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How Quickly Do They React?

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How Quickly Do They React?

Students conduct ruler-drop tests to determine their peers’ reaction times....

Editor's Corner: Hot Topic

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Editor's Corner: Hot Topic

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....

Commentary: Why the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change Matters for Science Education

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Commentary: Why the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change Matters for Science Education

An opinion piece about what scientific consensus on climate change actually means....

Science 2.0: Teaching the Facts About Climate Change

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Science 2.0: Teaching the Facts About Climate Change

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses the need for teachers to ensure that students learn the scientific facts about climate change, absent of bias and assumption....

Focus on Physics: The Ever-Present Atmospheric Pressure

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Focus on Physics: The Ever-Present Atmospheric Pressure

This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. In this issue atmospheric pressure is explained....

Career of the Month: Climate Scientist

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Career of the Month: Climate Scientist

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Melissa Allen's career path to becoming a climate scientist....

Right to the Source: Thomas Jefferson’s Observations on the American Climate

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Right to the Source: Thomas Jefferson’s Observations on the American Climate

Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This month's issue discusses a page from an 1832 printing of Notes On the State of Virginia...

Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Teacher Edition  (Book sample chapter)

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Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living Things, Teacher Edition (Book sample chapter)

Would you like to challenge your middle school students to explain a range of phenomena—from how nylon thread can form from two clear, colorless liquids to how a snake that eats only eggs can make body structures such as skin and scales that don’...

Building the Science Department: Stories of Success (Book Sample)

Book Chapter

Building the Science Department: Stories of Success (Book Sample)

How can your science department become a site for developing science teachers’ professional learning? Building the Science Department answers that question through stories from teachers who walk the sometimes rocky path of reforming science teachin...

Transportation in the Future, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (Book sample chapter)

Book Chapter

Transportation in the Future, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (Book sample chapter)

What if you could challenge your third graders to design the train of the future? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Transportation in the Future outlines a journey that will steer your students toward authentic pro...

NSTA Press Book

Building the Science Department: Stories of Success

How can your science department become a site for developing science teachers’ professional learning? Building the Science Department answers that question through stories from teachers who walk the sometimes rocky path of reforming science teachin...

By Wayne Melville, Doug Jones, Todd Campbell

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