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  • Conference sessions and school visits

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    NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle Before I discuss my impressions about the last day of the science educational meetings, I wanted to note an observation about Shanghai. The sense of being disoriented is not…

  • Dispatch from China

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    NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle The delegation seems to be feeling a bit more comfortable with the surroundings and food. The hotel is a couple of blocks from “the Bund” (the historic area along the Huangpu…

  • Notes from day 1 at the Sino-US forum

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    NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle The NSTA delegation of science educators landed Monday night and began the inaugural 2010 US–Sino Forum in Shanghai on Tuesday. The purpose of this trip is to learn about…

  • Follow-up on PCAST report

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    NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle Thank you all for your great comments on my first blog post! This is a first for me and I wasn’t sure what the responses would be. There are some great examples of what is…

  • Rotting Apple

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…

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