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How do you keep students from losing attention when you’re teaching difficult science terminology? —M., Iowa...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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In Legislation to Support Climate Change Education, Symbolism is Not Enough by Glenn Branch
It’s a perfect storm. No fewer than fifteen measures to support climate change education in the public schools have been introduced in the statehouses of ten states so far in 2020. Why? Perhaps legislators are beginning to heed public opinion....
By Kate Falk
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Coronavirus Lesson for Elementary Students
Author: The COVID-19 global pandemic has led to major changes in our everyday lives, a situation that can be scary for both young people and adults. Understanding helps alleviate fear. This coronavirus lesson was designed to help young children t...
By Korei Martin
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I would like to find some time-efficient way to have students share their learning or their observations with me (individually) without having to take in two classes of science notebooks. —J., Ohio “School should not be a place where young pe...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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Stimulate Science Learning with Student Debates
The new NSTA Press book ...
By Carole Hayward
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How Can You Assess the Science Your Children Are Doing and Learning?
A guest post by Cindy Hoisington (choisington@edc.org), an early childhood science educator and researcher at Education Development Center Inc. in Waltham MA; Regan Vidiksis, a researcher at Education Development Center with a focus on STEM teaching ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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The Vernier Go Direct EKG Sensor: The Heart in Action
The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed....
By Martin Horejsi
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I want to know if there are ways to incorporate [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)] into more or all subjects? How would a teacher begin to integrate English or social studies with STEM? —M, Arkansas...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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Equity in STEM Education: It’s All About Culture!
Guest post by Alicia Santiago When you think about diversity, how does it show itself? When you stand before your students, do the faces looking back at you look like your own? Most likely, your answer is “no.” Classrooms and afterschool progr...
By Lynn Petrinjak
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Building STEAM With Model Railroads
Are you a science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) teacher seeking a new way to interest students in these subjects? While model railroading is not a new hobby, STEAM teachers can accomplish learning goals while introducing it to a ne...
By Debra Shapiro
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Medical Schools Offer STEM Pipeline Programs
In Newark, New Jersey, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School offers Science, Medicine, and Related Topics, a pipeline program for underrepresented students interested in careers in medicine, dentistry, biomedical research, and other health-related care...
By Debra Shapiro
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Coronavirus Meets ... Physics? Making a Biological Topic Fit into a Physics World
Author: Stephanie Duke, Physics Teacher and Science Department Chair at Graves County High School in Mayfield, KY...
By Korei Martin
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What Does It Really Take to Get High School Students to Make Their Ideas Visible?
Asking high school students to reveal what they really think about what causes a natural or designed phenomenon is risky business. Risky in that it requires students to take the intellectual and social risk of sharing their thinking, which may or may...
By Angie Berk, Jen MacColl and Kristen Moorhead