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Fun and games with the carbon cycle
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Demonstrating the carbon cycle was never so much fun as it was in Kristen Dotti’s New Orleans session, Drop the Lecture and Let the Students Pick Up the Learning in Environmental Science. Dotti, who teaches Advanced…
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Picture-perfect elementary STEM
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This year, K–5 teachers from the Baltimore City (Maryland) Public Schools went from thinking they couldn’t teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and their students couldn’t learn it to expressing…
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With STEM, almost everything is possible
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The audience for Colonel Geoffrey Ling’s presentation had a treat yesterday. Ling, who is program manager for the Defense Science Office at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), said that this…
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The NSTA Science Store at the conferences is a popular meeting spot where teachers can browse new teaching resources and NSTA gear while catching up with colleagues. A few of the popular books at the Store in New…
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The scoop on the Next Generation Science Standards
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Stephen Pruitt, vice president for content, research, and development for Achieve, Inc., gave teachers an engaging preview of the Next Generation Science Standards during his talk this afternoon. “We have incredible…
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Morgan Fairchild on science ed and the economy
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(photo courtesy of Morgan Fairchild.com) Who knew that actress Morgan Fairchild knew so much about science? “I was the original science nerd,” she told the audience during her keynote speech this morning. Fairchild…
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Picture science and reading together
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Making connections Emily Morgan and Karen Ansberry, authors of the popular Picture-Perfect Science Lessons Series, led a lively group of teachers in exploring classroom strategies and lessons that combine science…
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T41vZCadbAk[/youtube] Between now and December 7, 2011, entries are being accepted for the YouTube Space Lab contest. Individuals or teams up to three students aged 14–18…
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Table of Contents There’s been a lot of activity in the social media sites about the relevance of professional development. Some of the best PD I had came from working informally with special education teachers. I…
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The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pipeline: how are we doing?
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NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle The pressure has been intense on increasing STEM literacy for K–12 students. What this actually means is not entirely clear since for many STEM literacy is not well defined.…
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The magic of a scientist's visit
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(photo by Cathy Parker, TOPScience Project Coordinator) When a scientist visits a classroom, a kind of magic happens for teachers and students. For students, the visit can be an experience that shapes their…
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What educators should know about research
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Reading publications from other organizations related to literacy, administration, and technology provides a context for science instruction. An article I recently read has relevance for science teachers: 10 Things…
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I wish I had more than 24 hours in a day. There are so many new resources online, and even the tried and true ones are continually being updated. It would be easy to do an entire earth science course using NOAA…
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Exploring the practices in the science Framework
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I attended a great session at the NSTA Hartford conference regarding the new Framework and Next Generation Science Standards. Francis Eberle and Harold Pratt explored scientific and engineering practices in the the new…
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photo by cliff1066™ on Flickr “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning,” said Albert Einstein. Many educators would agree that learning about the science…
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