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Career of the Month: Medical Scientist
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Based on Interviews With Professionals Using Science in the Workplace National Eye Institute/NIH Medical scientists conduct laboratory experiments to try to find answers to difficult medical problems while also…
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Meeting with others about early childhood STEM education–at a conference, at the White House
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The powerful learning that comes of getting together with others who are interested in the same topic can lead to action that increases opportunities for all children to engage in science and engineering explorations.…
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Teach Your Students To Be Good Stewards of the Environment
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Share some of these great NSTA Press® resources with your students and teach them the importance of being good stewards of our environment. Prices provided are the member and nonmember book prices. All books are…
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Uncover Your Students’ Ideas in Earth and Environmental Science
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The newest book in the NSTA Press best-selling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series is here! Uncovering Student Ideas in Earth and Environmental Science by Page Keeley and Laura Tucker offers…
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Here's Why You Should Attend the 2016 STEM Forum and Expo
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As Chair of the 5th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, I invite STEM educators to join me and NSTA in Denver, Colorado from July 27-29, 2016, for a unique PD event that brings together many of the top STEM organizations and…
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Sylvia Shugrue award winner 2016
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Debra Ericksen, winner of the 2016 Shugrue Award and a science teacher at Adamsville Primary School in Bridgewater, NJ, has developed interdisciplinary, inquiry-based lessons that encourage students to pursue their…
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Exemplary science teaching leads to better assessment of student learning
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Too often science teachers focus on the information included in textbooks and a specific curriculum. But these resources do not include Exemplary Science Teaching. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) continue…
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THE GREEN ROOM: When Lead Flows from the Tap
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Making Your Teaching More Environmentally Friendly Two years ago, the city of Flint, Michigan, began using water from the Flint River. The chemical composition of the Flint River water renders it more corrosive to…
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Teach Students Evidence-Based Argumentation
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Scientists make arguments and test arguments. They evaluate, analyze, and critique data. Scientists question. They learn from their mistakes. For student scientists, learning how to make and support evidence-based…
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Science with infants, toddlers and preschoolers
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In the March 2016 Rocking and Rolling column in Young Children, “Sharing the Wonder Science With Infants and Toddlers,” Emily J. Adams and Rebecca Parlakian write, “For infants and toddlers, [science] is a process of…
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Recommendations for Science-Focused Additions to a Middle School Reading List
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Question of the Week on the Middle Level List Serve “I’d really like to encourage my middle school (6-8) students to read more science literature for more robust discussions. In class, I have provided articles and…
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Mastering Scientific Practices With Technology, Part 3
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Student use of evidence can sometimes be disconnected from the conclusions students draw from scientific inquiry. As we said last month (see editor’s note, below) when addressing a different practice, the formatting…
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Vernier Turns Up The Pressure with the new Pressure Sensor 400
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The new Vernier Pressure Sensor 400 is one small step up in price, but one giant leap in performance. With an exceptional operational temperature range, and secure metal fittings makes the Vernier Pressure Sensor…
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#NSTA16 Nashville | Do Not Try This at Home!
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Big Bird, @BillNye and Flamingos… No it’s not a crazy dream, it’s #NSTA16 — @eckzoo April 3, 2016 If you weren’t in Nashville last week for the 2016 National Conference on Science Education, you didn’t have to dodge…
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#NSTA16 Nashville: Where Science Teachers Are the Rock Stars!
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My initial goal for the 2016 NSTA National Conference on Science Education (which took place in Nashville March 31-April 3) was solely to present my project (my baby). And just like having a baby… it seemed like a good…
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