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Tackling Scientific Problems and Pitching Engineering Solutions at #NSTA16 Columbus
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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Only at NSTA Minneapolis: #ToysForNerds
“Uh oh, someone hold me back #toysfornerds #ONLYatNSTA.” @SaraKDM sums up the joy of the thousands of science teachers who came together at NSTA’s area conference on science education in Minneapolis to do the things they rarely get ...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Bring More Everyday Engineering into your classroom
A new book by NSTA Press helps middle school teachers incorporate engineering into their science classrooms. ...
By Carole Hayward
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FLIR ONE Thermal Imaging Camera
Introduction The imaginations of middle school and high school students will be fully engaged in the science classroom with the FLIR ONE Thermal Imaging Camera. This camera’s thermal capabilities allow students to explore things invisible to the h...
By Edwin P. Christmann
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I’m frustrated by my sixth graders. When they’re supposed to be working cooperatively, they are unfocused—it seems more like a social event. By middle school, shouldn’t students know how to work cooperatively? Or are they too imma...
By Mary Bigelow
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Join the National Day of Action for Full Funding of ESSA Student Success
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By Jodi Peterson
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Computer Science Should Supplement, not Supplant Science Education
Computer science (CS) aficionados have a lot to celebrate recently....
By Guest Blogger
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An Acknowledgment Form Is Safer Than a Contract
The school year is well under way. But before students enter science labs, they must turn in a safety acknowledgment form. After completing introductory safety training, as noted in NSTA’s Duty of Care (NSTA 2014), review and have students and t...
By Kenneth Roy
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Focus on Physics: Skateboard Physics
As with all sports, skateboarding involves a lot of intriguing physics. I’ve marveled at the maneuvers of skilled skateboarder Alex Hewitt (my grandson). When traveling along a horizontal surface, Alex crouches and then springs upward with his skat...
By sstuckey
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Investigating water with Early Childhood educators
“At what age can a child begin science learning?” asked one participant at an early childhood education workshop on investigating the properties of water in a fun, scientific way using observation, documentation and reflecting on that work. The g...
By Peggy Ashbrook