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Did You Vote for NSTA's New Leaders? Here's Why You Should
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The 2016 presidential election has drawn a lot of attention in the press but there is another important election that is also occurring in 2016 – the NSTA Elections. Candidates have been selected from a rigorous…
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“Knowledge” — how to use the term to illustrate the “doing” of science
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“Knowledge” has several meanings for its use with student learning! A definition of “Knowledge” is traditionally considered information to help reform science education. It refers to information that can be used to…
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I struggle with getting my biology students to prepare for assessments. What are your thoughts? — J., Arizona This is not an uncommon problem and J. was able to provide some additional details: “I give them study…
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President Obama Gives Shout Out to Computer Science and STEM in SOTU
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In his last State of the Union address on January 12 President Obama called for schools to “offer every student the hands-on computer science and math classes that make them job-ready on day one.” The President also…
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Students communicate their results
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I am interested in strategies to help students write lab reports. I have gone over this at the beginning of the year and a few times in between. But students still have trouble explaining the purpose, hypothesis,…
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Do you “Pin?” Early childhood preservice teachers on the NSTA Learning Center forums are recommending Pinterest as a source for lesson plans and activities: “Dig into pinterest!!!! It has been my best friend as a…
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NSTA’s K-College January 2016 Science Education Journals Online
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Looking for ways to engage preschool students in physical science? Are your students curious as to how animals communicate and make decisions? Want to expand your students interest in engineering? Looking for new ways…
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Do You Have Adequate Time to Teach Science in Middle School?
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“I have all the time I need to teach my science content and processes,” said no teacher, ever! When I was an elementary teacher, I often felt pressured to spend more time on math and reading than on science because,…
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Planned, Purposeful Activities
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My fifth grade students get excited about hands-on activities, but sometimes they use an activity as a reason to socialize or joke around. Sometimes the class appears chaotic. I’m looking for ideas on what I can do to…
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A "Spring" in December
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The unusually warm December weather has brought out flowers in some of the plants that usually bloom in Spring in my area. Citizen scientists who participate in phrenology are documenting these observations. …
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Ideas and info from NSTA’s December K-12 journals
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The Science Teacher: Novel Science Tools I once worked with a teacher who said that he would put off doing anything with technology until “things settled down.” I suspect he’s still waiting… The featured articles in…
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"Group" work in elementary science?
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I’m a first year teacher, teaching third grade. In my undergraduate work and student teaching, I worked with math and reading groups, but not much was mentioned about using small groups in science or social studies. I’m…
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The Science of Art by guest blogger Carrie Heflin
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Welcome to guest blogger Carrie Heflin! Carrie was a pre-k classroom educator at the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center for four years. With everyday access to the museums on the National Mall, she developed her…
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Education Gets $1.2 Billion Increase in FY16 Omnibus
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Earlier this week the House Appropriations Committee released the FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which provides for discretionary funding for the federal government through the end of the fiscal year, September…
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Constructivist theory and its use in the Next Generation Science Standards
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The people involved with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have indicated that they did not plan to “mess” with teaching goals, professional development of teachers, and the ways teachers teach which were…
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