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Ed News: Educators Are More Stressed At Work Than Average People, Survey Finds
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By Kate Falk
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STEM Certificate: The View from AAPT
For the last several months, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has been a partner with NSTA and other professional organizations dis...
By Korei Martin
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We are incorporating more writing opportunities in our middle school and high school science classes, both “formal” and ”informal” writings. ...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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Spiders and ants and bees, oh wow!
Are you seeing a lot of spiders this last week in October?...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Digging Deeper: Peeling Back the Practices: What Did High School Students Think?
One of the big shifts in the NGSS is the integration of Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) with Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs) and Science and Engineering P...
By Cindy Workosky
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Engineering: From Trial-and-Error to NGSS-Aligned
Four years ago, when the other seventh-grade science teacher and I started redesigning our curriculum for the NGSS, we knew we would have to include e...
By Cindy Workosky
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As our first-grade class was returning to our classroom after recess, a learner directed our attention to our school’s newest retaining wall. He ask...
By Cindy Workosky
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The Engineering Design Process: A Middle School Approach
To support the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Middle School Engineering Design, we have three goals for our students: to define problems acc...
By Cindy Workosky
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I hope that everyone has learned who the most important adults in the school are: the support staff! Custodians, administrative assistants, teachers�...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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UL Xplorlabs: Fire Forensics – Claims and Evidence
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By Edwin P. Christmann
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Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s October 2017 K-12 journals
Having just completed an online course on climate change, I was interested in the Commentary: Why the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change Matters f...
By Mary Bigelow
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Student Talk: The Use of Dialogue and Discussion
This summer a group of Oregon teachers prepared to launch the Oregon Science Project, which focuses on professional development for rural teachers aro...
By Korei Martin