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Earth Science Week Resources from the National Science Teachers Association
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Earth Science Week is October 13–19, 2013. Take a world tour, solve a mystery, apply to be named the Environmental Science Educator of the Year, or delve into an entire year’s worth of lessons with this resource…
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October K-12 Journals Available from the National Science Teachers Association
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October’s K–12 journals from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) highlight unique trends in science eduction. Science and Children, for elementary educators, hones in on one of the major shifts in the…
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New Leadership in the Nexus of Science and Literacy
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NSTA Recommends and the Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 (OSTB) list bid a fond farewell to Juliana Texley, who has moved on to a new role as President-Elect of NSTA. Texley was present “at the…
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Everyone talks about the Sputnik Moment, when the nation realized we had to focus on science to remain competitive. But I was more inspired by people closer to Earth. A recent Facebook post wishing Jacques Cousteau a…
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“It’s IMPOSSIBLE not to love science!” That’s what Dr. Rui Vogt Aives de Cruz told a group of several hundred science teachers Thursday at NSTA’s National Conference on Science Education. He and four other…
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Now Trending: Science Evangelists
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YouTube guru Paul Andersen and NSTA’s Teshia Birts (Chapter Relations) Science Evangelist is a term I’ve been seeing a lot of lately, and I really like it. Who rates usage of the term? Only some of the brightest…
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Web 4.0: ready or not, here it is
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Experts say we are now in the Web 4.0 environment (where meaning can be created by the majority; web participation is a necessity; etc.). According to Yahoo! Finance, we’ll be able to purchase the first Web 4.0 tablet…
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Does everyone need to be code literate?
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A recent tweet alerted me to the fact that “we have a choice between two futures, everyone with code literacy or only an elite few.” Coding has been on my radar for a while, but lately I can’t get online…
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3 Quarks Daily Science Blogging Prize
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Hello Fellow Bloggers and NSTA Members, I came across this contest from Discover magazine and wanted to share. We have some talented folks on here, and some of you may want to try it. If you enter, please share…
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I just had the honor of being a guest at the NSELA breakfast—a star-studded event if I ever saw one in the science education community! At the breakfast, Jason Painter of North Carolina was named this year’s recipient…
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Should science be taught in a Spanish immersion class?
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You never know who you might meet in the airport. Another NSTA staffer and I were waiting for our flight at Dulles and discussing our plans to put our soon-to-be kindergartners in a Spanish immersion program. A woman in…
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This is my favorite conference so far, and that’s saying a lot since I’ve worked at NSTA for 12 years! Even the weather is cooperating—it couldn’t be a more beautiful time to be in Philly.…
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I didn’t bring my son, but after walking around the Exhibit Hall, I regretted it. Who knew that Curious George would be here? When I saw him, I started thinking, and when I saw the penguins and petted the wallaby…
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Can't wait for the exhibits!
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Walking through the Exhibit Hall, watching it get set up, is exciting. Pretty soon the rafts of building materials, strings of lights, and yards of material will be booths displaying all sorts of incredible science-…
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What’s a good Irish Science Teacher to do in Philly on St. Patrick’s Day? Judging by the amount of green I’m seeing around town today, there’s plenty! Start your day off with a smile by taking a virtual field trip to…
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