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Ed News: Teacher Shortages Affecting Every State As 2017-18 School Year Begins
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By Kate Falk
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Early-in-the-school-year science experiences to support later explorations
When children and teachers are just getting used to being at school and with each other, open-ended experiences can help bring joy to what may be a st...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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What Goes Into STEM Certification? STEM Orgs Weigh In
What if you are an experienced science teacher but you have limited knowledge of engineering? Or you are an administrator looking for the most qualifi...
By Guest Blogger
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A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I see many good activities for middle school involving plants, but what if students already did something similar at the elementary level? I don’t w...
By Mary Bigelow
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Collaborating to Improve Performance Expectations
Jessica Tetreault and I were the only two middle school teachers at a recent conference, so we were paired to create a common performance assessment t...
By Cindy Workosky
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Gravitational Interactions and 3-D Learning in Middle School
I recently embarked on a journey with K–8 teachers in Vermont to learn how to be intentional about planning for three-dimensional (3-D) learning in ...
By Cindy Workosky
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It's Elementary: Investigating Student Work
Teachers wear many hats in the classroom. We are doctors, therapists, IT technicians, politicians, and entertainers, but the one hat we wear that is e...
By Cindy Workosky
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It is truly an exciting time in science education. Science educators across the country are adapting to a new vision of how students learn science gui...
By Cindy Workosky
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I will start teaching in an elementary school this year. When I looked in what will be my future my classroom, but I didn’t see supplies or equi...
By Mary Bigelow
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Unparalleled Student Experiences through the NASA Educator Workshop
During July 2001, I along with 24 science educators from 15 states attended the NASA Educator Workshop (NEW) at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsv...
By Korei Martin
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Federal Agencies Fulfilling their Mission to Support Science Education
Science has been a central component of American democracy from the very beginning. Thomas Jefferson wrote, “Whenever the people are well-informed, ...
By Korei Martin