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NSTA summer journals for K-12 teachers
Add these journals to your summer reading! The Science Teacher: Big Data...
By Mary Bigelow
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7 Science Facts #NSTA Learned on Twitter This Week
Twitter is a treasure trove for news. These tweets caught our eye at NSTA recently, and they could surely be useful conversation starters in the classroom. Read on, and share the stories that caught your eye this week! 1. Kids love chasing fireflies,...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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What are science teachers reading this summer?
Browse this month’s most popular books, e-books, children’s trade books, and journal articles on NSTA’s website. Between now and August 14, 2015, save 10% on NSTA Press and NSTA Kids books or e-books by entering promo code SUMMER at che...
By Claire Reinburg
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Expanding understanding, resources for discussions about gender
Young children’s imaginative play often includes creating family groups with toy animals or dolls, and role-playing with housekeeping and dress-up materials. They recreate the relationships they experience or know of from books and other media....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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A graphic organizer for writing
When I ask students to write about a topic, most try to submit a collection of copy-and-paste paragraphs. I’m looking for strategies to help students create original writing. —H., Georgia...
By Mary Bigelow
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Senate Passes Legislation to Overhaul No Child Left Behind
Fourteen years after it was first signed into law and seven years after it expired, the U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday, July 16 to overhaul the Elementary and Secondary Education Act–commonly known as No Child Left Behind–by a vote of...
By Jodi Peterson
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Engineering Next Generation Science Leaders in Omaha, Nebraska
“Here we go” was a tweet from a delegate attending the 2015 National Congress on Science Education (NCSE), held last week in Omaha, Nebraska, by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA); excitement was evident from start to finish! Congre...
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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Finding out what students know and can do
I teach sixth grade science, and my students come from five district elementary schools and several private schools. Some schools emphasize science more than others, so it’s hard to know what knowledge and experience each student has. My principal ...
By Mary Bigelow
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K–5 and the Next Generation Science Standards—Webinars
The free webinars by National Science Teachers Association experts, Carla Zembal-Saul, Mary Starr, and Kathy Renfrew, will guide us to a deeper understanding of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Summer weather events and patterns
If you haven’t been tracking weather events with the children in your summer and year-round programs, they are missing an opportunity to make observations and learn about collecting data. Some regions have more of the same every day, some experienc...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Senate Debates NCLB; House Passes NCLB Rewrite Legislation, Student Success Act
This past week the full Senate began work to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act with the Every Child Achieves Act, legislation that would replace No Child Left Behind, first signed into law 14 years ago and scheduled for reauthor...
By Jodi Peterson
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July 8, 2015, image of Pluto and Charon tak...
By Claire Reinburg
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Do you have any suggestions for how I can help my middle school students understand and use the metric system? We struggle with this at the beginning of every year. –E., Indiana...
By Mary Bigelow