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Archive: Sponsored Web Seminar: Industry-based Artificial Intelligence STEM Program in Your Classroom, June 1, 2022

Through the STEMwave program, students learn how to build AI-based chatbot solutions for the school website. The program dives deep into machine learning and natural language processing; creating a memorable and meaningful project-based environment i...

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Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, April 26, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

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Archive: NSTA Teacher Awards – Recognizing Excellence Rewarded, October 27, 2022

Did you come up with an innovative way to teach a lesson? Have you devoted your life to promoting science and the teaching of science? Did you successfully transform science teaching in your classroom? If you answered yes to any of these questions, t...

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Piloting Virtual Field Trips During a Pandemic

By Tilly Duong, Melissa Telemeco, Charlotte Dean, and Alexandria Hansen

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Data-Driven Science Vlogging for Connected Learning Anywhere

By Rundong Jiang, Xiaotong Ding, Shannon Sung, Ashley Bulseco, and Charles Xie

Informal Education Citizen Science Inquiry Phenomena Physical Science Technology

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MindHive: An Online Citizen Science Tool and Curriculum for Human Brain and Behavior Research

By Suzanne Dikker, Yury Shevchenko, Kim Burgas, Kim Chaloner, Marc Sole, Lucy Yetman-Michaelson, Ido Davidesco, Rebecca Martin, and Camillia Matuk

High School Informal Education Citizen Science Inquiry NGSS Research Technology

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Archive: Transforming Science Education Through Service to NSTA, September 22, 2022

Question…What do you think the “face of success” looks like? We think it looks like YOU volunteering your time, providing your viewpoints, and applying your experiences. NSTA’s goal is to create a governing body that represents t...

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Archive: Case Studies from Connected Science Learning: Transformative Science Learning through Museum-School Collaboration, May 16, 2022

Strategic partnerships that bring together schools and other organizations–such as museums–have the potential to transform learning in ways that neither partner can accomplish alone. Explore the process, products, and outcomes of such collaborati...

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Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, April 12, 2022

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Early Childhood Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Administration Citizen Science Climate Change Disabilities Distance Learning Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Equity General Science Inclusion Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Leadership Lesson Plans Life Science Literacy Mathematics News Professional Learning Social Justice STEM Teaching Strategies

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Growing Understanding From a SPARK

By Deborah Hanuscin, Abby Whatley, Bridget Dahlman-Oeth, Paola Sanchez, Benjamin Dixon, and Daniel Savage

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Archive: Science Update: Getting Ready for Two Spectacular Solar Eclipses in North America, October 20, 2022

The last visible eclipses in the continental U.S. until 2045 will be on Saturday, October 14, 2023 and Monday, April 8, 2024. While the annular eclipse (October 2023) and total eclipse (April 2024) will only be visible in a narrow band about 100 mile...

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Is It Over Yet?

By Beth Murphy

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Rethinking Online Science Learning

By Kirsten R. Butcher, Madlyn Larson, McKenna Lane, and Mitchell J. Power

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Pivoting During a Pandemic

By Nicole Freidenfelds, Laura Cisneros, Amy Cabaniss, Rebecca Colby, Madeleine Meadows-McDonnell, Todd Campbell, Chester Arnold, Cary Chadwick, David Dickson, David Moss, Jonathan Simmons, Ankit Singh, and John Volin

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