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How Can Light Make Dark Shadows and Bright Reflections?
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Reading Reflection 2: The Next Generation Science Standards
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Read chapters 2, 3, and 4 from A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the additional resources to write your response.
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Spring bird sightings bring reflection on conference sessions
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If children bring a downed and abandoned nest to school, have them return it to the same location. Spring migration brings additional bird species back to their nesting range and in numbers that children can easily…
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Reflective questions for choosing resources or shaping your practice
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Asking myself about my teaching practice and looking for evidence to answer reflective questions (see Resources) that support my growth as an educator means considering how I collect data when working with children or…
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Reflecting on the NSTA National Conference Middle School Share-a-thon
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OK, I admit it. I’m crazy. Standing in the registration area at 6:45 IN THE MORNING (!) at the NSTA National Conference on Science Education in Nashville, I was handing out postcards (OK, it was more like…
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Science and engineering that helped win a war: Reflections on Veterans Day
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Being part of a military family, Veterans Day holds special significance for me. Members of my family have served in the Coast Guard, Navy, and Army. Wherever I am on Veterans Day, I seek out a way to reflect on the…
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Children's drawings reflect their observations—and their thoughts
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Here’s what I love about the early childhood education community: the communication, sharing thoughts and wonderings! In the November 2010 Early Years column in NSTA’s elementary school journal, Science and Children…
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Reading Reflection 1: Introduction to Science Education, Inquiry, and the Learning Cycle
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Read all resources, and chapters 1-3 of the BSCS 5E Instructional Model.
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Off the Deep End: Reflections on my time as a NOAA Teacher at Sea
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Sunset/Sunrise over a fjord in Kodiak, Alaska The Bering Sea is cold, even in June. The water temperature is just above freezing in summer and the spray across the deck of our ship in rough weather can feel so…
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The Development of the Next Generation Science Standards
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The Development of the Next Generation Science Standards An NSTA Background Paper Writers of Science for All Americans (AAAS 1989) were the first to clearly define the “understandings and ways of thinking [that] are essential for all citizens in a world shaped by science and technology.”…
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NSTA conference in Boston: Reflection and making connections Part 2, Sat and Sun
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Here are the descriptions of a few more sessions I attended at the 2014 NSTA national conference in Boston. These summaries are from my notes and may not accurately reflect the presentations or the presenters’ views.…
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NSTA conference in Boston: Reflection and making connections Part 1, Th and Fri
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I didn’t see the swan boats in the Public Garden or tea in the Harbor, but I did see many things—skylines, modern art, sunrises and fabulous sessions at the conference. I got to use a Smart Pen, talk with…
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Reflecting on What Being an NSTA New Science Teacher Academy Fellow Means
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Ryan Rudkin, 2008-2009 NSTA New Science Teacher Academy Fellow The August 26 deadline for applying to the NSTA New Science Teacher Academy is fast approaching. To highlight the benefits of being accepted into the…
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NSTA Daily Do: How can light make dark shadows and bright reflections?
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