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Do You Know What You Do Not Know?
The recent report by the Pew Research Center was titled “A Look at What the Public Knows and Does Not Know About Science” and according to their website found “….. that most Americans can answer basic questions about several scientific terms ...
By Christine Royce
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As the wind stirs up and we get a full day of long-awaited rain, children arrive at school in rain boots and coats, and a few in soaking wet sandals. Hurricane Joaquin will bring more rain and wind this weekend as it moves north in the Atlantic, hope...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Build Your Professional Network
In this video, columnist Ben Smith shares information from the Science 2.0 column, “Build Your Professional Network,” that appeared in a recent issue of The Science Teacher. Read the article here: Build Your Professional Network [youtube]https://...
By sstuckey
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The PASCO Bluetooth Spectrometer: Even Isaac Newton would flip over the power of this digital prism!
The PASCO Wireless Spectrometer...
By Martin Horejsi
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Teaching a “STEM” class or curriculum means addressing each letter in the acronym. In a rigorous STEM curriculum, those four areas of teaching and student learning—Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics—will be observable every day....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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My principal asked me as the science department chair if I could help one of our new teachers. From the beginning, she’s having issues with classroom management and organization. I’m willing to do what I can to help her, and she is open t...
By Mary Bigelow
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#NSTA15 Area Conferences on Science Education: Bloggers Wanted
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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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The eCYBERMISSION STEM Competition Asks: What’s Your Volunteer Type?
“From my perspective as an advisor, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the interest and motivation eCYBERMISSION generates in my students. I use many of the website RESOURCES and videos to teach methods. The real learning comes from seeing a project...
By Korei Martin
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Over the course of a day, 350 million photos are uploaded to Facebook. 6,000 Tweets are sent each second, and young adults send or receive about 100 texts per day (hopefully not all of them during class time!). Together, this creates 2.5 quintillion...
By Guest Blogger
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Emory University freshman Alexa Dantzler maintains the temperature of a solution that, after reacting it with several chemicals, will allow her to determine how much calcium carbonate exists in an antacid tablet....
By Robert Yager
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Ideas from NSTA September K–12 journals
Science and Children: Engineering and Design...
By Mary Bigelow