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Discovering Science: learning to draw science (clouds, K-1)
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Young children love science. For some, it may be the excitement of going to a science lab or the interesting activities they see or do. Science gives them an understanding of the world around them and makes concepts…
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How can a patch of grass be described as fast or slow? It’s certainly not going anywhere! For those of you whose closest look at a golf green is from the car window as you’re driving by, the speed of a green refers to…
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Discovering Science: lessons plans and experiments for the classroom
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Science curriculum is so important today! Yet, as educators we already have so much curriculum to cover — little time remains in the day for science. That’s why we created Discovering Science: Lesson Plans and…
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Reflecting on What Being an NSTA New Science Teacher Academy Fellow Means
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Ryan Rudkin, 2008-2009 NSTA New Science Teacher Academy Fellow The August 26 deadline for applying to the NSTA New Science Teacher Academy is fast approaching. To highlight the benefits of being accepted into the…
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NSTA's 2013 National Congress on Science Education
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2013 NCSE Planning Committee Puerto Rico, home to the largest radio telescope in the world, played host to NSTA’s 2013 National Congress on Science Education (NCSE) last week. While a visit to the Arecibo…
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Science resources for teaching younger learners
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As a SciLinks webwatcher, I have the opportunity to look at many web-based project sites during the process of adding resources to the database. Many of the projects focus on high school science, but I recently…
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Argumentation–respectfully disagreeing when making a scientific claim
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Is there an age at which we can expect children to understand that disagreement can be about an idea—not a personal statement of dislike—that they can have a different opinion and still “be friends?” Dr. Amelia Church,…
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Professional development for science teachers
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With budget issues facing many of the schools I’ve worked with, district-sponsored professional development (PD) has been scaled back. But teachers have a professional obligation to stay current with new findings about…
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What to do on the first day of school
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I’m looking for suggestions on what to do with students on the first day of school. I’m starting my first year teaching science at a middle school. —Shelly, Illinois Put yourself in the students’ place. On the…
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This month I was able to spend unstructured time with a 2.5 year old and her family. In my position as an observer, not teacher, care-giver or parent, I could enjoy only observing—observing without a purpose outside my…
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“Let’s argue” writes the editor in his introduction to this issue. But he is referring to scientific argumentation–the goal of which is to “reach consensus in a collaborative search for truth.” The practice of…
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Although golf is a game that is often thought of as elitist, it has many egalitarian aspects, such as the handicapping system! Find out more about it in Science of Golf: Handicap Index. Haven’t been golfing long? Or,…
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Science of golf: evolution of golf club
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The United States Golf Association (USGA) took the 2013 U.S. Open to the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, just outside Philly. It was the fifth Open Championship to be held there in the 101 years since the…
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“Engaging in argument from evidence” is one of eight practices described in A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the NGSS. Teachers may be wondering what this might look like in a middle school classroom, where…
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Science of golf: volume and displacement
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Further your STEM efforts with the Science of Golf video series from the partnership of NBC Learn, the United States Golf Association (USGA), Chevron, and NSTA. As the governing body for the sport, one aspect of the…
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