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Ideas and inspiration from NSTA’s April 2018 K-12 journals
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Regardless of what grade level or subject are you teach, as you skim through the article titles, you may find ideas for lessons that would be interesting for your students or the inspiration to adapt/create your own.…
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From Vision to Reality: Making the NGSS Come Alive in Every Classroom
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The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are ushering in an exciting new era of science education where three-dimensional learning integrates core ideas, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts…
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A colleague and I were wondering what type of homework works best for our students? How do we hold them accountable? — N., California In general, you have to be flexible and adapt to your classes. Different…
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April brings "real science," Citizen Science Day, and Earth Day
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Citizen Science Day is April 14, and these projects are a wonderful way for young children to continue their science learning by being part of a larger science effort doing “real science.” (For the record, I…
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Ed News: ESSA Pressures States To Assure All Students Have Good Teachers
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This week in education news, Wyoming and Idaho pass laws mandating schools to offer computer science classes; March for Science taking place April 14; NAEP scores in math and reading remain relatively flat; blind and…
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Mercury: The Shining Health Hazard
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At room temperature, elemental (metallic) mercury can evaporate to become an invisible, odorless toxic vapor. The warmer the air, the more quickly mercury vaporizes. Exposure to even a small amount can affect…
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What are some of the best ways to start and facilitate a class discussion about science topics? – B., Arkansas I have used many different ways to get science discussions going. I think the key is to either “wow” them or…
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The Pasco Wireless Weather Station: Like having your own weather satellite
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For almost 2000 years, Aristotle’s ideas about weather were the industry standard. Although our hindsight confirmed that many of the theories Aristotle put forth in his work Meteorologica were in error, the depth and…
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Building STEM Knowledge in a Breakerspace
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Janet Sweat’s middle school students in Lake City, Florida, disassembled broken toys to create cars, some that would run with remote controls and others without them. Photo courtesy Janet Sweat. A breakerspace—a…
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Ed News: Lecture Instruction – Alive and Not So Well
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This week in education news, new analysis of college-level STEM classes found that lecture instruction still remains as the dominant form of teaching; report that launched the modern education reform movement turns 35…
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Coming to a City near You—March for Science 2018
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About this time last year NSTA and many of our teachers joined millions in the streets of Washington, DC and in cities nationwide for the March for Science 2017. This year, March for Science (MfS) 2018 is scheduled for…
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Robert E. Yager Exemplary Teaching Award—2018 winners
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The Robert E. Yager Exemplary Teaching Award recognizes six full-time K–12 teachers of science who successfully use innovation and excellence in their classroom. District II None awarded District IV James Brown …
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See photos and get resources from NSTA 2018 Atlanta
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I feel recharged and activated after attending a conference and taking a few weeks to reflect and prepare to put the new understandings into practice. Whether or not you attended the 2018 NSTA national conference you…
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Ed News: Federal STEM Education Programs Lack Coordination, Watchdog Finds
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This week in education news, GAO finds federal STEM education programs lack coordination; Juneau School District considers teaching climate change; teaching kids not to be afraid of math might help them achieve;…
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“It Gets Easier”: A Teacher’s Notes from the NGSS Trenches
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It gets easier. Even after two summers of writing NGSS-aligned curriculum units with the Michigan Science Teaching and Assessment Reform (MiSTAR) project, I found my first pilot experience teaching a MiSTAR NGSS-aligned…
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