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Learn more about Year of Science 2009

Face-to-Face Conferences are an Investment in Your Career

The third and final NSTA regional conference on science education of 2009 is coming up soon, offering the best professional development to science educators: Phoenix, Dec. 3–5. Although each conference is unique in its strands and programs, the face-to-face learning experience at each event is intended to build science educators' networks and develop strategies and techniques that encourage high performance. You will learn new subject content and become inspired to be the best you can be in your field. National companies come to share their products and services in the Exhibit Hall, a popular venue. Visit the Phoenix conference pages to view the hundreds of sessions available. The sooner you register for an NSTA conference, the closer you'll be to reaching your career goals.

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In the News

  • Changes Urged in Rules for Federal Innovation Aid

    Education Week
    As the U.S. Department of Education prepares final rules for the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund, officials face strong concerns from school districts and philanthropies that requiring matching funds from the private sector is unworkable and...  [view full summary]
    As the U.S. Department of Education prepares final rules for the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund, officials face strong concerns from school districts and philanthropies that requiring matching funds from the private sector is unworkable and would turn foundations into the gatekeepers for these federal grants.
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  • Science Journalism Awards Announced

    National Science Foundation
    A television feature about growing diamonds in the lab, and a radio story that dramatizes some strange coincidences in a discussion of randomness and probability won recognition earlier this month in the 2009 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards.
    A television feature about growing diamonds in the lab, and a radio story that dramatizes some strange coincidences in a discussion of randomness and probability won recognition earlier this month in the 2009 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards.
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  • Congratulations!

    Jamaica Plain Gazette
    Nicole Yana Davis won a fellowship through the National Science Teachers Association's New Science Teacher Academy.
    Nicole Yana Davis won a fellowship through the National Science Teachers Association's New Science Teacher Academy.
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  • Governor Opposes Delay in WASL Math and Science Testing

    The Olympian
    Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday she opposes state schools chief Randy Dorn's proposal to delay the requirement for students to pass math and science tests to graduate, because the state's economy depends on Washington students leaving high school well...  [view full summary]
    Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday she opposes state schools chief Randy Dorn's proposal to delay the requirement for students to pass math and science tests to graduate, because the state's economy depends on Washington students leaving high school well trained in both subjects.
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The Biology Teacher's Handbook, 4th Edition

Gain insight into what constitutes good teaching, how to guide students through inquiry at varying levels, and how to create a culture of inquiry in your classroom.

Today in Science History

On November 20 in 1602, physicist Otto von Guericke is born in Magdeburg, Germany. Inspired by a philosophic debate over the impossibility of a vacuum, he built history's first. To create this first vacuum (in 1650), he built the first air pump. He also built the first electrical generator, and with it became the first to see electrically created light (when he ran electricity through a ball of sulfur).

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

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The NSTA Learning Center

Every teacher wants to grow their understanding of the subjects they teach and the pedagogical implications. To address this challenge, NSTA is proud to make available our professional development website, called The NSTA Learning Center.

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