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Speedway Science: NASCAR helps enhance a teacher education program

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Speedway Science: NASCAR helps enhance a teacher education program

In the beginning, the New Visions Education Program did not include science as part of its curriculum. In this article, a teacher teams up with NASCAR...

Seamless Assessment

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Seamless Assessment

Although assessment is tradtionally applied at the end of a unit, evaluating students during instruction can help to eliminate misconceptions and deep...

Science Sampler:  Planetary real estate

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Science Sampler: Planetary real estate

In the Planetary Real Estate Sales Activity, students pretend they are the new owners of one of the planets in the solar system challenged with the ta...

The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Using Light and Color to Search for Astronomical Origins

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The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Using Light and Color to Search for Astronomical Origins

Using telescopes in space and on the ground for innovative research, NASA’s Astronomical Search for Origins program explores the universe at a varie...

New Species Found!

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New Species Found!

At the end of their oceanography unit, fourth-grade students are challenged to create an imaginary creature that is well adapted to live in an ocean e...

Project SunSHINE: A Student-Based Research Program

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Project SunSHINE: A Student-Based Research Program

This successful middle school program has students use technology to conduct their own weather investigations. Students design a research question foc...

Life Is Change: A community project captures life processes and fosters K-12 curriculum collaboration

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Life Is Change: A community project captures life processes and fosters K-12 curriculum collaboration

The phrase "Life is change" is meant to convey to high school students that a key characteristic of living organisms is continual change. A community ...

If Stones Could Talk...Epitaphs feed data for a unique after-school club

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If Stones Could Talk...Epitaphs feed data for a unique after-school club

Students learn science and mathematics through inquiry-based investigations using technology and the unique history of a local cemetery. This project ...

Editor's Note (May 2003)

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Editor's Note (May 2003)

In this edition of the Editor’s Note, outgoing editor Joan McShane bids farewell to readers and ushers in a new era for NSTA. She reflects on the p...

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