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  • Overview - Cloned

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    Overview - Cloned NSTA's mission is to promote excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. Founded in 1944 (as the National Science Teachers Association), the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) is headquartered in…

  • Fall 2022: Prioritizing Relationships and Equity: Leveraging Student Ideas to Accelerate Learning

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    Teachers can accelerate learning for students when they develop classroom communities where students feel known and valued. We explore the connection between deep science learning and student opportunities to express,…

  • Justice-Centered Science Pedagogy: Leaning Beyond the Boundaries of Equity and Culturally Responsive Practices

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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…

  • NSTA Executive Director Search

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    NSTA Executive Director Search Search Description: Executive Director, National Science Teaching Association The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors and works with elected officials and the Board to develop a strategic plan and vision for the Association and for carrying out the policies and directives…

  • NSTA Web Seminar Series: Prioritizing Relationships and Equity: Leveraging Student Ideas to Accelerate Learning

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    Teachers can accelerate learning for students when they develop classroom communities where students feel known and valued. Join us for this web seminar series starting Tuesday, February 8, 2022, where we explore the…

  • Promoting STEM Interest and Connections to Nature Through a Soundscape Ecology Camp for Students With Visual Impairments

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    The Center for Global Soundscapes developed a five-day camp program for students with visual impairments that follows an inquiry-based learning approach to explore concepts fundamental to soundscape ecology.  …

  • Fabricating Fidgets to Support Inclusive Maker Education

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    With the goal of supporting an inclusive maker education learning experience, a science museum, university, and middle school partnered to engage students diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)…

  • Head Start on Engineering

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    The Head Start on Engineering project engages parents and children in a multicomponent family engineering program that includes professional development for teachers, workshops for parents, take-home family activity…

  • Facilitating Formal–Informal Connections in Rural STEM Ecosystems

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    “STEM Guides” serve as human brokers to connect 10- to 18-year-old youth from rural Maine in STEM education opportunities that already exist in their communities, including after-school programs, clubs, camps, library…

  • Promoting Equitable Access to STEM in a Summer Herpetology Fieldwork Program

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    The HERP (Herpetology Education in Rural Places and Spaces) Project links in-school and out-of-school learning spaces by offering summer programs that engage high school students, scientists, and educators. The authors…

  • Science Club

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    Science Club is a new, mentor-based after-school program for underserved middle school youth. It is designed to address the gaps described above by connecting in-school and out-of-school learning. Through weekly,…

  • Cocreating Transformative Change

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    Leveraging community to create a mobile, cultural makerspace that travels to schools, powwows, and community events throughout a Native American reservation in Montana.During a summer 2015 planning session, the…

  • Curiosity Machine

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    The Curiosity Machine Family Program at Iridescent Learning brings underserved families together over five weeks to do open-ended engineering design challenges with the help of scientists and engineers, who mentor the…

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