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A blog (and column) works best when it focuses on community. We would love to hear your feedback and suggestions. Let us know if you want us to write about something specific. Also, we are always looking for cool tech projects to showcase. Let us kno...
By Eric Brunsell
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Young scientists publish their work
One of the many blogs I subscribe to is Not Exactly Rocket Science from Discover magazine....
By Mary Bigelow
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In the November and January issues of The Science Teacher, we wrote about using digital cameras in the classroom. November’s column (read it free) focused on using high speed cameras during inquiry....
By Eric Brunsell
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December’s Science 2.0 column focused on using rich media to spark questioning and inquiry. Here is a fully developed example from Dan Meyer’s blog that could work well in a physics classroom. First, the video: [youtube]http://www.youtube.c...
By Eric Brunsell
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Our middle school science department has started using the BSCS 5E instructional model. We like this framework, but we’re having a hard time fitting in all the components every day. It doesn’t seem possible, given that the class periods a...
By Mary Bigelow
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Sulfur + iron + tantalum …
What on earth could this be a recipe for? ...
By NSTA Web Director
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Welcome to the Science 2.0 Blog
Although blogs (web logs) were once only a reverse chronological diary of thoughts and observations, today’s blogs are so much more. First of all, the vast amount of aggregatible content has brightened a once text-heavy presentation. Images, videos...
By Martin Horejsi
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NSTA's Book Beat wins 2010 MarCom Award
NSTA’s Book Beat was honored in November 2010 with a Gold MarCom award for e-newsletters. The MarCom Awards is an international creative competition that recognizes outstanding achievement by marketing and communications professionals....
By Claire Reinburg
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As NSTA expands its efforts to develop Communities of Practice—particularly with its web presence—I thought I would share a few tips on how chapter or associated group leaders can engage and foster communication online. If your chapter o...
By Teshia Birts, CAE
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Exploring sound and music as part of science learning
Exploring how sound is made is one way music is used in early childhood classrooms. I like to use a triangle to focus children’s attention on the tiny movement that generates the sound. They touch the still triangle and then remove their hand....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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What can a new teacher contribute?
My principal recently invited me to serve on the school improvement committee; both my mentor and the high school science department chair have urged me to accept. I’m just in my second year of teaching, so I’m not sure I would have anyth...
By Mary Bigelow
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NSTA has released the following statement regarding the results of the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment Report (PISA):...
By NSTA Web Director
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When your students don't know what to do …
At the beginning of the year, I covered measurement, basic equipment, and other fundamentals I thought my students (seventh graders) needed before we started our labs. Now they seem to have forgotten everything and need to be taught this information ...
By Mary Bigelow