Join-
Popular classroom resources at the KC conference
Blog Post |
The on-site Science Store at the Kansas City Area Conference has been bustling. Books and gear items garnering a lot of attention include John Haysom and Michael Bowen’s new NSTA Press book Predict, Observe, Explain:…
-
Blog Post |
The fall is my favorite season — the colorful leaves, the cooler weather, the different position of the sun that gives everything a slightly different look. For most of us, it’s also the beginning of a new school year…
-
Teaching and learning about wind energy
Blog Post |
On an appropriately blustery morning in Kansas City, the short course “Wind Energy for the Science Classroom,” led by Joe Rand of The KidWind Project in St. Paul, MN, supplied participants with background information…
-
Blogging resumes for NSTA Chapters and Associated Groups community
Blog Post |
Hello everyone! I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself —I’m Teshia Birts, one of the newest members of the NSTA staff. You may have seen the message Howard Wahlberg sent about me a…
-
Physics filtered through a three-year-old
Blog Post |
“Whether we like it or not,” Christoph Niemann writes at the New York Times website, “human life is subject to the universal laws of physics.” He goes on to illustrate: My day, for example, starts with a demonstration…
-
Blog Post |
Click here for the Table of Contents Many science curriculum guides are identifying “big ideas” (or essential questions, underlying themes, understandings) that provide context or a framework for helping students to…
-
President Obama invites you to the USA Science and Engineering Festival
Blog Post |
The big event takes place on the National Mall and around the country this weekend. Here’s your personal invitation: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDxTw1sUKvk[/youtube] See you there! Be sure…
-
Science fairs and alternatives
Blog Post |
I have my eighth-grade honors physical science classes do traditional science fair projects (trifold board display with research essay and lab report). This year there has been some discussion within our department…
-
Francis's blog on all things science education
Blog Post |
NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle Welcome to my blog about issues and concerns to science educators and science education. At least once each month I will introduce a new topic that I hope will generate some…
-
Join in forming a Science Interest Forum for early childhood educators
Blog Post |
Dear early childhood educators and researchers, We’re writing to invite you to join us in applying to NAEYC to form an Early Childhood Science Interest Forum. The purpose of the forum is to: Provide a forum for the…
-
President Obama recognizes NSTA student competition winners
Blog Post |
Photo by Francis Eberle Middle school students Anika Patel and Angela Riggins, shown here, from Forest Ridge School in Bellevue, Washington, exhibited their 2010 first-place ExploraVision project titled Ecological…
-
Blog Post |
Click here for the Table of Contents The guest editorial Inquiry, Process Skills, and Thinking in Science is relevant to any grade level. The author notes that inquiry is an intellectual endeavor. I’ve seen classes…
-
Blog Post |
I’ve been approached by a university science department to “pilot” some instructional materials being developed. I’ve never done this before. Do you have any questions I should ask to help me decide? —Carol,…
-
Blog Post |
Bubble blowing is a favorite activity of young children. Two-year-olds, who often have difficulty blowing a stream of air, may have more success by waving a bubble wand. The process is moderately difficult for 3 and 4…
-
Developing Visual Literacy in Science, K–8
Blog Post |
Students today encounter a flood of images and content from print and online sources. Increasingly, the ability to read, process, and derive meaning from those images and pictures will be central to student success.…
35947 Results