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Why Is Ocean Water Warming Faster in Some Places Than Others?
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Integrating Children's Trade Books with Science - From OSTB & other sources
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These lesson ideas go along with books from the Outstanding Science Trade Book list. For 2017, I was asked to consider teaching with Notable Notebooks, My STEAM Notebook, and After a While, Crocodile, Other lessons…
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Spiders and other small creatures—do we want children to be afraid?
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Huge anatomically incorrect ‘spiders’ with legs as long as a Daddy Longlegs’ took over the neighborhood these past weeks, crawling up webs ‘spun’ on the sides of houses. Dropping out of trees are others with more fuzzy…
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Ed News: Why Don’t STEM Majors Vote As Much As Others?
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This week in education news, results from a new state test have been released two years after students turned it in; a growing body of research indicates there might be a need to get more STEM majors to vote; Colorado…
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Experiencing nature–educators make it happen for children and other teachers
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Nature play and exploration varies in early childhood (broadly: infant to grade 3) programs and are subject to the local and state licensing regulations, a program’s choice of curriculum, the local environment and…
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Next week: Professional development in the Washington, D.C. area (webcasted for all others)
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The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution will present professional development for early childhood educators on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 with a “Smithsonian Early Childhood Science Education…
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Video-based quiz / engagement worksheets for LIGHT, SOUND, WAVES AND OTHER OSCILLATIONS
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This is a collection of educational, standards-based videos with associated free student engagement worksheets / quizzes. The documents contain a paper version of the quiz plus links where you can download the free…
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Why Do Some Cities Currently Have Dust Storms and Others Do Not?
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Meeting with others about early childhood STEM education–at a conference, at the White House
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The powerful learning that comes of getting together with others who are interested in the same topic can lead to action that increases opportunities for all children to engage in science and engineering explorations.…
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The Best Way to Answer Kids' Questions, and Other Things I Learned at #NSTA14 Richmond
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When you bring a bunch of science teachers together, the most amazing, surprising connections are made. Last week in Richmond, Virginia, thousands of science educators gathered to talk about informal science, reach for…
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What makes muscle proteins so different from other proteins in our body? (Playlist Version)
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NSTA Daily Do: Why is some ocean water warming faster in some places than others?
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How can some people live at higher altitudes while other people get ill visiting these places?
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For Teachers and Administrators
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For Teachers and Administrators Understanding Next Generation Science Standards The Next Generation Science Standards emphasize the use of science and engineering practices to teach critical science content and introduce the concept of three-dimensional learning. Start with some basics about…