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Embark on Your STEM Odyssey in LA at #NSTA17

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Embark on Your STEM Odyssey in LA at #NSTA17

Editor’s Note: This blog originally listed the wrong featured speaker for this strand. ...

By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director

Engaging Students in the STEM Lab

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Engaging Students in the STEM Lab

In the STEM Lab at Englewood Middle School in Englewood, Colorado, eighth graders...

By Debra Shapiro

Student recycling project

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Student recycling project

I sponsor an after-school science club for upper elementary students. They’d like to expand the recycling program at the school. I’m looking for suggestions on what they can do. – C., Pennsylvania...

By Mary Bigelow

Citizen science + Photos of signs in public spaces = literacy and spatial awareness

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Citizen science + Photos of signs in public spaces = literacy and spatial awareness

If you and the children need to be active to stay warm outdoors in cold temperatures, consider walking fast on a walking field trip to locate and document signs around your community....

By Peggy Ashbrook

Feedback from participants

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Feedback from participants

Recently, I did a hands-on workshop for other teachers on science apps and probes. I thought it went really well, and no one had any questions at the end of the session. But now, I’m getting lots of messages and phone calls for help. My colleag...

By Mary Bigelow

Argument-Driven Inquiry in Physical Science

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Argument-Driven Inquiry in Physical Science

Interested in teaching your students how to make and support their science explanations in the classroom? We’ve got just the thing. The newest books in the Argument-Driven Inquiry Series from NSTA Press is here....

By Carole Hayward

Flying the Beam

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Flying the Beam

What did you do before the navigation apps on your smartphone? Just a few (OK, several) years ago we were all using paper road maps, or finding our way using local landmarks. But think about the lack of landmarks for a WWII fighter pilot navigating o...

By Judy Elgin Jensen

Focus on Physics: How E = mc2 Helps Us Understand Nuclear Fission and Fusion

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Focus on Physics: How E = mc2 Helps Us Understand Nuclear Fission and Fusion

Nuclear physics has an undeserved reputation for being tough for students. This article may reduce this “toughness” by showing how Einstein’s familiar equation E = mc2 relates to the reductions in mass and enormous releases of energy that o...

By sstuckey

P-47 and the Turbo Supercharger

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P-47 and the Turbo Supercharger

You have to wonder about the engineering design advantages of a P-47 Thunderbolt airplane when WWII pilot Archie Maltbie recalls, “I flew the P-47 Thunderbolt in the 365th (Hellhawk) Fighter Group . . . and I know without doubt that I owe my life t...

By Judy Elgin Jensen

Health Wise: Keeping Track of Sugar

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Health Wise: Keeping Track of Sugar

Students should consume no more than 25 g (6 tsp.) of added sugar per day, recommends the American Heart Association (AHA 2016)....

By sstuckey

Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s December K-12 journals

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Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s December K-12 journals

Elementary and middle school teachers have a real gold mine this month – both journals have the theme of Energy....

By Mary Bigelow

Seeing the Real Me: Using Loose Parts from Nature to Create Self Portraits

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Seeing the Real Me: Using Loose Parts from Nature to Create Self Portraits

  Guest bloggers Stacey Francois MS, and Hannah Goble presented a poster session at the national conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. I was delighted to be able to talk with them about their work and am pl...

By Peggy Ashbrook

Looking Ahead to 2017

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Looking Ahead to 2017

Congress left town last week after the Senate averted a government shutdown and approved a continuing resolution (CR) that will fund the government at FY17 funding levels through April 28....

By Jodi Peterson

The Harmful Particles in 3-D Printers

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The Harmful Particles in 3-D Printers

As three-dimensional printers are starting to become more common in science, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), and Fab labs, recent research indicates that 3-D printers pose serious health and safety concerns....

By Kenneth Roy

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