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The iPad Pro: Hands-on Observations

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The iPad Pro: Hands-on Observations

The iPad Pro is, at its core, a larger iPad. Larger screen. Larger speakers (four of them), larger keyboard, larger processor, and larger resolution. ...

By Martin Horejsi

Thinking about technology and young children

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Thinking about technology and young children

When the two-year-old class goes walking around the open space with me, they sometimes like to bring pretend cameras with them. I have let children us...

By Peggy Ashbrook

Educators enjoy the innovative booths at #NSTA15

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Educators enjoy the innovative booths at #NSTA15

Babafemi Ojo is a high school biology teacher. Yet his favorite booth at the National Science Teachers Association’s Philadelphia conference was the...

By Luke Towler

Why attend a conference? What about workshops, PLCs, webinars, and conversations with colleagues as professional development?

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Why attend a conference? What about workshops, PLCs, webinars, and conversations with colleagues as professional development?

To be a teacher means being a life-long learner, by disposition and by program and licensing requirement. Every day I learn a something new in my conv...

By Peggy Ashbrook

Tapping into student interests

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Tapping into student interests

It seems like it’s getting harder to get my middle school students interested in a topic. I’ve strained my brain trying to come up with new ideas....

By Mary Bigelow

Ideas and info from NSTA's November K-12 journals

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Ideas and info from NSTA's November K-12 journals

Each of the K-12 journals this month includes Three-Dimensional Instruction: Using a New Type of Teaching in the Science Classroom with suggestions on...

By Mary Bigelow

Let Your Voice Be Heard–Support STEM Education in Final No Child Left Behind Bill

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Let Your Voice Be Heard–Support STEM Education in Final No Child Left Behind Bill

Hopes mount that Congress will complete reauthorization of No Child Left Behind this fall, establishing the federal funding and programs that will he...

By Jodi Peterson

The STEM in Kitchen Appliances

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The STEM in Kitchen Appliances

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By Becky Stewart

Schools Offer Specialized Science

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Schools Offer Specialized Science

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By Debra Shapiro

WiFi Microscope

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WiFi Microscope

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By Edwin P. Christmann

Will STEM Education Be the Child Left Behind?

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Will STEM Education Be the Child Left Behind?

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By Jodi Peterson

Games for vocabulary

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Games for vocabulary

I like to provide activities that help students learn science vocabulary, but at a recent department meeting we discussed the value (if any) of word g...

By Mary Bigelow

Tailoring professional development to the needs of a small group

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Tailoring professional development to the needs of a small group

I sometimes wish I could have another hour or more with a presenter of a session at a conference or other professional development program. I want to ...

By Peggy Ashbrook

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