JoinAll Blog Posts
Blog Post
First Graders Become Corn Experts: Using Questions to Drive Instruction
First graders love when fall comes to Kansas. It’s a magical time when lots of events are occurring in their environment, and I take full advantage of their natural curiosity. We begin the school year with a mini science unit featuring corn and agr...
By Cindy Workosky
Blog Post
Scaffolding the Practice of Asking Questions and Defining Problems
With the adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), teachers are wondering how to teach their students to do the science and engineering practices (SEPs). Some SEPs, such as carrying out investigations and analyzing data, are a natural...
By Cindy Workosky
Blog Post
Connecting with other educators who share my interests and help me expand them is one of the benefits of writing for NSTA’s journal and blog. Guest blogger Tom Lough is a contributor to Science and Children and has taught science and science educat...
By Peggy Ashbrook
Blog Post
Ed News: Igniting Students’ STEM Interest Begins With Education Their Teachers
...
By Kate Falk
Blog Post
I will be student teaching in a school with small classes – between 6 and 12 students. I find this to be challenging. Any suggestions or advice? — M., Kansas ...
By Gabe Kraljevic
Blog Post
Can Schools Use Federal Funds for Guns and Firearms Training?
A huge controversy over whether districts and states can use funds from the new federal education law to purchase guns and pay for firearms training is still ongoing, weeks after the issue first surfaced in an article published in the New York Times....
By Jodi Peterson
Blog Post
Problem-Based Learning: An Essential Tool in Each K-12 Science Educator’s Toolkit
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a strategy that is tailor made for teaching science. Under the PBL framework, students actively drive the learning process, one that takes them through rich and authentic, but incompletely defined, scenarios....
By Carole Hayward
Blog Post
Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s September 2018 K-12 journals
Whether you’re looking for ideas on systems thinking, adding strategies to your teaching repertoire, or creativity in science, this month’s K-12 journals have it all. Regardless of what grade level or subject you teach, check out all thre...
By Mary Bigelow
Blog Post
Isopods—your favorite animal? Children are fascinated
What you call these small animals probably depends on where you grew up. Pillbug, sowbug, roly-poly, woodlice, potato bug, cochinilla, slater, and Armadillidium vulgare are some of the names I’ve heard for my favorite animal, the isopod. What kind ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
Blog Post
NSTA recently issued a position statement calling for greater support for science educators in teaching evidence-based science, including climate science and climate change....
By Cindy Workosky
Blog Post
This blog post describes steps teachers should take to ensure that laboratory freezers and refrigerators are free from safety hazards. Science teachers should adhere to the following standard operating procedures, via the University of Texas at Austi...
By Kenneth Roy
Blog Post
How can you use 3D printers in your science classroom? — S., Alabama ...
By Gabe Kraljevic
Blog Post
Keep it grounded. Keep it real.
I’ve been teaching science for three years. My students seem to see science as an abstract subject and have trouble imagining it. How can I help my students appreciate the lessons more with limited time and resources? —R., Philippines ...
By Gabe Kraljevic