It’s the start of a new school year and a new publishing year for NSTA Reports. In this issue, you’ll find some new features as well as familiar favorites. New features let you challenge yourself with a crossword puzzle, gain insight into retirement, and get updates on education news from NSTA’s leadership. Readers of The Science Teacher, NSTA’s journal for high school teachers, will recognize the Health Wise column, which will also appear periodically in Reports.
You’ll also find advice from Mary Bigelow, NSTA’s Ms. Mentor, on beating high-tech cheating and preserving skeletons. Jacob Clark Blickenstaff, assistant professor of physics and assistant director of the Center for Science and Mathematics Education at the University of Southern Mississippi, continues to turn good science—and bad—from movies and other visual media into teachable science in Blick on Flicks. Plus, the Grab Bag—featuring Freebies, What’s New, and more—and Science in Sight are back.
Let us know what you like, what you don’t, and what could be better by e-mailing lpetrinjak@nsta.org.