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Science & Engineering Sessions at NAEYC 2015
Science inquiry, engineering design, research-based practices, the NSTA position statement on Early Childhood Science Education, and the Next Generation Science Standards were all part of presentations I attended at the conference of the National Ass...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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My mentor and I are discussing if we should grade science notebooks, lab reports, and assessments for correct usage, punctuation, and spelling. Or should we ignore these errors and just grade for content? —G., Maryland...
By Mary Bigelow
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Science for preschool children
I’m taking a job with a preschool program. I’m concerned about how to incorporate science lessons with children who have had no experience with science. Any suggestions or advice would be welcome. —C., Virginia...
By Mary Bigelow
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NCLB Reauthorization Moves Forward; New Ed Law Possible by Christmas
No Child Left Behind is closer to becoming history....
By Jodi Peterson
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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. But so what? Well, I guess it depends on whether or not you believe in magic!...
By Martin Horejsi
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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 use my real digital camera if they are interested, making them use the wrist strap to catch it if they...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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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 portable planetarium. “I could see kids getting in there and being amazed,” says Ojo, who teach...
By Luke Towler
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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 conversations with children (“My mommy has a baby in her tummy”), colleagues and online. Attending w...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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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. Am I the only one in this situation? —B., Arizona...
By Mary Bigelow
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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 how to integrate Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science and Engineering Practices, and CroEarath ss-Cutti...
By Mary Bigelow
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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 help to define K-12 education for the next several years....
By Jodi Peterson