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Chemistry Now, carbon, captured: carbon dioxide
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As a college student in the 70s wracking up science courses for my secondary teaching degree, scientists’ warnings of accelerated global warming made a believer out of me. Recently, looking at photos of Mt. Kilimanjaro…
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Chemistry Now Nobel efforts: buckyballs and graphene
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What do diamond and graphite have in common? Wait … that’s too easy. What do diamond, graphite, soccer balls, and the state of Texas have in common? Find out in this video, part of the Chemistry Now series from the…
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Chemistry Now, week 14: flower color
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In a sea of green vegetation, you’ll find reds, yellows, oranges, blues, and purples—a beautiful range of colors that pop out, saying to insects and other pollinators, “visit me, visit me, no, not that one…. me!” Flower…
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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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The Joy of Chemistry: The Amazing Science of Familiar Things
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You’ll be drawn into this lively book because it truly captures the excitement of chemistry. Its compelling 24 demonstrations consist of easy and fun classroom activities. Deftly written by professional chemists who are…
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National Conference Science Education Minneapolis 2025 Leaders Institute
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National Conference Science Education Minneapolis 2025 Leaders Institute Join fellow leaders for a day of empowering strategies, connection, and inspiration through focused leader-centric professional learning.At NSTA’s Leaders Institute, education leaders will explore practical, research-based…
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Chemistry Now, how atoms bond: ionic bonds
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Atoms, molecules, protons, electrons, bonding. Nothing new there, so why don’t your students remember which is which and how it works? A question with many possible answers, but now, perhaps a solution! Use this…
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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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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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More Chemistry Basics in the Stop Faking It! Series
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Thermodynamics and atomic bonding and quantum mechanics, oh my! Bill Robertson tackles these, and other chemistry themes, in More Chemistry Basics, the ninth book in the bestselling Stop Faking It! series. In this…
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Meet the expert in teaching physics and chemistry cost effectively
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Ted Koehn of Lincoln East High School in Lincoln, Nebraska, holds a homemade inclined plane he uses in a variety of physics lessons. With humor and insight into teachers’ struggles during this troubled economic…
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Chemistry In The National Science Education Standards, Second Edition
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Chemistry in the National Science Education Standards, Second Edition, provides models for meaningful learning in the high school chemistry classroom. This valuable resource addresses the science education standards…
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Biology and Chemistry Remote or Socially Distanced Hands-On Lab Program
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NSTA Standards for Science Teacher Preparation
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NSTA Standards for Science Teacher Preparation The NSTA/ASTE 2020 Science Standards for Teacher Preparation are now effective. These standards are intended to be used by science teacher preparation programs in preparing for accreditation or program design. These standards can also serve as a guide for state agencies…
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OpenSciEd Web Seminar Series Curriculum Launch WorkshopsCurriculum Launch + Facilitator Training Workshops Curriculum Launch WorkshopsNSTA is providing virtual…
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