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Supporting the Common Core-Math
There has always been a connection between science and math, and the new Framework for K-12 Science Education makes that connection even more pronounced. The featured articles in this issue focus on helping students see this connection, and they each...
By Mary Bigelow
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NSTA has been running informal polls of our members online and sharing the results — and your unvarnished comments — in NSTA Reports for about two years. One of the more interesting things I do as the paper’s editor is sift through the comment...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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At the end of the class period, my middle school students want to rush out of the room as soon as the bell rings. Sometimes, I’m in the middle of a sentence and other times they leave the lab in a mess for the next class. Any suggestions for de...
By Mary Bigelow
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Science of the Summer Olympics: maximizing the long jump of Bryan Clay
Just because the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games are over doesn’t mean the enthusiasm students brought to school in August has to be. This installment of the NBC Learn/NSF videos series Science of the Summer Olympics—Maximizing the Long Jump of...
By admin
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In Memoriam: sadly, we report the passing of Irwin Slesnick, whose many contributions to NSTA and the broader realm of science education include the NSTA Press books Adventures in Paleontology and Clones, Cats, and Chemicals....
By NSTA Web Director
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Science teachers often integrate topics in health/nutrition/wellness with science. Most children know that nutritious food and exercise are important for good health, and science classes provide opportunities for children to explore how and why....
By Mary Bigelow
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Low-budget (or no-budget) science
I recently started teaching in an elementary school. When I first walked into my classroom, I was surprised that there were no supplies or equipment for teaching science. My colleagues said that the requisitions and orders were all placed last year, ...
By Mary Bigelow
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Science of the Summer Olympics: the strength and flexibility of Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius attracted our attention in both the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. First, he fought long and hard to become the first amputee to run in Olympic events....
By admin
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The place of inquiry in the reform of science education
The National Science Education Standards use the word “inquiry” in two ways. It was to be a form of content while also being a way science must be taught....
By Robert Yager
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You never know what you'll find…
Olivia Bouler at the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art...
By Mary Bigelow
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Looking at NSTA's digital journals
If you subscribe to any of NSTA’s Journals, you probably received a note about NSTA’s Digital Journals. As NSTA members, we’ve had access to journal articles as PDF files, but now the journals are also in a digital format that can...
By Mary Bigelow
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The cameras on tablets work great for general picture taking, but they also can work as magnifiers and microscopes. A good place to start is by placing additional lenses directly on the camera to see how it preforms. Low power loupes f...
By Martin Horejsi
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Science of the Summer Olympics: measuring a champion
As Official Time-Keeper of the 2012 Olympic Games, Omega’s high-tech timing devices have come a long way since the 1932 games in L.A. where athletes were timed to the nearest one-tenth of a second. The company brought thirty “official” stopwatc...
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