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NSTA President Carolyn Hayes Says Thank You to Our Volunteers
On behalf of the staff of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and our leadership team, I would like to thank the following members of our Board, Council, Standing Committees, Advisory Boards, and Panels whose terms of appointment end on ...
By Guest Blogger
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ESSA Webinar and Rally on Capitol Hill
Update on Every Student Succeeds Act...
By Jodi Peterson
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Would you like to inspire students to be better writers while you incorporate new strategies into your teaching to assess their scientific understanding? Katie Coppens’ new NSTA Press book, Creative Writing in Science, provides engaging literary ex...
By Carole Hayward
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Questions and discussions about safety are often seen in the NSTA e-mail listserves and discussion forums. Each month, columns on safety in the science classroom/lab are featured in NSTA’s Science Scope (Scope on Safety) and The Science Teacher (Sa...
By Mary Bigelow
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The last days of the school year
I’m looking for suggestions for what to do during the last week of school, after final exams are over. I teach high school chemistry. —T., Maryland...
By Mary Bigelow
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Using museums, the community and playfulness to bring STEM concepts to life
Please welcome guest blogger, Brooke Shoemaker, who brings her museum education expertise to The Early Years blog. Brooke was a pre-k classroom educator at the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center (SEEC) in Washington, D.C. for four years, before jo...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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#OrganelleWars: A Model for Using Social Media in the Science Classroom
Given the current political fervor over the candidacies of the people attempting to become our next president, now seemed like a good time to revisit one of the most successful projects I have had the good fortune of incorporating into my freshman b...
By Guest Blogger
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Looking for free resources and finding many worthy webinars and articles
It is always a thrill to meet the authors who have written the articles in Science and Children that I’ve found so helpful, and useful enough to share....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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I’m looking for suggestions on how to have class discussions that are meaningful and help students with our learning goals, especially discussing current events or the results of our investigations. Sometimes it goes off-topic or students don’t l...
By Mary Bigelow