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Bright Ideas for Middle Schoolers through the Bright Schools Competition!

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Bright Ideas for Middle Schoolers through the Bright Schools Competition!

Begin Developing your BRIGHT Schools Team The goal of the Bright Schools program is to create a learning experience that will help students, parents and teachers better understand the link among light, sleep and student health and performance....

By Guest Blogger

Science and the Star Wars Universe

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Science and the Star Wars Universe

When Rogue One: A Star Wars Story debuts next month, science teachers who use the Star Wars films in their classrooms will have another tool not just for teaching science, but also for integrating it with other subjects. The films “are a grea...

By Debra Shapiro

Learning about the landscape around you

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Learning about the landscape around you

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By Peggy Ashbrook

Making the Most of Class Time

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Making the Most of Class Time

At the beginning of class, it takes my students a long time to settle down. We are wasting time as I try to get their attention. Any suggestions? –T., Maryland                                   To take advantage of...

By Mary Bigelow

Time for science?

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Time for science?

When I was student teaching, I had some really good science lessons for second-graders that lasted about an hour. But now I have only a half-hour for science each day. I need suggestions for shorter lessons. – C., Colorado...

By Mary Bigelow

Tackling Scientific Problems and Pitching Engineering Solutions at #NSTA16 Columbus

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Tackling Scientific Problems and Pitching Engineering Solutions at #NSTA16 Columbus

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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director

Only at NSTA Minneapolis: #ToysForNerds

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Only at NSTA Minneapolis: #ToysForNerds

“Uh oh, someone hold me back #toysfornerds #ONLYatNSTA.” @SaraKDM sums up the joy of the thousands of science teachers who came together at NSTA’s area conference on science education in Minneapolis to do the things they rarely get ...

By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director

Bring More Everyday Engineering into your classroom

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Bring More Everyday Engineering into your classroom

A new book by NSTA Press helps middle school teachers incorporate engineering into their science classrooms.               ...

By Carole Hayward

FLIR ONE Thermal Imaging Camera

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FLIR ONE Thermal Imaging Camera

Introduction The imaginations of middle school and high school students will be fully engaged in the science classroom with the FLIR ONE Thermal Imaging Camera. This camera’s thermal capabilities allow students to explore things invisible to the h...

By Edwin P. Christmann

Working cooperatively

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Working cooperatively

I’m frustrated by my sixth graders. When they’re supposed to be working cooperatively, they are unfocused—it seems more like a social event. By middle school, shouldn’t students know how to work cooperatively? Or are they too imma...

By Mary Bigelow

Computer Science Should Supplement, not Supplant Science Education

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Computer Science Should Supplement, not Supplant Science Education

Computer science (CS) aficionados have a lot to celebrate recently....

By Guest Blogger

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