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Journal Article
Editor's Corner: Smartphones: Challenge or Opportunity?
The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....
Journal Article
Science 2.0: Choosing a 3-D Printer
This column shares web tools that support learning. Last month the authors discussed using a 3-D printer to help teach design thinking. This month they look more closely at the printers themselves. Although 3-D printers are fairly simple tools, teach...
Journal Article
Focus on Physics: Radiant Energy and Global Warming
This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. This month's article discusses electromagnetic radiation....
Journal Article
Idea Bank: Using Apps That Support Scientific Practices
The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. For this article, the authors analyzed 93 educational applications (apps) that have the potential to help students meaningfully engage in the science practices ou...
Journal Article
Idea Bank: The Art of Chemistry
The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. This article describes a research-based investigation in which students explore chemical reactivity in the context of artistic expression. It results in the creat...
Journal Article
Career of the Month: Social Media Manager
This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Kelly Owen's career path to becoming a Social Media Manager....
Journal Article
Right to the Source: How the Telegraph Changed the World
Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This month's issue discusses the 1853 map of telegraph stations in the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia....
NSTA Press Book
Adventures With Arthropods: Eco-Friendly Lessons for Middle School
If you’ve ever wished you could teach with tarantulas—or roly polys, or Madagascar hissing cockroaches—this is the resource for you. It tells how to help middle schoolers get up close and personal with amazing arthropods, the bugs that make up ...
By Ron Wagler
eBook
Adventures With Arthropods: Eco-Friendly Lessons for Middle School (e-book)
If you’ve ever wished you could teach with tarantulas—or roly polys, or Madagascar hissing cockroaches—this is the resource for you. It tells how to help middle schoolers get up close and personal with amazing arthropods, the bugs that make up ...
Book Chapter
In this lesson, students learn the basics about construction materials, the construction processes used in building tall towers, and the forces and geometry associated with static structures. To be able to understand the science and mathematics invol...
Book Chapter
In this lesson, students learn about the engineering concept of learning from failure by examining the collapse of the World Trade Center Twin Towers. They also learn about the science and mathematics behind the collapse of these structures, as well ...
Book Chapter
New Technologies for High-Rise Buildings
In this lesson, student teams are challenged to examine the collapse of the World Trade Center Twin Towers. Each team will develop a proposal for a new or improved building material or method that could be incorporated into the design of future high...
Interactive E-book Kids
Many different plants and animals live in any gven habitat, both on land and in the water. To explare this phenomenon, we follow a jumping spider named Kippy in her search for a new habitat. This spider belongs to the species Bagheera kiplingi, which...
Interactive E-book Kids
What happens when light encounters different objects and surfaces? Follow two characters, Liz and Sam, while they put on a light show to investigate this question. In the first act, Liz and Sam invite the reader to question, observe, and investigate ...
Journal Article
Increasing STEM Outcomes Through Quality Collaborations
Discover how early childhood faculty at the University of Memphis launched a new collaborative partnership with the Children’s Museum of Memphis to develop and implement early STEM learning activities during a teaching course requirement and field ...
By Shelly L. Counsell and Felicia Peat