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At the New York Botanical Gardens, students and parents play Biome Builder, a game from New York City–based learning games company Killer Snails. Photo courtesy of Killer Snails Jamie Easley, eighth-grade science…
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The power of phenomenon based learning
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Guest blogger Anne Lowry teaches preschool in Reno, Nevada. She has been teaching for over twenty years, drawing on her undergraduate background in archeology and geology, and her masters in early childhood education,…
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A Learning Trajectory for Sensemaking in Science
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The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer teachers the opportunity to consider teaching science in a new way. We help students engage with, wonder about, and make sense of natural phenomena, which closely…
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Fall leaves, props for learning
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Poison Ivy By Famartin (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] If you live in an area of the world where leaves change color during Autumn you and the children…
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It is truly an exciting time in science education. Science educators across the country are adapting to a new vision of how students learn science guided by the Framework for K–12 Science Education (Framework). As a…
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Learning to Read the Earth and Sky
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Learning to Read the Earth and Sky: Explorations Supporting the NGSS by Russ Colson and Mary Colson is a new book from NSTA Press that helps teachers of grades 6-12 create lessons and activities aligned with the Next…
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I’m a science teacher in a small district, and I’m curious about lessons that incorporate the three NGSS dimensions of and what they “look like.” Where can I find examples to share? —B., New Hampshire A good place…
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My background is in engineering and now I’m teaching middle school general science. I’m comfortable with the topics in physical and earth science, but I’m a little shaky on the life science topics, including cells,…
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Assessments: Part of the learning process
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Do you have advice on assessments that would be helpful for sharing with my mentee, a new teacher? —Shirley, Lexington, Kentucky Assessing student learning can (and should) include more than final tests. The…
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Why am I at the table with a laptop, a tablet and a smartphone? Is this the ultimate example of multitasking? Have I finally leaped into geekdom? Actually, I’m looking at three versions of the Next Generation…
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At the NSTA conference this spring, I stopped by the booth sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry. They were promoting their newest project: Learn Chemistry. As a webwatcher for SciLinks, I was familiar with…
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Accessing nature for lifelong learning
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During my volunteer stint at a nearby nature center, which is part of a public park, I observed the people coming in and out. Many of them were focused on using the restroom, but many others did take time to look at the…
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This product is an idea for introducing young children to skills they will use for robotics and computer programming. Level 1 includes lightweight, flexible floor tiles, cards, and a guide booklet. Students tried Step…
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Professional Learning Communities and You!
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The question for this issue of the Leaders Letter focused around professional learning communities people are involved in as well as the benefits that each person has received. In Professional Learning Communities for…
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I was recently at a workshop where the presenter used the term “bell-to-bell teaching.” As a student teacher, I was embarrassed to ask what this means. —Cory, Mobile, Alabama Teachers can’t control the length of…
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