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This October, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Bundling the NGSS and CCSS” at our 2015 Area Conference on Science Education, in Reno, October 22-24. Teachers ask…
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Differences between “Inquiry” and “Practices”
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“Inquiry” and “practices” are recognized actions in science teaching that are used in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). “Inquiry” was a term which was central to many science education reform efforts–…
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Finding out what students know and can do
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I teach sixth grade science, and my students come from five district elementary schools and several private schools. Some schools emphasize science more than others, so it’s hard to know what knowledge and experience…
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K–5 and the Next Generation Science Standards—Webinars
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The free webinars by National Science Teachers Association experts, Carla Zembal-Saul, Mary Starr, and Kathy Renfrew, will guide us to a deeper understanding of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).…
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Summer weather events and patterns
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If you haven’t been tracking weather events with the children in your summer and year-round programs, they are missing an opportunity to make observations and learn about collecting data. Some regions have more of the…
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Senate Debates NCLB; House Passes NCLB Rewrite Legislation, Student Success Act
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This past week the full Senate began work to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act with the Every Child Achieves Act, legislation that would replace No Child Left Behind, first signed into law 14 years…
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July 8, 2015, image of Pluto and Charon taken by NASA’s New Horizons probe. Gaze at the Moon, follow the NASA New Horizons probe on its flyby of Pluto, or take a nature walk to benefit your brain. This is the…
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Do you have any suggestions for how I can help my middle school students understand and use the metric system? We struggle with this at the beginning of every year. –E., Indiana It’s hard for U.S. students to get…
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Start Your App Search With a Question
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[youtube]https://youtu.be/LL4n4nq0DDc[/youtube] In this video, columnists Ben Smith and Jared Mader share information from their Science 2.0 column, “Start Your App Search With a Question,” that appeared in the Summer…
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NSTA at #ILA15: Hands-On Science + Literacy Solutions
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The 2015 annual conference of the International Literacy Association (ILA) takes place July 18-20. Featuring general session speakers Shaquille O’Neal, Octavia Spencer, Shiza Shahid, and Stephen Peters, the conference…
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NSTA President Carolyn Hayes Welcomes NSTA's New Committee, Advisory Board, and Panel Members
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On behalf of the leadership of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), NSTA staff, and NSTA members, I would like to welcome and thank the NSTA members listed below, who are newly serving on our Standing…
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NSTA’s K-College July 2015 Science Education Journals Online
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Varied ways to use instructional sequences that support valid learning, making science accessible to all students, big data, and identifying textbooks or other reading materials that are written at the…
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Our Most Popular NSTA Press Book Quotes
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For nearly two years, NSTA Press has been pinning quotes from its books to Pinterest. Our followers often repin these interesting, informative, and often inspirational quotes. These are the books that have garnered the…
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Three major features of “doing” science
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NSTA has identified three major features of students who actually “Do” science. The first of these is Human explorations of the natural world. The second includes Explanations of the objects and events encountered. …
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Exploring the properties of clay
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Finding bits of clay pottery made and discarded by people hundreds of years ago reminds me of how this useful material can be a valuable addition to a preschooler’s experience. Of the earth but not commonly found on…
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