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It's All About the Hashtag for @2footgiraffe
Hi, Social Media at NSTA? Oops, I mean #NSTA. Double oops, I mean #NSTA15. It’s all about the hashtag. Want to see what happened at #NSTA15? Well, go to Twitter, Instagram, or Vine and search the hashtag. Yes, there are pictures and funny video...
By Guest Blogger
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#NSTA15 | Your Science Teaching Superpower
Chicago. I have arrived. One of us will not be the same after this. #NSTA15 — @porchdragon, March 11, 2015...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Preschool experiences in a winter forest
Once a month each three-year-old and four-year-old class at the Arlington Unitarian Cooperative Preschool (AUCP) spends the morning on a fieldtrip at a local natural area. The lead nature teacher arrives and spreads out a large tarp and a few sleepin...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Another round table/poster session at the NSTA conference–this time focused on middle school science. It was quite a hike to the end of the conference center, but the sharing session (and the view of Lake Michigan) was worth it!...
By Mary Bigelow
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I just finished visiting the Elementary Extravaganza at the NSTA 2015 conference. What an amazing display of what our youngest student/scientists are doing!...
By Mary Bigelow
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NSTA 2015—Science Teachers' Sense of Humor
One word I have never heard used to describe an NSTA conference is “boring.” There were swarms of science teachers everywhere! I am always amazed by the sheer number of educators at every career level, from first year teachers to veteran...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Any Way You Say It, Science Is the Key
Last fall, for the first time in our nation’s history, the majority of public school students were minorities....
By Juliana Texley
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NSTA’s K–College Science Education Journals: March 2015 Issues Online
Do STEM courses broaden access to science? Do you know how to use energy as a unifying theme that connects sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics? The March K–College journals from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) have t...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Going to the "EE" at the national conference on Friday March 13, 2015?
If I could only attend one session at the NSTA national conference in Chicago this week, it would be the Elementary Extravaganza! I had so much fun presenting last year but missed walking around to glean ideas and freebies from the other presenters....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Flipping Tools for the Science Classroom
In this video, columnist and educator Jared Mader shares information from the Science 2.0 column, “Flipping Tools for the Science Classroom,” that appears in the March 2015 issue of The Science Teacher. Read the article here: http://bit....
By sstuckey
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Materials for elementary science?
I’m starting a new position as a first grade teacher in a few weeks. When I toured the classroom I’ll be in, I saw very few science-related materials. I want to emphasize science with my students, so what should I start to gather up? �...
By Mary Bigelow
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Avoiding burnout and staying positive
I’ve taught Earth Science for 10 years and I like my students and what I’m doing. But sometimes I feel overwhelmed and frustrated. Is this normal? How can I avoid burnout and stay positive? —R., Washington...
By Mary Bigelow
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ESEA Reauthorization Stalls in the House, Senate Bill Expected Soon?
House consideration of H.R....
By Jodi Peterson