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Editor’s Corner: Create and Innovate!
Just as changes in music delivery have radically altered the music business, dramatic changes in the workplace have required rethinking the way our sc...
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The New Teacher’s Toolbox: Conquering the “So What Now?” Moment
The first years of teaching can be tough: Getting to know a new school, new students, and what really works in the classroom can be a lot to handle! I...
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Message from the NSTA President: Imagine and Invent—Create a Great Future
The time is right for an emphasis on imagination and innovativeness in science education, both in students and in teachers. Change now dominates our e...
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It is no secret that many high school students are fascinated with automobiles. The activities in Fueling the Car of Tomorrow—a free high school sci...
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Students—and just about everyone else—tend to have a wide range of misconceptions about microbes. This article is aimed at changing how students v...
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From Generation to Generation: Oral Histories of Scientific Innovations From the 20th Century
The 20th century saw some of the most important technological and scientific discoveries in the history of humankind. The space shuttle, the internet,...
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No matter what I tell my students, they insist it’s safe to go to the tanning salon. What are the real effects of tanning beds?...
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Idea Bank: Putting the “Science” in “Science Fiction”
As practitioners, it can be difficult to incorporate reading and writing into the science classroom. Although linking science fiction to relevant rese...
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Editor’s Corner: The History of Science, in Real Life
Students sometimes think of the history of science as the dry recounting of the lives of long-dead scientists like Antoine Lavoisier and Isaac Newton....
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Idea Bank: Start the Year Off Green!
With summer upon us, now is a good time to think about incorporating green practices in the year ahead. This Idea Bank presents a few tips to help dec...
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Frontloading Classroom Management
In this article, the authors describe a systematic approach to planning for the first days of school that is appropriate for today’s demanding high ...
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Generate an Argument: An Instructional Model
The Generate an Argument instructional model was designed to engage students in scientific argumentation. By using this model, students develop comple...
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What better way to spend a sunny summer day than surfing—the web, that is! With so many web 2.0 applications out there, it’s hard to know what’s...