christine Royce
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I like to consider my classroom as a partnership with the students. So this year (my first year), the students were able to choose their own teams for cooperative learning and lab activities. This worked out in some cases, but there are teams that do...
By Mary Bigelow
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"Extras" for NSTA journals
Students are naturally inquisitive and eager to learn. The NSTA K-12 journals for December have many ideas and suggestions for teachers to tap into these inquiring minds....
By Mary Bigelow
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Must read—take S&C home over winter break
The December issue of Science and Children will be an issue I refer to often....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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NSTA’s K–12 Science Education Journals: December 2014 Issues Online
The titles of this month’s journal articles from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) are so fun, you may just feel like you’re getting an early holiday present when you read them: “Elephant Trunks and Dolphin Tails,R...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director