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Could a Species Like Bigfoot Have Evolved? 17 Mysteries Revealed at #STEMforum Last Week
2016 STEM Forum and Expo Denver, Colorado, July 27–29 As Seen on Twitter...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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I’m moving to a different state to take a teaching position. I don’t know anyone there, so where can I look for guidance on state standard...
By Mary Bigelow
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The Anatomy of the STEM Pipeline: Dissecting Misconceptions at the 2016 #STEMforum
Anatomy: The subject tend to make teachers freeze up, or make the obligatory “gross” puns. But it’s a great topic for STEM, and a c...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Health Wise: Countering Poverty’s Effects on Learning
Poverty is a student health problem, according to the 64,000-member American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP; 2016a)....
By Guest Blogger
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Manipulating Contents & Containers, and representing 3-D objects in block play
It is so fascinating how obvious it is that children have different prior experiences, different developmental ages, and different interests when we t...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Wooden unit blocks and representing their use in early childhood education
Working with and reading about the work of other educators is inspiring. While observing or mentoring in different programs I am given an education an...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Once Upon an Earth Science Book
Do your middle school or high school students have trouble comprehending scientific reading? If you answered yes, we’ve got just the book for you! H...
By Carole Hayward
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Focus on Physics: The Equilibrium Rule—A Personal Discovery
Building an Understanding of Physical Principles Figure 1. Burl and Paul on a scaffold....
By sstuckey
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Ideas and information from NSTA's Summer K-12 journals
These issues are great additions to your summer reading list! Most of the lessons in these journals include a detailed chart connecting the lesson to ...
By Mary Bigelow
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Soaring in a Digital Ecosystem
This column regularly describes digital tools to help teachers make learning more personal and effective for all students. When these tools converge, ...
By sstuckey
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Place-Based Learning in Middle School: Putting Scientific Principles to Work in your Community
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” -John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1...
By Guest Blogger
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Next year there will be an opening in the high school science department. Although I love teaching middle school, I’m tempted by the opportunity...
By Mary Bigelow
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Middle school children are inquisitive and enjoy classroom opportunities to learn visually. Subsequently, an option worth consideration is an applicat...
By Edwin P. Christmann
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Write Grant Proposals That Win
A successful grant application can provide you with the funding you need to do exciting new activities with your students. The only problem is that gr...
By Carole Hayward