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  • Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s October K-12 journals

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    The Four Strands of Science Learning and the Next Generation Science Standards from Science Scope is an informative article for teachers of any grade level. Science Scope – Earth Science Activities According to the…

  • Using the Go!Temp Probe

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    The Go!Temp probe, made and sold by “Vernier Software and Technology,” collects real-time temperate data, making it applicable in a number of different fields, e.g., biology, chemistry, physics, earth science ,…

  • The NSTA (UN)conference: Coming This Fall

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    Leave the lecture hall behind and join us for NSTA’s first un-conference experience, taking place in Minneapolis this October 27-29, and Portland, November 10-12! What should you expect at this un-conference? Taking…

  • Two New NSTA Kids Books Highlight Importance of Observation

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    Two new children’s books published by NSTA Kids, a division of NSTA Press, are filled with rich illustrations and highlight the importance of discovery, observation, and investigation. In From Flower to Fruit, young…

  • Weather watching

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    This visible image on Oct. 6 at 1:00 p.m. EDT from NOAA’s GOES-East satellite shows Hurricane Matthew as it regained Category 4 Hurricane Status. Credits: NASA/NOAA GOES Project As Hurricane Matthew traveled across…

  • Partnering With Utilities for Hands-On STEM

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    Granada High School’s Interact Club students work with David Lunn of Friends of the Arroyo to measure water turbidity during the Tri-Valley Creeks to Bay Clean-up event. Photo by William Rasor. Utility companies, hoping…

  • Figure-it-out time

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    I get frustrated when I give directions for an activity and students immediately have questions about what to do. How can I help them become more confident and self-sufficient?  —C., Michigan Students have us…

  • Editor's Corner: Science and the Arts

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    “The greatest scientists are always artists as well.” —Albert Einstein Albert Einstein at 25. Einstein played the violin and piano, Richard Feynman the bongos. Max Planck composed songs and operas …

  • Bringing Japan Into My Chicago Classroom

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    On July 30th, eight high school students and four teachers from the United States traveled to Tokyo to participate in the third annual TOMODACHI Toshiba Science and Leadership Academy. The goal of our trip was to work…

  • Science Educators Still Feel Budget Strain

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    School Science Budget Changes  Five years ago, 67% of science educators participating in an informal NSTA Reports poll reported their typical school budget for classroom supplies was less than $500, and 27%…

  • NSTA's K-12 October 2016 Science Education Journals Online

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    Looking to teach elementary students ways to protect themselves from severe weather with the use of models? Ever thought about incorporating the Earth science processes that students saw during their summer vacations…

  • Chasing bubbles

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    As the weather turns colder with the changing season, some children come to school without enough layers to be warm during outside playtime. Games and engaging activities can keep children moving, warming them as they…

  • Are You Planning Schoolwide or Community-Wide Programs for the August 2017 Solar Eclipse

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    Andrew Fraknoi and I, co-authors of the new NSTA Press book Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses and More, want to learn more about what teachers plan to do for the August 21, 2017, eclipse. We are…

  • ESSA, Money, and More

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      FY2017 Appropriations: Congress passed a stopgap spending measure on Wednesday, September 28—two whole days before the September 30 midnight deadline that would have shut down the federal government—that will…

  • Spark Science Learning Through Children’s Trade Books

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    Research points to the benefits to student learning that come from teaching reading in the content areas, such as in science class. The National Research Council noted in a summary report of their workshop…

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