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NSTA Press author Victor Sampson presents a webinar on scientific argumentation
Join NSTA Press author Victor Sampson for his webinar “Scientific Argumentation: Helping Students Identify, Evaluate, and Support Claims” (a 2-part course)....
By Wendy Rubin, Managing Editor, NSTA Press
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New year, new format for The STEM Classroom
Welcome to my new blog! The old STEM Classroom e-newsletter has gotten a makeover and become part of the new monthly Science and the STEM Classroom....
By Becky Stewart
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Senate releases draft of No Child Left Behind legislation
Last week Sen....
By Guest Blogger
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NSTA and ASE: creating pathways to better international cooperation in science education
They say the world is flat … and so it often seems. Cross the ocean by plane, or travel far from home by train or car…sit down for coffee with other teachers…and the issues are almost always the same. We find much in common wherever we go....
By Juliana Texley
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One of the perks of being an NSTA member is having access to all of the journals online. Regardless of the grade level you teach, the journals have ideas for authentic activities and investigations that can be used, adapted, or extended for different...
By Mary Bigelow
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The Next Generation Science Standards: a transformational opportunity
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and A Framework for K–12 Science Education articulate a beautiful vision for students....
By Guest Blogger
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Supplementing a budget decrease
Our principal just informed us that the science department budget will be decreased for next year. It’s already bare bones, so my colleagues and I are interested in finding other funding sources such as grants. What do we need to know to get starte...
By Mary Bigelow
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System exploration in early childhood
When winter sets in, teachers set aside time in the schedule for children to remove and store their winter outwear. Such a variety of clothing systems appear! Coats and jackets with zippers, hoods, snaps and Velcro, mittens and gloves, hats that pull...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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In a letter to the West Virginia Board of Education, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) encourages the members of the Board to eliminate changes that were made to the Next Generation Content Standards and Objectives for Science in West ...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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The Pasco Wireless Dissolved Oxygen Probe VS. Winter Water
The power of a Bluetooth-connected Dissolved Oxygen probe is not only from the DO data, but the places the data can be collected, and the ways the data is presented. Over the holidays I took the Pasco wireless DO probe up in the mountains to genera...
By Martin Horejsi
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Science "home"work for interested students
I have several students this year who are really into science. I’d like to provide or suggest some elementary-level projects or activities that parents can do with them at home to encourage this interest. Do you have any ideas beyond book lists and...
By Mary Bigelow
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NSTA’s K–College Science Education Journals: January 2015 Issues Online
Is your science classroom equipped for success? Or are you teaching with limited resources?...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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This March, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Natural Resources, Natural Partnerships” at our 2015 National Conference on Science Education, in Chicago, March 12–15....
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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National Bird Day Resources from NSTA Press
Today is National Bird Day, and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has some great resources you can use to celebrate! Enjoy these free chapters from NSTA Press—they will ease you into the new year and help you look forward to spring....
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Movie Magic Can Jump Start Your Science, Math, and Technology Lessons
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By Carole Hayward