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Science of the Winter Olympics: Engineering the Halfpipe
Imagine locking both feet onto a board, hurtling down a vertical face and up the opposing one before becoming airborne, where you twist and flip with near abandon. Now, imagine doing that with the equivalent weight of five people clinging to your bac...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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This April, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Engineering and Science: Technological Partners” at our 2014 National Conference on Scie...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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What the new NSTA Early Childhood Science Education position statement means to me
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has adopted a new position statement, the Early Childhood Science Position Statement. This thoughtful document was inspired by the clamor of early childhood educators looking for guidance informed by ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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My colleague and I are early–career science teachers at a middle school. Rather than our reinventing the wheel, do you have any suggestions how to make lab days run more smoothly, especially at the beginning and end of the class? –Sean, Oakla...
By Mary Bigelow
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Each month, columns on safety in the science lab are featured in NSTA’s Science Scope (Scope on Safety) and The Science Teacher (Safer Science). These columns are written by Ken Roy, Director of Environmental Health and Safety for Glastonbury P...
By Mary Bigelow
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Concepts that cut across science disciplines
Patterns…cause and effect: mechanism and explanation…scale, proportion, and quantity…systems and system models…energy and matter: flows, cycles, and conservation…structure and function…stability and change…...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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This April, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Leading From the Classroom” at our 2014 National Conference on Science Education, in...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Science of the Winter Olympics: Injury & Recovery
Lindsey Vonn—probably the closest to a household name as any winter Olympian. Sadly, we won’t be able to see her defend her women’s downhill gold medal in Sochi due to her ACL injury. But you can find out a bit more of the back story in Injury ...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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This month’s guest editorials address the theme of science for ALL students:...
By Mary Bigelow
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Kindergarten teacher shares her class' bird investigation
Talking with other early childhood educators enriches my understanding of how children learn and I often learn good ideas for teaching about particular science concepts. I had an online conversation with Mary Myron who I met at the 2013 annual confer...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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What science teachers are reading in January 2014
From data literacy to citizen science to using trade books in science lessons, take a look at what science teachers are reading so far in 2014 at NSTA’s website....
By Claire Reinburg
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Science of the Winter Olympics: Competition Suits
You’re barely in the door of your local sporting goods store before you’re bombarded with displays of clothing designed specifically for every sport—even fishing! Are you better at any one of these sports when you’re wearing the specially des...
By Judy Elgin Jensen
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I feel overwhelmed by the grading process. It seems like I spend most of my waking hours grading homework, lab reports, tests, quizzes, notebooks, and projects. I teach two science courses at the high school and meet 150 students every day. What ca...
By Mary Bigelow
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There are many ways students can be motivated in science. Some students have a passion for the subject that goes beyond the classroom. Others may find the types of activities in the classroom to be motivational—working with others, using technology...
By Mary Bigelow
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Science of the Winter Olympics: Science of Ice
The phrase “a level playing field” has a lot of different meanings. But for the skaters, curlers, hockey players, lugers, and bobsledders in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games it means just one thing—ICE. And how is it that all of these athletes can...
By Judy Elgin Jensen