Resources and Opportunities
Guidelines for Classroom Safety
This four-page document should be given to students at the beginning of the school year to help them understand their role in ensuring a safe and productive science experience.
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A Year of Inquiry
All issues of Science and Children include inquiry, but we took it a step further with this volume—an entire year devoted to inquiry! Follow along as we explore what scientists do and then progress through process skills, notebooking, posing questions, collecting data, choosing investigations, and sharing and assessing the results of inquiry.
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Reward Yourself!
You could win a trip to the NSTA National Conference on Science Education. Apply for NSTA Teacher Awards to showcase your hard work! At the elementary level, Delta Education, DuPont/Pioneer, PASCO, SeaWorld, Shell, and Vernier sponsor awards. In addition, the Sylvia Shugrue Award, Mohling Aerospace Educator Award, and the Maitland P. Simmons scholarships for new teachers have niches for the elementary science educator.
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Early Years Blog
The Early Years Blog offers resources and conversation on PreK to 2 science. Topic areas include Activity Ideas, Classroom Management, Integrating Science, and more!
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Award-winning Lesson Plans
The Sylvia Shugrue Award for Elementary School Teachers honors one elementary school teacher who creates and makes use of interdisciplinary, inquiry-based lesson plans. To qualify, teachers submit a lesson plan with fully referenced sources of information and any relevant National Science Education Standards and benchmarks found in The Atlas of Science Literacy. Since the award's debut in 2007, NSTA has recognized six teachers (we made two awards the first year … the submissions were that good). Please follow the link below to read the award winners' lesson plan ideas.
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Need Help Selecting Resources?
Our panel of top-flight teachers and other outstanding science educators has designated the best available supplements for your science teaching.
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Since 1973, NSTA and the Children's Book Council have compiled a yearly list of outstanding children's science trade books. The results from 1996 on are available online.
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Events
- 5/21/2013 - 5/21/2013
2013 Hurricane Educators Webinar Series More »
- 5/21/2013 - 5/21/2013
Expedition Earth and Beyond Classroom Connection Event: The Road to Mt. Sharp More »
- 5/21/2013 - 5/21/2013
NASA/NSTA Web Seminar: The Curiosity Rover, Robotic Geologist and Explorer More »
- 5/21/2013 - 11/19/2013
National Energy Education Development Project Workshops More »
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