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  • What Can an Animal Do?: I Wonder Why

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    This lively book proves that an animal can do all kinds of things! It encourages children to notice the characteristics and behavior of a world of different creatures: from gnawing, swimming beavers to spinning,…

  • How Do Ants Help the Plants and Animals of the Woods?

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  • NSTA Position Statements

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    NSTA Position Statements Aerospace Education Animals: Responsible Use of Live Animals and Dissection in the Science Classroom  (under revision) Assessment  (under development) Climate Science, The Teaching of  (new) Digital Technologies (under development) Early Childhood…

  • Animals Can Run Away, but Plants Must Stay

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  • Searching for evidence of animals using plants for food or shelter

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    What can tell us if an animal is using a plant for food or for a place to rest or live? What will we see if a caterpillar has been eating a leaf  a bird has been roosting on a tree branch? These questions were…

  • Awesome Websites and More

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    Awesome Websites and More NSTA strongly believes that parents can and should play an integral part in their child’s science education. Listed below are websites taken from the NSTA e-newsletter Scientific Principals that parents can use to find out more about science education and engage their children in fun, simple…

  • Observing, Learning about, Appreciating, and (Maybe) Holding Small Animals Such As Insects

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    In the fall we may begin to see more spiders in our houses and schools. Why is that? Are they moving indoors as the weather cools? The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture dispels this myth with some spider facts…

  • NSTA Press Extras

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    NSTA Press Extras NSTA Press® books with additional online resources Adventures With Arthropods: Eco-Friendly Lessons for Middle School Becoming a Responsive Science Teacher: Focusing on Student Thinking in Secondary Science Beyond the Egg Drop: Infusing Engineering Into High School Physics Brain-Powered Science…

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