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President Releases FY2019 Budget
President Trump released his budget for FY2019 programs on Monday, February 12, and, as expected, has requested significant cuts to key grant programs in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The Administration is requesting $63.2 billion in disc...
By Jodi Peterson
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Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s February 2018 K-12 journals
Regardless of what grade level or subject are you teach, as you skim through the article titles, you may find ideas for lessons that would be interesting your students or the inspiration to adapt/create your own....
By Mary Bigelow
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What do you typically do after administering a test or a midterm to help students make necessary corrections and, thereby, reinforce the concepts that were not understood? – J., New York ...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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Farm: animals & a beginning understanding of hereditary
Figure 1 — Pie chart showing estimated proportions of different groups of organisms on Earth today, by numbers of species....
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Congress Agrees to Two-Year Budget Deal that Will Increase Ed Funding
Congress Reaches Agreement on FY2018 Budget After a short (five hour plus) government shutdown, and last minute debate (and drama) in both the Senate and House over spending, immigration, and more Congress agreed to a two year spending d...
By Jodi Peterson
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My school requires science fairs for all ninth graders. How do you encourage students to ask questions that don’t just come from books or websites? – L., Massachusetts ...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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Unlocking Science in Breakout Games
Dean Goodwin, upper-school science teacher at The Tatnall School in Wilmington, Delaware, uses breakout box games that allow his students to...
By Debra Shapiro
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How can I help my students get the most out of their lab experiences? —J., Tennessee A lab that follows a step-by-step “recipe” does not challenge students to think much. Allowing them to design their own experimental procedures and identify v...
By Gabe Kraljevic
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Science Is Taking over Atlanta This March! Top 10 Reasons Why Educators Need to Be There
Come to Atlanta this March and immerse yourself in everything science. The NSTA National Conference on Science Education has something for every science teacher. Four days packed with useful information and resources that teachers can use in the clas...
By Korei Martin
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How Teachers Are Retooling Lessons Using the EQuIP Rubric
Sometimes finding the right book or article can be the key to opening our minds to new ideas. A few years back, NSTA published a special journal series on the NGSS, and I recently re-read a few of them. Three in particular highlighted teachers’ exp...
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Counting birds and winter jackets
The next Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is February 16-19, 2018!...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Q and A With Jim Short on Instructional Materials
Why do instructional materials for science need to change?...
By Cindy Workosky