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The science teacher must be prepared to clean up minor spills that may occur in the lab and know how to proceed in the event of a major spill. A prope...
By Kenneth Roy
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Here's Why Elementary Science Teachers Will Love #NSTA18 Atlanta
NSTA is headed to Atlanta for our 2018 National Conference on Science Education, March 15-18, and we have incredible things in store for elementary te...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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I have a few students who test me, as well as my mentor teacher, in most directions and instructions that we give and will abuse the science materials...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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Choosing resources for early childhood science learning
Choosing resources for early childhood science learning that are scientifically accurate, developmentally appropriate, and reference research about le...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s January 2018 K-12 journals
Installing Glass Walls and Doors in the Science Classroom, a commentary in Science Scope, describes what collaborative teacher teams “look like&...
By Mary Bigelow
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Eureka! Grade 3-5 Science Activities and Stories
Elementary teachers have to balance the challenges of literacy instruction with high stakes testing and content area instruction. What teachers need...
By Carole Hayward
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Growing a Turnip and Growing Professionally: Resources at every step of the way
Resources that support early childhood science learning may be ideas or lesson plans for specific investigations by children, or be information for ed...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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NASA Grants Rocket Informal Ed Ahead
As part of a NASA CP4SMPVC grant to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida, middle and high school students have identified 91 v...
By Debra Shapiro
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Model-making and engineering in a preK program
Through visits to other programs, reading books, attending conferences and webinars, and having conversations with colleagues, I continue to learn abo...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Argument-Driven Inquiry for the High School Physics Classroom
Argument-Driven Inquiry in Physics Volume 1, Mechanics Lab Investigations for Grades 9–12 is the latest addition to the popular NSTA Press Argument-...
By Carole Hayward
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Ed News: A Novel Way To Improve Teacher Prep, Give Teacher Better Curriculum
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By Kate Falk
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Engineering in Early Childhood: Learning from conference sessions
One of the conference sessions on engineering I attended at NAEYC quoted children in the title: “Don’t Call Us Kinders, We’re Engineers!” ...
By Peggy Ashbrook