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FREE Web Seminar • FA22: Lab Safety Considerations for Pre-Service Elementary Science/STEM Teachers

September 19, 2022

FREE Web Seminar • FA22: Lab Safety Considerations for Pre-Service Secondary Science/STEM Teachers

September 26, 2022

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How Do Students Interact With the Primary Scientific Literature in an Undergraduate Science Program?

The ability to read, understand, and interpret primary scientific literature is an essential skill for undergraduate students in science. This study...

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Preservice Teachers’ Meaningful Science Learning

This article describes how preservice elementary teachers learn about the nature of science and develop scientific literacy through a collaborative ...

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Using a Game to Teach Invasive Species Spread and Management

Invasive species are a major ecological and economic problem at the global scale, and education plays a major role in raising awareness and combatin...

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Teaching Assistant Responses to COVID-19

Undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants (TAs) are tasked with instructing undergraduate courses with little to no professional development (P...

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Teaching About How Scientists Work—With a Focus on Claims-Evidence-Reasoning

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How Professional Organizations Can Support Noyce Scholars: The Case for NSTA

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Connecting With Your Science Students Is Now More Important Than Ever

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Science Update: Observing Hurricanes with Ocean Drones, June 8, 2023

Join us on Thursday, June 8, 2023, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET for an edition of NSTA’s Science Update. Advancing our understanding of hurricanes ...

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Life Science STEM

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Book Beat Live! High School Teacher Takeover, June 26, 2023

Join us on Monday, June 26, 2023, from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM ET, for another edition of NSTA's Book Beat Live! NSTA Press books are valuable resources...

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Teacher Tip Tuesday: Introduction to Inclusive Pedigree Nomenclature, June 27, 2023

Join us on June 27, 2023, from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM ET for another edition of NSTA's Teacher Tip Tuesday on how educators can create an environment that...

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Science Update: Do NASA Science LIVE! July 20, 2023

Join us on Thursday, July 20, 2023, from 7:00 – 8:00 PM ET, to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the first landing on the Moon....

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Postsecondary Aerospace Astronomy Earth & Space Science STEM

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Scope on Safety: Safety Requires Collaboration

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue covers teachers receiving multidisciplinary safety training....

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Scope on Safety: LAMP: Shining a Light on Safety

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses LAMP: an acronym for lead, asbestos, mercury, and polychlorin...

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Scope on Safety: Kitchen Chemistry and Safety

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue covers guidelines for household chemical use....

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Lab Incident at a Manhattan High School: Another Hard Safety Lesson to Learn

On January 2, 2014, a chemistry lab safety incident involving a fire injured students at Beacon High School in Manhattan (NYC). An article in The New ...

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Scope on Safety: Eating in the Lab: A Recipe for Disaster

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses the rules associated with eating in the science laboratory....

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Scope on Safety: Pregnant and Safe in the Lab

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses how to be safe in the lab while pregnant....

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Scope on Safety: Safety in Videos

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue addresses safety issues that accompany the increased access to and use ...

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Scope on Safety: Wave Warnings

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses safety when using equipment that is used to provide students ...

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Preservice Teachers

Welcome to the one-stop-shop for science learning and teaching, and career resources geared towards those new to the teaching field.

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How Can We Help You?

Learning

Recommended Reading

Journal Articles

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Interactive eBooks+

A New and Easy Way to Earn Professional Learning Credit Hours

NSTA Press Books

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Preservice

Upcoming Web Seminars

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Teaching

Resources

Lab Safety

Preservice

Your Career

Career Advice

NSTA Career Center

Update Your Profile

Network

Join a conversation in the public NSTA forums

Science Disciplines

Pedagogy and Research

NSTA Opportunities

Attend a NSTA conference to get the latest in science content, teaching strategy, and research to enhance and expand your professional growth

Write for the NSTA journals

Welcome to the one-stop-shop for science learning and teaching, and career resources
geared towards those new to the teaching field.