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Discovering Science: classifying and categorizing (matter, grades 2-3)
Key critical thinking skills can be easily incorporated into science lessons. And you can keep the “matter” of teaching science exciting, fun, and relevant! NSTA’s “Discovering Science” lesson on matter provides you with a natur...
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The New Science Teacher Academy: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
The August 26 deadline for applying to the NSTA New Science Teacher Academy is fast approaching....
By Cheska Lorena
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We are being asked to post “essential questions” in our classrooms this year. I’m not sure of what makes a question “essential” and how this would help students. Would I need a different question each day for my biology ...
By Mary Bigelow
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Discovering Science: teaching science and motivating students (acid rain, grades 4-5)
Think about it. Why would students be motivated to learn about acid rain if they don’t understand what it is and why it is a problem? It’s not difficult to motivate students when you have the right resources and tools to make a science concept au...
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The Next Generation Science Standards has been released and is now available for download. As with any new set of standards, there is always much discussion about the feasibility of implementing them within the classroom – all classrooms.�...
By Christine Royce
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Summer eating and learning about the needs of seeds
I am enjoying eating fresh blueberries every day—before that it was mangos. Neither of them grew in my neighborhood but I do have a large enough sliver of sunlight to grow herbs such as mint, rosemary, thyme, fennel and oregano. At the preschool, c...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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NSTA publication monthly features
In addition to articles on a featured theme for each issue, NSTA journals have monthly columns that offer suggestions on content and teaching strategies for K-12. If you subscribe to a journal as a member, you have access to all of these!...
By Mary Bigelow
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Discovering Science: teaching science and observation skills (roots, grades 2-3)
Every science lesson requires students to listen, look, and learn. But do all students have the keen observations skills it takes? Watch what is happening during a science lesson. Students are busy working together. But are they carefully observing a...
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NSTA's e-mail lists: PD gold mine
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) members are an active bunch!...
By Debra Shapiro
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Discovering Science: learning to draw science (clouds, K-1)
Young children love science. For some, it may be the excitement of going to a science lab or the interesting activities they see or do. Science gives them an understanding of the world around them and makes concepts more concrete....
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How can a patch of grass be described as fast or slow? It’s certainly not going anywhere! For those of you whose closest look at a golf green is from the car window as you’re driving by, the speed of a green refers to how fast or slow a ball will...
By admin
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Discovering Science: lessons plans and experiments for the classroom
Science curriculum is so important today! Yet, as educators we already have so much curriculum to cover — little time remains in the day for science. That’s why we created Discovering Science: Lesson Plans and Experiments. We wanted to help you a...
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Reflecting on What Being an NSTA New Science Teacher Academy Fellow Means
Ryan Rudkin, 2008-2009 NSTA New Science Teacher Academy Fellow...
By Carole Hayward
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NSTA's 2013 National Congress on Science Education
2013 NCSE Planning Committee...
By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director
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Science resources for teaching younger learners
As a SciLinks webwatcher, I have the opportunity to look at many web-based project sites during the process of adding resources to the database. Many of the projects focus on high school science, but I recently discovered two that feature activities ...
By Mary Bigelow