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Chemistry of soap and detergents
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Slippery, slathery, sparkly soap. We squirt a dollop on our hands, rub it in timed to the birthday song, rinse off, and our hands are squeaky clean. But what is soap, and why does it work? Soaps first appeared in…
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The American Jobs Act and science labs
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NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle Last week President Obama introduced his new American Jobs Act, which included provisions that will impact schools, teachers and, specifically, science labs. A press…
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Click here for the Table of Contents I once heard a teacher say “My students are so busy, they don’t have time to think.” It’s easy to get caught up in the procedure of an activity, but as the articles in this issue…
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Science of natural disasters, for young children
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With ten-plus inches of rain, even fenceposts sprout with fungus. An earthquake (my first ever experienced), the edge of hurricane Irene’s winds, and unending rain (over 10 inches in the last two weeks)…
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Models, and maps, and spatial understanding
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Teaching spatial awareness is part of most early childhood standards, such as the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework (Understands directionality, order, and position of objects, such as up, down,…
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I just started my first teaching position (middle school Earth science) and already I feel overwhelmed. It seems like I need 36 hours in a day. What can I do to get everything done? Does it get any easier? —Ted,…
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How will you implement your professional development learning this year?
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Professional development strengthens teaching skills and introduces the latest research about learning. For early childhood teachers professional development can range from first aid to interactive reading to…
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— The Scientific Process Berkeley’s Understanding Science website is a great resource for learning more about the process of science. The resource goes much deeper than the standard “PHEOC” model of the…
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Welcome back for the 2011–2012 school year!
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NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle I know this is a really busy time for teachers, but before we slide further into the fall, I wanted to focus on an exciting new competition we announced earlier this summer.…
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Benefitting from undergrad research experience
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photo by Karolis Panavas Derrick Wood, who teaches chemistry at Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, created a chemistry curriculum that received a prestigious award. As a student at Drew University in…
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I’m an elementary teacher and I’m thinking of taking the Praxis test to be certified to teach science in middle school. It has been many years since I was in high school and college, and I only took the basic science…
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It’s a challenge for science teachers to design activities and investigations that fit into the time periods we have. But science research and investigation doesn’t always fit neatly into 45- or 60- or even 90-minute…
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Authentic experiences in microscopy
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OK—you’ve seen the adventures that students have to explore living things, but you don’t have the funds for a field trip and your school is not close to a park or other greenspace. What to do?? Or, you’d like…
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YouTube is an amazing resource, with videos on just about any topic. There are animations, videos of demonstrations that you might not be able to do in your classroom, and records of talks by famous scientists. The…
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Our district has a goal for every teacher to reinforce student literacy skills. We’re struggling with this at the secondary level. Most of our students seem to have decent reading levels, and the reading…
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