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NSTA Retiring President Mary Gromko Thanks Retiring Committee Members
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In science classes, do students work better in random groups or with their friends? I’m a student teacher in middle school. – S., Arizona...
By Mary Bigelow
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Cars and plants: following children's interests and teaching science
“Regardless of the curriculum, it is important to remember that every lesson portrays an image of science to students and conveys information about...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Are you interested in enhancing your STEM teaching repertoire? Or in integrating engineering concepts but not sure where to start? There have been som...
By Mary Bigelow
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Explore the Power of Investigating
How can a teacher build and maintain a learning environment that will help students investigate meaningful questions? That’s the central question of...
By Carole Hayward
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Using the Crosscutting Concepts to Scaffold Student Thinking
At the recent NSTA National Conference in Los Angeles, three-dimensional learning was, of course, a major topic of discussion. When those discussions ...
By Cindy Workosky
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At the core of a Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) classroom is the sequence of exposing students to an interesting natural phenomenon, having ...
By Cindy Workosky
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Introducing Crosscutting Concepts in the Elementary Grades
Four years ago, I moved from teaching middle school science to teaching grades 2–5 STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) la...
By Cindy Workosky
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Do you have any ideas for faculty meetings for a new science department chairperson? I’m sure I can handle most of the responsibilities, but I&#...
By Mary Bigelow
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Relating weather watching to periodic nature events
Two-years-olds may be too young to remember the seasonal changes that happened in the last year but they are not too young to understand and talk abou...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Trump Budget Proposes Cuts in Education
President Trump’s budget is not expected out until Tuesday, May 23, but the Washington Post is reporting that the Administration is planning massive...
By Jodi Peterson