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Blog Post | May 2015
They say it takes a village to raise a child. And when it comes to giving all children a science education, it takes the huge professional community within the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). Each year,…
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Science Safety in the Community College
NSTA Press Book | January 2006
Science Safety in the Community College is specifically designed to help two-year college faculty—including adjunct faculty—lay a good safety foundation for students in introductory science courses—even when they have…
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Any Way You Say It, Science Is the Key
Blog Post | March 2015
Last fall, for the first time in our nation’s history, the majority of public school students were minorities. According to the Pew Research Center, of about 50 million students, approximately 49.7 percent were white (…
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International Day Coming to #NSTA15 in Chicago: March 11, 2015
Blog Post | February 2015
It is often said that “the wings of a butterfly can cause a storm on the other side of the world.” (That’s actually a simplistic description of Edward Lorenz’s chaos theory, but it is often used…
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NSTA and ASE: creating pathways to better international cooperation in science education
Blog Post | January 2015
They say the world is flat … and so it often seems. Cross the ocean by plane, or travel far from home by train or car…sit down for coffee with other teachers…and the issues are almost always the same. We find much in…
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Breaking Down Walls at the 2014 National Congress on Science Education
Blog Post | July 2014
If you were with the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) in Washington, D.C. last week, you would have been part of the most exciting and productive Congress of the year! In Georgetown, about 145…
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Imagination Wins at the NSTA/Toshiba ExploraVision 2014 Competition
Blog Post | June 2014
2014 ExploraVision Participants In many textbooks you’ll find a page on the scientific method. But of course there’s no such thing—the method is a myth. There is no single path to scientific discovery. The…
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National Science Teachers Association and NAEYC Join Forces to Enrich Early Childhood Science
Blog Post | May 2014
The world of a young child is full of “wow.” Children are constantly observing, exploring and discovering phenomena around them. From those activities they build models of how they think the world works and make…
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Blog Post | April 2014
I had a great conversation with an early-career teacher a few weeks ago. She was a “digital native”—armed with smart phone and ready to tweet. I admit, I’m a “digital immigrant” who re-examines every new device in order…
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