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Learn more about National Lab Day

Explore, Discover, Learn, Teach

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Thousands of science educators will meet in Philadelphia, March 18–21, for the NSTA National Conference on Science Education for top professional development workshops, seminars, symposia, and short courses. With more than 2,000 events to choose from, teachers from all disciplines and grade levels, preK–college, are invited to attend. Teachers and administrators can personalize a schedule that might include a wide variety of topics and formats or concentrate on content knowledge or an issue such as assessment, for example. Consider a few of our workshops and presentations …

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  • Redesigning the Laboratory Investigation: Integrating Inquiry into Chemistry (High School)
  • Differentiated Science Inquiry (Elementary–High School)
  • NASA Brings You Newton's Laws of Motion—20 hands-on investigations (Elem–High School)
  • Fantastic Voyage: The Human Body in Space (Elem–Middle School)
  • Playing with Ecosystem Science: Informal Modeling Games to Explore the Delicate Balance—learn games that model the living components, nutrient cycles, and human impacts on ecosystems (Middle/Informal Education)
  • Can You Keep a Secret?—hands-on/minds-on activities involving the science of disappearing ink and puzzles, related to the science standards of solubility, material science, and energy (Pre–Middle School)
  • Keeping Elementary Primary: Current Research and Best Practices for Quality Instruction—full-day program (ticketed)
  • Climate Change Here and Now: Coastal, Ocean, and Atmospheric Impacts—ticketed (Grades 5–12)
  • Crittercam: Science Exploration from the Wild—Greg Marshall, Vice President, National Geographic (featured speaker)
  • Engage the Wonder: Developing Scientific Literacy Using Science Fiction—Julia E. Czerneda, best-selling science fiction author and editor (featured speaker)
  • Inquiring Minds Want to Know: An Introduction to Inquiry, K–5—Carolina Biological (exhibitor)
  • The Physics of Supernovas (High–College)

Visit www.nsta.org/philadelphia for more information or to register.

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In the News

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    NSTA Reports—Debra Shapiro
    Teachers and students are communicating and sharing ideas on collaborative websites called wikis that allow them to post work, comment on others’ postings, and make revisions as a group.
    Teachers and students are communicating and sharing ideas on collaborative websites called wikis that allow them to post work, comment on others’ postings, and make revisions as a group.
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  • New Science Teacher Academy: Empowering Teachers

    NSTA Reports—Lynn Petrinjak
    The third group of NSTA New Science Teacher Academy Fellows is preparing for the NSTA 2010 National Conference in Philadelphia next month, capping off their fellowship year.
    The third group of NSTA New Science Teacher Academy Fellows is preparing for the NSTA 2010 National Conference in Philadelphia next month, capping off their fellowship year.
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  • Science from Vancouver to the Classroom

    District Administration
    Fortunately for our sportscentric culture, NBC Learn and the National Science Foundation have found a way to show K–12 students that science is applicable to everything from fashion to halfpipes.
    Fortunately for our sportscentric culture, NBC Learn and the National Science Foundation have found a way to show K–12 students that science is applicable to everything from fashion to halfpipes.
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  • How School Leaders Can Keep Education in the News

    eSchool News
    A recent study from the Brookings Institution says education isn't getting its fair share of national news coverage—and isn't getting the right stories reported when it does.
    A recent study from the Brookings Institution says education isn't getting its fair share of national news coverage—and isn't getting the right stories reported when it does.
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Today in Science History

On February 10 in 1667, an abstract of Head of a Shark Dissected by Nicolaus Steno is published by the Royal Society of London. The essay is a classic in paleontology, the study of fossils. For the first time since the ancient Greeks 20 centuries before, it correctly argued that fossils were the petrified remains of once-living creatures. This notion stirred immediate controversy at that time.

—from The Illustrated Almanac of Science, Technology, and Invention

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