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Students investigate local sand samples on a shoestring budget. This investigation reveals a fascinating Earth history that can address various interdisciplinary scientific topics, provide rich inquiry experiences, and move beyond the science classro...

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Summer Reading, Dawn to Dusk

NSTA Recommends reviewers suggest science books to refresh your spirit and renew your professional skills....

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Science 2.0: PD on a Shoestring

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue describes inexpensive or free professional development opportunities by listing webinars, videos, podcasts, and more that are available online....

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It's Elemental!

Using Period Table Live! pushes students to think critically and helps them learn the period trends in properties....

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The Green Room: A Sense of Place

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. In this month’s issue, the author discusses how to create a sense of place for your students....

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The Green Room: What's in Your Trash?

Each year, Americans generate 250 million tons of waste, recycle or compost about 33% of it, and dispose of most of the rest in landfills (EPA 2009). Though recycling has increased in the United States since 1980, waste generation has increased along...

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From Misconceptions to Conceptual Change

We all have misconceptions about the world in which we live—how it works, how we interact with it, how it changes, and the reasons behind those changes. These misunderstandings are personal notions we create to make meaning of our surroundings. Oft...