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I’m exhausted. I just got back from a whirlwind NSTA ed-venture. I had to check to see what the students covered with the SUB while I was gone, I had to submit lesson plans for the week. I have to catch up on grading as the quarter comes to a close...
By Korei Martin
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Congress Agrees to Final FY18 Spending Package
This week both the House and Senate have <finally> passed legislation on federal funding for fiscal year 2018, and President Trump is expected to sign the bill into law, ending the threat of another government shutdown. The news is goo...
By Jodi Peterson
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Breakerspaces are areas where students demolish, repurpose, fix, or disassemble appliances, electronics, toys, and other devices to learn how they work, what components were used to create them, and how they were designed. Like any type of ...
By Kenneth Roy
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Ed News: Want More Girls In Science Fields? Check The Images On Your Classroom Walls
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By Kate Falk
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The Vernier Go Direct Radiation Monitor: Well Worth the 90-Year Wait
Stephen Hawking died recently marking 2018 as another date in science history from which events will be measured. Isaac Newton was born in 1642, the same year Galileo died. And it is that 1642 date that is often used as a convenient moment in time to...
By Martin Horejsi
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It is day 2 of the NSTA National Conference! One of my favorite ways to start the day is the Elementary Extravaganza—it’s a great event with lots of hands-on activities and demonstrations specifically for elementary educators....
By Lynn Petrinjak
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What a day! If your shoulders are not throbbing, bags not over-flowing, and brain not racing… you may have not been at the same conference as I was. I teach middle school Earth & Space Science and Environmental Science at an Independent school...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Ron Clark's Opening Session: "We need to inspire the next generation!"
Ms. Valeria (@GA_ScienceRodva) captured the essence of Ron Clark’s dynamic presentation to thousands of science teachers first thing Thursday morning with her sketchnotes. More About the 2018 National Conference on Science Education...
By Carole Hayward
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#NSTA18 Atlanta: Tweet All About It!
The 2018 NSTA National Conference started with selfies, and quickly evolved into group shots! Science selfies at the Alabama booth in the registration area! #NSTA18 pic.twitter.com/TxebvjxlAI — Cindy Willingham (@cwscience) March 15, 2018...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Online community on learning science through play
Play may mean many things, but in early childhood education it can include learning science concepts. Looking for resources on “Learning Science Concepts Through Play“?...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Congress Scrambles to Introduce Bills to Address School Violence & Mental Health
In the wake of the school shootings last month in Parkland, Florida that claimed the lives of 17 people, key leaders in both the Senate and the House have introduced legislation they believe will improve school safety and bring more mental health cou...
By Jodi Peterson
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Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s March 2018 K-12 journals
Regardless of what grade level or subject are you teach, as you skim through the article titles, you may find ideas for lessons that would be interesting your students or the inspiration to adapt/create your own. All three journals this month include...
By Mary Bigelow
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Guest blogger Cindy Hoisington is an early childhood science educator at Education Development Center Inc. in Waltham, Massachusetts. She brings to her work more than 20 years of experience teaching young children, developing educational materials, a...
By Peggy Ashbrook