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Ed News: Insights Into Early STEM Learning
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This week in education news, Project Lead The Way unveils a new end-of-course assessment that will test students soft skills as well as their knowledge of STEM subjects; despite a relatively steady rise in per-pupil…
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Building Electric Cars Enhances STEM Learning
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Brownsville (Texas) Independent School District’s top three Middle School Division cars that competed in the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) HESTEC (Hispanic Engineering, Science, and Technology Week)…
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Online community on learning science through play
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Play may mean many things, but in early childhood education it can include learning science concepts. Looking for resources on “Learning Science Concepts Through Play“? Check the The NSTA Learning Center Early Childhood…
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Choosing resources for early childhood science learning
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Choosing resources for early childhood science learning that are scientifically accurate, developmentally appropriate, and reference research about learning, requires educators to have time to review resources ourselves…
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What did you learn today, teacher?
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I’m teaching a science methods class. I’d like to know: What was the most important thing you learned in your undergrad science methods classes? What do you wish you had known about science teaching that you didn’t…
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Discovery bottles: Learning moments for children and adults
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“Discovery bottles” are one way to allow children to use small objects without putting them in their mouths. These bottles for open-ended exploration can be constructed to relate to many different science concepts and…
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Gravitational Interactions and 3-D Learning in Middle School
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I recently embarked on a journey with K–8 teachers in Vermont to learn how to be intentional about planning for three-dimensional (3-D) learning in the classroom. To begin our journey, we determined which NGSS…
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Math is integral to early childhood STEM learning
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July has brought my happy place (where the worlds of early childhood education and science education overlap) to my mailbox in the form of the 2017 summer journals from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)…
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Health Wise: Countering Poverty’s Effects on Learning
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Poverty is a student health problem, according to the 64,000-member American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP; 2016a). Poverty affects learning. The AAP announced earlier this year that at all checkups, pediatricians should…
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Teacher Professional Learning: Transforming Teacher Practice
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Several weeks ago the National Academies on Science (NAS) released a report that the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) believes should be required reading for every school administrator. Science Teachers’…
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Teacher Professional Learning: Transforming Teacher Practice
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I encourage STEM educators (and administrators) across the U.S. to read and understand Science Teachers’ Learning: Enhancing Opportunities, Creating Supportive Contexts, a terrific report just released by the National…
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Nurture a love of learning in your science classroom
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How can we cultivate a student’s (and a teacher’s!) natural love of learning and exploration amid so many demands in today’s schools? The recent article “When Success Leads to Failure” in The Atlantic by teacher–author…
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7 Science Facts #NSTA Learned on Twitter This Week
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Twitter is a treasure trove for news. These tweets caught our eye at NSTA recently, and they could surely be useful conversation starters in the classroom. Read on, and share the stories that caught your eye this week!…
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Learn How to Reimagine Your Science Department
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In NSTA Press’ new book, Reimagining the Science Department, authors Wayne Melville, Doug Jones, and Todd Campbell pose some atypical questions: “Departments are a ubiquitous feature of secondary schools; but where did…
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Learning from the online Early Childhood community
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Do you have colleagues with whom you can share ideas for teaching science and engineering concepts? Do you have resources to develop science lessons? Does your program or district support the science and engineering…
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