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What goes into a small science starter kit?
A colleague asked me, “If you were going to provide a small starter set of science materials for family child care providers, what would you buy?” This group will be participating in some science education professional development. Most of these ...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Teaching more than one subject
I’m a recent graduate. A school district where I would really like to teach has an opening for a secondary science teacher. But when I read the job description, the position requires teaching five classes of two different subjects (general biol...
By Mary Bigelow
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Bringing STEM to the Elementary Classroom
National initiatives, such as A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), call for an increase in both the quality and quantity of engineering content. With the addition of engineering to science classroom...
By Carole Hayward
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As a K-12 science department chair, I’m looking for professional development (PD) opportunities for our teachers. It’s hard to find speakers and programs for a small group. We have a very small budget, so traveling for conferences is not ...
By Mary Bigelow
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Attend a conference, virtually
I remember the first time I attended a professional association conference when I was a child care provider beginning my career and was thrilled to be among so many educators who were passionate about improving themselves professionally. If you can�...
By Peggy Ashbrook
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Each month in NSTA’s Science and Children journal, Bill Robertson* writes an informational article on a science concept. These “background boosters” present content information in an easy-to-read format with many illustrations and a...
By Mary Bigelow
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Senate Passes Bill to Fund FY2017 ED Programs
Senate Passes Bill to Fund FY2017 ED Programs...
By Jodi Peterson
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Welcome to the NSTA Safety Blog
As NSTA’s chief science safety compliance adviser, I look forward to sharing the latest safety compliance information, while helping teachers solve safety-related problems and issues in the classroom, lab, and maker space. I’m also looking forwar...
By Kenneth Roy
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There’s a lot of talk about using data to drive teaching and learning, but what data and how should these numbers be used?...
By Carole Hayward
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I recently read an article about having students “reflect” on their work. I’m not sure what the value would be. What would this look like in a science class? –G., Ohio...
By Mary Bigelow
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Beginning-of-the-year explorations: get them ready for fall
If you have not yet packed up for the summer break, consider picking out two or three lessons to begin the next school year. Choose the resources that will guide you, scan or read them, and pack them up along with the materials students will need so ...
By Peggy Ashbrook