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10 Reasons High School Teachers Should Join NSTA in St. Louis in April
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“I work at a school in a science department that needs a little bit of re-innovation. I am trying to invigorate my department and help connect them with ideas that will help our students shine!” High school teacher…
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Sensory play for science learning
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Children and people of all ages continually explore and learn through their senses. Prior experiences that build understanding of how we use our senses to learn about the world are the foundation for understanding the…
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Ed News: Higher Ed is Pushing STEM Diversity, But is Change Happening Fast Enough?
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This week in education news, Senator Klobuchar is running for president; girls of color have a place in STEM; report finds that the teaching force has been greatly changing, but few have noticed; University of…
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Why Should Middle Level Teachers Join NSTA in St. Louis in April?
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“So I can inspire more students to love science!” That’s why middle school teacher Katherine W. told us she wanted to come to our national conference. Inspiration is high on the list for most people who come to an NSTA…
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Interactive eBook Introduces Young Readers to Beavers, Nature’s Furry Engineer
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As a member of her local nature preserve, Katie Dunbar learned so much about the symbiotic relationship between animals and their environment. Take beavers, for example. The absence or presence of this one species has…
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Ed News: AP Participation, Performance Reach New Highs
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This week in education news, physical computing has established a presence in a number of schools around the country; Senator Lamar Alexander is on mission to overhaul the federal Higher Education Act by the end of the…
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Plan Your #NSTA19 St. Louis Elementary Science Experience
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The biggest science education conference of the year is happening in St. Louis this spring! Elementary teachers who want to be the student for a few days should join us. Here are 11 reasons why. NSTA’s inaugural…
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The Go Direct SpectroVis Plus Spectrophotometer: Listening to Plants (Part 2)
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Continuing the story of the Vernier Go Direct SpectroVis Plus Spectrophotometer, we will now apply its power it for a more traditional use; to inspect the transmission and absorption of fluid or a material suspended in…
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Introduction: Pitsco’s Straw Rocket Launcher and its Getting Started Package gives students an introductory rocket activity where they can grasp a variety of subjects including force and motion, thrust, center of…
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Reflecting on the Flipped Classroom
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Doug Stith uses a form of the flipped classroom he calls Learner-Paced Science with his sixth graders at Londonderry Middle School in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Older students serve as his assistants. Here an assistant…
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I am currently reading a book about childhood trauma in the classroom. How do we as teachers help students who have had a traumatic experience? — A., Iowa I discovered the biggest hole in my teacher preparation…
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Ed News: State Legislation Could Accidentally Mess Up Science Education
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This week in education news, nationwide study revealed that college STEM summer bridge programs double the odds that students plan to pursue a STEM career, compared with students without program exposure; increase in…
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Preparing Future Teachers to Put Investigation and Design at the Center of Their Classrooms
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The recently released report Science and Engineering in Grades 6–12: Investigation and Design at the Center makes a strong statement right in the title: engaging students in scientific investigations and engineering…
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Learn How to Build Community Partnerships at the 8th Annual STEM Forum & Expo
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Last spring, an article in the April/May 2018 issue of Science Scope highlighted a community partnership between a middle school in Massachusetts and a group of scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI…
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