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What will happen if I…. Preparing an effective learning environment with help from Peep
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I see it all the time, children wondering what will happen if I….push on this ball, let go of this ball, put this ball in water, or throw this ball? What will happen if I…touch the paper gently with the paintbrush,…
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20 Essential NSTA Awards You Can Learn About in 15 Minutes
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Being a member of NSTA immerses you in a community of educators interested in pushing themselves and their colleagues toward better science education. NSTA has 20 awards for educators and teachers who demonstrate their…
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From Viruses to Whales, Help Your Students Learn the Common Patterns of Evolution
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What’s it like to study evolution as a scientist? That’s the question Judy Diamond, with the help of Carl Zimmer, E. Margaret Evans, Linda Allison, and Sarah Disbrow, set out to answer in writing Virus and the Whale:…
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Lab Incident at a Manhattan High School: Another Hard Safety Lesson to Learn
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On January 2, 2014, a chemistry lab safety incident involving a fire injured students at Beacon High School in Manhattan (NYC). An article in The New York Times reported that two students were burned as a result of a…
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Join NSTA’s Book Study and Gain 40 Hours of Personalized Professional Learning
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If you’re beginning the school year feeling like you need more support with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NSTA has the answer for you! This September and October, NSTA is offering Shifting to the…
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Connected Science Learning Receives NSF Grant to Provide New Resources for STEM Educators
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Member Web Seminar |
Join us on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET, for the fourth (and last) web seminar in this series about the Crosscutting Concepts.Presenters will discuss assessment shifts of the Crosscutting Concepts (…
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Problem-Based Learning: An Essential Tool in Each K-12 Science Educator’s Toolkit
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Problem-based learning (PBL) is a strategy that is tailor made for teaching science. Under the PBL framework, students actively drive the learning process, one that takes them through rich and authentic, but…
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Ed News: Summer Programs Increase STEM Learning Opportunities For Visually Impaired Students
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This week in education news, there is a math and science teacher shortage in Rhode Island; new report finds that most states’ requirements for license renewal, prioritize accumulating credit hours, rather than…
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Ed News: VR Is Great, But Here’s Why Hands-On Learning Can’t Disappear
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This week in education news, hands-on learning can’t disappear; new data shows that the U.S. teaching force has grown by 13 percent in four years; STEM instruction offers workforce benefits beyond the traditional…
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Place-Based Learning in Middle School: Putting Scientific Principles to Work in your Community
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“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” -John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra, 1911. We hope that you are enjoying your summer! As teachers, we…
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Thinking BIG, Learning BIG: Summer reading becomes September's lesson plans
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July is a distant memory of 6am wake up calls for my high-schooler who took PE over the summer, balanced with my getting more than five minutes of peace and quiet—time to read about early childhood and science, to think…
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