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Treating the economy with STEM students
Treating the economy with STEM students By Shiv Gaglani...
By Christine Royce
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What is in motion in your classroom, in addition to children?...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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It’s almost October and it’s time to celebrate science. Get ready for Earth Science Week this year (October 9–15, 2011)....
By Mary Bigelow
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It all started with the zebrafish…
photo by Elizabeth Zimmermann, Mayo Clinic Public Affairs Students in Roc...
By Debra Shapiro
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Professional Learning Communities and You!
The question for this issue of the Leaders Letter focused around professional learning communities people are involved in as well as the benefits that each person has received. In Professional Learning Communities for Science Teaching the definitio...
By Christine Royce
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I’ve recently been asked to mentor a new teacher in the science department. I’ve never had this role before. I want to help her, but I don’t want to be too intrusive or judgmental. What should I do? —Erica, Abilene, Texas...
By Mary Bigelow
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Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico (NASA, International Space Station Science, 05/04/10)...
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Are your high school students WORTHY?
photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corp....
By Debra Shapiro
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The July 2011 release of the Framework for K-12 Science Education, from the National Academies, places new emphasis on the topic of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in the discussion of K–12 education priorit...
By Claire Reinburg
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Chemistry of soap and detergents
Slippery, slathery, sparkly soap. We squirt a dollop on our hands, rub it in timed to the birthday song, rinse off, and our hands are squeaky clean. But what is soap, and why does it work?...
By admin
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The American Jobs Act and science labs
NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle...
By Francis Eberle
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Science of natural disasters, for young children
With ten-plus inches of rain, even fenceposts sprout with fungus....
By Peggy Ashbrook