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First Time at an NSTA Conference? Up Your Game With These Insider Tips
Are you attending the 2016 NSTA National Conference on Science Education in Nashville in March 31-April 3? If this is the first time you’ve attend...
By Mary Bigelow
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Teaching Energy Across the Sciences, K–12
Students’ experiences with hearing and using the term energy to describe everyday events give them a very intuitive sense of what energy is and how ...
By Carole Hayward
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“Engineering Habits of Mind” Empower Performance: Featured Presentation at #NSTA16 Nashville
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By Guest Blogger
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My mentor wants to video my middle school science class. I’m not having specific problems with students and I think my lessons are good, but thi...
By Mary Bigelow
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Reading aloud, asking questions and engaging in discussion
“Do you remember Moomintroll?” my sister asked me recently....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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To prepare children to be close observers of the small animals that will be more easily seen in spring, I bring a container-habitat of beetles into t...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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First Look: Hands on with the Pasco Wireless Temperature Sensor
The humble electronic thermometer is often the gateway technology into the world of digital data collection, and Pasco Scientific just made that tech...
By Martin Horejsi
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Ideas and information from NSTA's February K-12 journals
This month, all three journals include Planning NGSS-Based Instruction: Where Do You Start? This article is another must-read for teachers who are loo...
By Mary Bigelow
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I write a weekly note home to the families to accompany some photos for families to look at together and reflect on the week’s explorations with the...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Teacher Professional Learning: Transforming Teacher Practice
Several weeks ago the National Academies on Science (NAS) released a report that the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) believes should be ...
By Guest Blogger
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Survey Reveals Challenges with Teaching Climate Change
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By David Evans, NSTA Executive Director