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Myths about Science, with an early childhood focus
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The National Science Teachers Association website has a section for families titled, “Help Your Child Explore Science.” Here’s my adaptation of the “Myths about Science” page in that section, giving it an…
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Ed News: California Close To Adoption Of New Curriculum For NGSS
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This week in education news, LeBron James opens public school in Ohio; Craigslist founder donates $1 million to fund STEM projects on Donors Choose; California close to adoption on new curriculum for NGSS; STEM…
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You can’t believe everything you see in social media, but when something’s popular on Twitter/Facebook/Snapchat, it’s sure to be something you can use to catch students’ attention. The stories that caught our eye this…
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Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s August 2018 K-12 journals
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The August issues are ready for back-to-school! Regardless of what grade level or subject you teach, as you skim through the article titles, you may find ideas for lessons that would be interesting your students or the…
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First-Graders Modeling Day and Night: Making Sense of a Phenomenon
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As a first-grade teacher in Detroit with predominantly Latinx students and English language learners, I worked for several weeks at the end of last school year with a doctoral candidate in science education and former…
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Modeling in Science Instruction
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With the shift toward three-dimensional teaching and learning that the Next Generation Science Standards requires, the Crosscutting Concept of Modeling has become a major focus of my instruction. I use a process…
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Ed News: New Girl Scout STEM Badges & Back-to-School Spending Hits $82 Billion
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This week in education news, the Girl Scouts have added 30 new badges in STEM to encourage more female involvement; back-to-school spending will hit $82.8 billion for K-12 and college combined, and more teachers are…
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Freeze! We're doing science!
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I have accumulated a large number of the freezer gel packs from a meal service. I’d like to find a way to use them in a classroom activity. —P., Georgia The best thing about these freezer packs is that they provide…
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Moving water involves using the practices of science and engineering
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Sometimes the discovery of materials on a play area inspires children’s exploration and use of the NGSS science and engineering practices. In this example a long length of bark from a tree branch became a trough…
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Do you have any advice for creating bottle ecosystems with my seventh grade class? I would like them to do two-tier systems with terrestrial and aquatic organisms. —S., Missouri Students can learn a lot when they create…
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Ed News: K12 Educator Externships Provide Practical STEM Experiences
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This week in education news, maker spaces help teach students to redesign their worlds; educator externships provide hands-on authenticity that better informs instruction and boosts teacher confidence; teachers wish…
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CTE Bill Signed & Making STEM a Priority in FY2020
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President Trump Signs Career and Technical Education Bill Congress finally passed, and President Trump signed into law, a reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act on Tuesday, July 31…
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Fire Air Dephlogisticated and the Vernier Go Direct Wireless Oxygen Sensor
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Oxygen is one of those very cool elements that can both save a life and kill whether in absence or abundance. Oxygen is necessary for life as we know it, but yet it oxidizes one of the most common elements in the…
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Science and Children: an August issue?!!!
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Did you know that there is an August issue of Science and Children? Yes!!!! (fist pump, happy dance, big smile). Getting the next issue in August before planning the first month of school rather than during the first…
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Camp has a culture that is different from school, partly due to the season and partly due to the temporary relationships as campers and teachers are together for shorter lengths of time. As the teacher of an “Art Lab”…
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