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NSTA Back-to-School Science Resources For Parents
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Keshia Gardner via Today.com One of my favorite things about back-to-school time is to see my social media accounts blow up with pictures of kids’ first day back at school. Even more entertaining is when the…
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Engineering activities for students
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If you’re concerned about how to teach engineering concepts in a K-12 environment, here are two resources that may be helpful. The TeachEngineering project is designed “to make applied science and math come alive…
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I meet with more than 100 students per day in my Earth science classes. As a relatively new teacher, I need suggestions on how to get to know them better including learning their names and interests in a timely manner…
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Tips for the First Days of School From engaging first-day activities to tips for setting a positive and supportive tone in science class, teacher-to-teacher advice is like Olympic gold at this time of year. NSTA Press…
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Upon reflection on last year’s practice of taking children on “nature walks” outside, I see how much they enjoyed nature, made gains in vocabulary and became familiar with diversity in plants. In…
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What Can NSTA Do for You This New School Year?
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Turning the calendar to the month of August signifies the excitement of another school year. Early on in my teaching career, a colleague jokingly stated when the date stamped on the breakfast orange juice container…
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Career of the Month: Paleoseismologist
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Based on Interviews With Professionals Using Science in the Workplace Paleoseismologists study geologic records to learn about earthquakes that happened thousands of years ago and then use that data to create models to…
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Right to the Source: Sketching the Double Helix
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Exploring Science and History With the Library of Congress. In 1869, 25-year-old Swiss physician Friedrich Miescher first identified and isolated deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), calling it nuclein. Decades later,…
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I just took a fifth-grade position, and the principal showed me the classroom I’ll have. It’s a brand-new building, and there’s nothing in the classroom—just the student tables, bare bulletin boards, a few empty…
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Starting the New School Year: Seven Safer Science Strategies
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Before starting the new school year, in terms of safety, a little planning can go a long way. Science teachers, supervisors, and administrators should check out the Safer Seven checklist below for strategies that…
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Could a Species Like Bigfoot Have Evolved? 17 Mysteries Revealed at #STEMforum Last Week
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2016 STEM Forum and Expo Denver, Colorado, July 27–29 As Seen on Twitter How do you make a banana piano? #STEMforum @NSTA in the Exhibit Hall playing a banana piano!! pic.twitter.com/fxlcEN0W0w — Danielle…
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I’m moving to a different state to take a teaching position. I don’t know anyone there, so where can I look for guidance on state standards and other resources that would be helpful in my new job? —W., Pennsylvania…
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The Anatomy of the STEM Pipeline: Dissecting Misconceptions at the 2016 #STEMforum
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Anatomy: The subject tend to make teachers freeze up, or make the obligatory “gross” puns. But it’s a great topic for STEM, and a career field more students need to know about. The NSTA staff had a chance to sit down…
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Health Wise: Countering Poverty’s Effects on Learning
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Poverty is a student health problem, according to the 64,000-member American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP; 2016a). Poverty affects learning. The AAP announced earlier this year that at all checkups, pediatricians should…
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Manipulating Contents & Containers, and representing 3-D objects in block play
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It is so fascinating how obvious it is that children have different prior experiences, different developmental ages, and different interests when we teachers present them with a set of materials and don’t ask them to…
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