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Using Collaborative Educational Technology Tools in Science
Science literacy is critical for our students. We need them to understand why it is important for them to do activities, such as composting. In fifth grade, one of the goals for students is to obtain information about, evaluate, and communicate how i...
By Cindy Workosky
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How do I motivate students who don’t want to do anything at all? — B., Utah If you ever solve this, you’ll be up for a Nobel Prize!...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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Pasco's Wireless Light Sensor Revisited using SPARKvue…
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By Edwin P. Christmann
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Supporting Science through Interdisciplinary Instruction
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have totally transformed my students’ learning experiences in STEM. However, like most teachers, my biggest challenge has been finding the additional time that students need to observe, question, investi...
By Korei Martin
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Gain Valuable STEM Teaching Strategies and Resources at the Elementary STEM Showcase
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By Carole Hayward
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Back in 1986, David Vernier wrote a book titled “How to Build a Better Mousetrap: And 13 other science projects using the Apple II.” The premise of the book was to use software, hardware, and materials to construct what David called “Laboratory...
By Martin Horejsi
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I hope 20 years from now I can still get excited about being a part of kids’ lives. I am looking for suggestions on how to enjoy teaching for a long time. — J., Missouri...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s February 2019 K-12 journals
In addition to an overview/review of the 5E model and the STEM disciplines, the Guest Editorial: Using the BSCS 5E Instructional Model to Introduce STEM Disciplines (in Science & Children)has a framework and suggestions for integrating the Model ...
By Mary Bigelow
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10 Reasons High School Teachers Should Join NSTA in St. Louis in April
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By Carole Hayward
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Sensory play for science learning
Children and people of all ages continually explore and learn through their senses. Prior experiences that build understanding of how we use our senses to learn about the world are the foundation for understanding the Next Generation Science Standard...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Ed News: Higher Ed is Pushing STEM Diversity, But is Change Happening Fast Enough?
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By Kate Falk
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Interactive eBook Introduces Young Readers to Beavers, Nature’s Furry Engineer
As a member of her local nature preserve, Katie Dunbar learned so much about the symbiotic relationship between animals and their environment. Take beavers, for example. The absence or presence of this one species has the ability to completely alter ...
By Carole Hayward