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Build Your Professional Network

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Build Your Professional Network

In this video, columnist Ben Smith shares information from the Science 2.0 column, “Build Your Professional Network,” that appeared in a recent issue of The Science Teacher. Read the article here: Build Your Professional Network [youtube]https://...

By sstuckey

Successful STEM Reform: Leadership Is Key

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Successful STEM Reform: Leadership Is Key

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By Guest Blogger

The "E" in STEM

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The "E" in STEM

Teaching a “STEM” class or curriculum means addressing each letter in the acronym. In a rigorous STEM curriculum, those four areas of teaching and student learning—Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics—will be observable every day....

By Peggy Ashbrook

Mentoring a colleague

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Mentoring a colleague

My principal asked me as the science department chair if I could help one of our new teachers. From the beginning, she’s having issues with classroom management and organization. I’m willing to do what I can to help her, and she is open t...

By Mary Bigelow

#NSTA15 Area Conferences on Science Education: Bloggers Wanted

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#NSTA15 Area Conferences on Science Education: Bloggers Wanted

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By Lauren Jonas, NSTA Assistant Executive Director

Teaching Science at a Museum Magnet School

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Teaching Science at a Museum Magnet School

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By Debra Shapiro

The eCYBERMISSION STEM Competition Asks: What’s Your Volunteer Type?

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The eCYBERMISSION STEM Competition Asks: What’s Your Volunteer Type?

“From my perspective as an advisor, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the interest and motivation eCYBERMISSION generates in my students. I use many of the website RESOURCES and videos to teach methods. The real learning comes from seeing a project...

By Korei Martin

The TOMODACHI Experience

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The TOMODACHI Experience

Over the course of a day, 350 million photos are uploaded to Facebook. 6,000 Tweets are sent each second, and young adults send or receive about 100 texts per day (hopefully not all of them during class time!). Together, this creates 2.5 quintillion...

By Guest Blogger

Building STEM careers

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Building STEM careers

Emory University freshman Alexa Dantzler maintains the temperature of a solution that, after reacting it with several chemicals, will allow her to determine how much calcium carbonate exists in an antacid tablet....

By Robert Yager

Ideas from NSTA September K–12 journals

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Ideas from NSTA September K–12 journals

Science and Children:  Engineering and Design...

By Mary Bigelow

What’s Ahead for No Child Left Behind?

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What’s Ahead for No Child Left Behind?

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By Jodi Peterson

Positive parent communications

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Positive parent communications

When I taught at the elementary level it was easy to communicate with the parents of 25 students. Now that I’m teaching science at the middle school, I’m overwhelmed by the thought of trying to communicate personally with more than 150 pa...

By Mary Bigelow

Social Media Primer

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Social Media Primer

In this video, columnists Ben Smith and Jared Mader share information from their Science 2.0 column, “Social Media Primer,” that appeared in a recent issue of The Science Teacher. Read the article here: http://bit.ly/1OY0772 [youtube]https://you...

By sstuckey

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