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Adding Inquiry to ‘Cookbook’ Labs
Jose Rivas’s AP Physics 1 students at Lennox Math, Science, and Technology Academy in Lennox, California, work on a rotational inertia investigation. ...
By Debra Shapiro
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Why I Am Voting YES for Science Teaching by Judy Boyle
I am an elementary teacher, not a science teacher. I teach everything from shoelace tying to technology. When I began teaching, my science content knowledge was at a minimal and when I taught science I tiptoed around it as if I were Indiana Jones nav...
By Kate Falk
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Handouts available, NSTA19 was great—thanks Missouri!
Where but at an NSTA national conference can you: See a possible future for your students in the keynote speech by retired astronaut and U.S....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Many hands-on STEM activities and demonstrations require the use of a heat source. The challenge is to determine the appropriate heat source based on safety while still meeting the needs of the activity. For example, the Bunsen burner is perhaps the ...
By Kenneth Roy
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I was wondering how I could incorporate chemistry into my early elementary classes and what some good resources are to use. — G., Montana Chemistry activities for young children are some of the coolest and most engaging for students. Putting on go...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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NSTA Members to Vote on New Name
The NSTA Board of Directors took a bold step to usher in a new, exciting future for NSTA by voting in February in favor of changing the association’s name from the National Science Teachers Association to the National Science Teaching Association. ...
By Cindy Workosky
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I like to infuse humour into my classroom. What is your opinion on teachers and students joking around? — T., Utah I, too, am a jokester and like to have fun with my students. I attribute a large part of this to my own teachers who were funny and m...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s April 2019 K-12 journals
Regardless of what grade level or subject you teach, check out all three K-12 journals. As you skim through titles and descriptions of the articles, you may find ideas for lessons that would be interesting for your students, the inspiration to adapt ...
By Mary Bigelow
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Ed News: Here’s The Math That Proves Teachers Are Underpaid
This week in education news, math that proves teachers are underpaid; how 29 year old Katie Bouman helped to capture the image of a black hole; and how STEM may help you to win next year’s March Madness bracket....
By Kate Falk
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I have observed a lack of emphasis on science concepts in the elementary classroom. Does this seem to be common practice in other schools? Any suggestions on how to incorporate multiple subjects within a science lesson to help alleviate this? – K.,...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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The Elementary (& PreK) Extravaganza, at NSTA19 St. Louis
Plan your strategy for getting the most out the 2 hours you have to access the 100+ presenters, each at their own table, in the Elementary Extravaganza (EE) at the NSTA annual confe...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Ed News: The Evolution of U.S. Teacher Salaries in the 21st Century
This week in education news, a look at the variation in teacher pay between the states, a new Lego set for middle schoolers that incorporates coding, and challenges ahead with the California test based on new science standards....
By Kate Falk