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Dear President-Elect Trump: Make STEM a National Imperative
The presidential election last week surprised everyone, delighted some, and confounded quite a few. Wherever you landed on this spectrum post-election day, as teachers, there is one thing that we can all agree on: that we must work even harder now to...
By David Evans, NSTA Executive Director
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Focus on Physics: The Moon Is Falling!
Sometimes it seems like everything is in free fall—the stock market, the value of your home, even your outlook for progress in the world. And now you learn this disturbing fact: The Moon is falling! And falling directly toward Earth! But you needn...
By sstuckey
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New NSTA Infographic Explores How Today's Students Learn Science
As a member of the NSTA communications team, I often field questions from a wide variety of audiences—teachers, parents, school and district leaders, business leaders and reporters—about the exciting new developments in science teaching and learn...
By Cindy Workosky
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Equity in Science Education Begins in Prek
Welcome to my colleague Lauren Allen who co-authored this blog post. ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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#NSTA16 Portland: Come and Get Your Swag!
At NSTA’s Portland conference today at the membership booth, we’re giving away tickets to our LA conference next spring, tweet shirts (while supplies last), and gift cards. And that’s what you can win before you even step into the e...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Science 2.0: When Students Become Digital Citizens
Modern science learning requires the use of digital tools and a shift in teaching philosophy and pedagogy. The backbone to this shift rests in a skill that we’ve not yet addressed: digital citizenship....
By sstuckey
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9 Housekeeping Tips for Science Educators
A clean lab is a safer lab. These nine housekeeping tips can help science teachers reduce the risk of lab accidents. 1. Location, location, location. Keep all lab equipment and materials in assigned places, such as cabinets and drawers, with label...
By Kenneth Roy
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I need strategies to encourage students to ask their own questions. They answer mine and discuss topics, but when I ask them if they have any questions, I get a lot of blank looks. —A., Washington...
By Mary Bigelow
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Science Lessons for the Next President—and Your Students
A recent feature in Science Magazine (21 Oct 2016) offers “Science lessons for the next president.” As I read the article I realized that these lessons exemplify the reason that all citizens need to be scientifically literate....
By David Evans, NSTA Executive Director
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Bright Ideas for Middle Schoolers through the Bright Schools Competition!
Begin Developing your BRIGHT Schools Team The goal of the Bright Schools program is to create a learning experience that will help students, parents and teachers better understand the link among light, sleep and student health and performance....
By Guest Blogger
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Science and the Star Wars Universe
When Rogue One: A Star Wars Story debuts next month, science teachers who use the Star Wars films in their classrooms will have another tool not just for teaching science, but also for integrating it with other subjects. The films “are a grea...
By Debra Shapiro
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At the beginning of class, it takes my students a long time to settle down. We are wasting time as I try to get their attention. Any suggestions? –T., Maryland To take advantage of...
By Mary Bigelow
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When I was student teaching, I had some really good science lessons for second-graders that lasted about an hour. But now I have only a half-hour for science each day. I need suggestions for shorter lessons. – C., Colorado...
By Mary Bigelow