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Is the computer mouse dead? Or dying anyway?
The computer mouse has been a stable since 1984 when it was popularized on the Macintosh computer. And has gone relatively unquestioned since. However, the mouse also prevents us from doing many things. Like what, you might ask? Well, doing those th...
By Martin Horejsi
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How's the weather at your science museum?
photo courtesy of the Franklin Institute...
By Debra Shapiro
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Catch sessions on Framework and Science Standards in Hartford
Greetings … Interested in learning more about NRC’s Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards now in development, catch one of the many sessions slated for the Hartford Regional Conference. Featured P...
By Cindy Workosky
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I recently became the science department chairperson. My meetings are a disaster! People arrive late and complain when I try to discuss issues. I don’t think we accomplish anything. What can I do to make meetings more productive? —Irene...
By Mary Bigelow
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Our department chair is encouraging us to add comments to student writing assignments. This sounds time-consuming; I have more than 100 students in my Earth science classes. Would students even read my comments on lab reports or term papers? —S...
By Mary Bigelow
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Young children using microscopes to see more
Hypolimnas misippus butterfly head photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Science teaching awards for 2011-2012 [Updated]
Calling all full time pre-kindergarten through second grade teachers! (Tell your upper elementary colleagues too.) Win an award for your innovative science inquiry program through the National Science Teacher Association that will put some cash in yo...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Important lessons learned from a teacher
After reading the moving NPR story of a neurosurgeon who thanked his high school science teacher, investigative reporter Steve Silberman began to imagine all the other stories out there of a teacher’s influence on prominent writers, teachers, and s...
By Claire Reinburg
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My middle school students this year are very scatterbrained. It seems to take forever for them to get focused at the beginning of class and to find the materials they need when I ask for them during class. When it’s time to get into groups for ...
By Mary Bigelow