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“She’s afraid that if she leaves, she’ll become the life of the party.” —Groucho Marx What does this phrase mean? Is it funny? ? Don’t you have to be at the party in order to be the life…
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Chemistry Now, weeks 5 & 6: hamburgers and chocolate
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Pleasant surprise or horrible mutation? Cheeseburger cupcakes. Both may be guilty pleasures, but hamburgers and chocolate owe their status as mouth-watering treats thanks to chemistry. For hamburgers, it is that…
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The other night, I could hear my daughter in her room talking; well more like explaining what sounded like schoolwork. Rather than opening the door, I assumed she was recording her voice on her iPod, something she had…
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Selecting an inquiry experience
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Click here for the Table of Contents Teachers often use words interchangeably when referring to science activities: labs, investigations, experiments, projects, inquiry. In this year’s Science and Children, the…
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Participation "rubric"?
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At our next department meeting we’re going to discuss the idea of using a rubric to evaluate students’ class participation. In many of my college classes, participation was a factor in the final grade. I’m wondering…
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This winter has had more than “teachable moments”—it’s been a teachable season (at least on those days when school was in session). No matter what winter looks like in your neck of the woods, it’s an interesting time…
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Once again, a late evening was spent on earth science worksheets. This time, however, it was not memorizing terms that presented the challenge, but rather something that caused great consternation in science in general…
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Chemistry Now, week 4: chemical bonds
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What makes nutmeg and cloves smell like Christmas, while polyurethane-based adhesive smells like, well, glue? As we enter week four of the weekly, online, video series “Chemistry Now,” we find that placement of a double…
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Join NSTA and find an early childhood science community
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Dear Early Childhood Teacher (of science and everything else) and teacher educators: We invite you to join NSTA! The National Science Teachers Association has lowered new membership dues to $65 for a limited…
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Using data to get the big picture
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I’m a new teacher at a new school. I’m applying for a spot on the principal’s cabinet. One of the questions he’s asking is “What data should we review when we are planning and checking in on existing plans?” I can think…
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No good news from the Nation's Report Card on Science
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The 2009 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) Science scores were released last week, and NSTA was fortunate to have a number of journalists calling and asking our thoughts about the results. We sent a…
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There is an old physics joke about a professor who gave a test that included a question that required to the student to explain how to measure the height of a tall building using a barometer. In essence, the punch line…
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Data collection and representation
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Click here for the Table of Contents This is an exceptional collection of resources illustrating the parts of the inquiry process related to collecting, organizing, and displaying data. What’s even more remarkable…
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Each January, NASA’s Day of Remembrance honors the crew members of Apollo 1, space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, and others who have given their lives in the cause of exploration. This event is especially poignant…
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Chemistry Now, week 3: molecule structure, properties
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As part of the weekly, online, video series “Chemistry Now,” NSTA and NBC Learn have teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create lessons related to common, physical objects in our world and the…
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