National Science Teaching Association Welcomes New Board and Council Members

Press Release | June 2020

County School District, Jayess, Mississippi … Technical Abbott High School, Danbury, Connecticut … Science Teacher, Hunter Huss High School, Gastonia, North …

Induction Programs for the Support and Development of Newly Hired Teachers of Science

Position Statement | June 2020

a supportive transition and enculturation into a new school setting (Smith … of the new teacher's school (e.g., demographics of the students, setting of the school … of the new teacher, and support of school administrators should be continually …

Scope on Safety: STEM: A question of safety.

Journal Article | September 2012

This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses the growth of STEM lessons and the need to address hazard recognition and safety training relative to the use of hand and power…

Making Connections with Digital Data: Digital camera technology helps students draw connections between their hypotheses, data, and inferences

Journal Article | January 2004

Digital cameras can provide added value to classroom data collection allowing the students to make visual connections between their hypotheses, data, and inferences. Digital data appears more concrete and "real" to…

Remote Learning: What I Thought I Knew, and What I Learned

Blog Post | July 2020

I began the 2019–2020 school year with a focus … parents could ask their students to emulate our rich school conversations … to create a stronger bridge between school and home.  …

Meeting the Challenges of Remote Learning

Reports Article | June 2020

School in Cumming, Georgia, does an egg drop activity at home … who teaches sixth-grade science and engineering at Jonas Clarke Middle School … or at the end of the school year, as well as on his experiences teaching informal science …

Science Podcasts in the Classroom

Reports Article | April 2020

use while teaching science to middle and high school students. Ways … schoolers (and the title will likely appeal to some middle school students … use while teaching science to middle and high school students. Ways …

Gender Equity in Science Education

Position Statement | June 2020

continue to take fewer advanced-level science courses in high school … school (Miller et al. 2018). A variety of research-based best practices … female role models in science; and (3) classroom, school, and district …

Teaching About Vaccines

Reports Article | June 2020

Though he may not be teaching biology this school year, James … Stewart, a science teacher at Cambridge-South Dorchester High School … school science teacher in West Des Moines, Iowa. “It used to be a rarity …

A New NSTA Book Shows How Students Can Take on Engineering Design Challenges Inspired by a Broad Range of Literature

Press Release | April 2020

as they use the approach in their own elementary or middle school classrooms … as they use the approach in their own elementary or middle school classrooms …

Using Citizen Science to Engage Preservice Elementary Educators in Scientific Fieldwork

Journal Article | November 2016

Preservice elementary teachers’ lack of confidence in teaching science is an ongoing concern. Only 29% of elementary teachers in the field felt “very well prepared to teach life science,” according to the National…

STEM Education Teaching and Learning

Position Statement | June 2020

are mainly for middle and high school students. STEM education leaders … school; and actively promoting diversity in STEM education for all students … school administrators, school boards, and school and dis­trict leaders …

Empowering Students With Solar

Reports Article | March 2020

at Kennedy Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina, wanted her students … within one school year.” In addition, her students’ state and district … targeting middle and high school. They cover “the basics of solar energy …

Engineering Design Projects That Support Science Learning

Blog Post | August 2019

school into engineering design challenges … questioning with middle school students to surface their thinking about … his target high school science disciplinary core ideas first, then looks …

Make Every Lesson a STEM Career Lesson

Reports Article | May 2020

finding patterns and analyzing data from a case study on peppered moths … … finding patterns and analyzing data from a case study on peppered moths …