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Pose for a groupie shot with your science teacher friends this fall and you just may find the inventor of the “camera on a chip” in the photo! Cell phone camera inventor and Dartmouth Engineering Professor Eric Fossum…
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NSTA summer journals for K-12 teachers
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Add these journals to your summer reading! The Science Teacher: Big Data As the editor says this month, “Scientific progress doesn’t result from simply accumulating data.” And data is definitely accumulating rapidly!…
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7 Science Facts #NSTA Learned on Twitter This Week
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Twitter is a treasure trove for news. These tweets caught our eye at NSTA recently, and they could surely be useful conversation starters in the classroom. Read on, and share the stories that caught your eye this week!…
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What are science teachers reading this summer?
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Browse this month’s most popular books, e-books, children’s trade books, and journal articles on NSTA’s website. Between now and August 14, 2015, save 10% on NSTA Press and NSTA Kids books or e-books by entering promo…
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Expanding understanding, resources for discussions about gender
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Young children’s imaginative play often includes creating family groups with toy animals or dolls, and role-playing with housekeeping and dress-up materials. They recreate the relationships they experience or know of…
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A graphic organizer for writing
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When I ask students to write about a topic, most try to submit a collection of copy-and-paste paragraphs. I’m looking for strategies to help students create original writing. —H., Georgia Before the Internet, when…
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Senate Passes Legislation to Overhaul No Child Left Behind
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Fourteen years after it was first signed into law and seven years after it expired, the U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday, July 16 to overhaul the Elementary and Secondary Education Act–commonly known as No…
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Engineering Next Generation Science Leaders in Omaha, Nebraska
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“Here we go” was a tweet from a delegate attending the 2015 National Congress on Science Education (NCSE), held last week in Omaha, Nebraska, by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA); excitement was evident…
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This October, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) will feature a special strand “Bundling the NGSS and CCSS” at our 2015 Area Conference on Science Education, in Reno, October 22-24. Teachers ask…
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Differences between “Inquiry” and “Practices”
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“Inquiry” and “practices” are recognized actions in science teaching that are used in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). “Inquiry” was a term which was central to many science education reform efforts–…
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Finding out what students know and can do
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I teach sixth grade science, and my students come from five district elementary schools and several private schools. Some schools emphasize science more than others, so it’s hard to know what knowledge and experience…
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K–5 and the Next Generation Science Standards—Webinars
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The free webinars by National Science Teachers Association experts, Carla Zembal-Saul, Mary Starr, and Kathy Renfrew, will guide us to a deeper understanding of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).…
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Summer weather events and patterns
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If you haven’t been tracking weather events with the children in your summer and year-round programs, they are missing an opportunity to make observations and learn about collecting data. Some regions have more of the…
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Senate Debates NCLB; House Passes NCLB Rewrite Legislation, Student Success Act
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This past week the full Senate began work to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act with the Every Child Achieves Act, legislation that would replace No Child Left Behind, first signed into law 14 years…
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July 8, 2015, image of Pluto and Charon taken by NASA’s New Horizons probe. Gaze at the Moon, follow the NASA New Horizons probe on its flyby of Pluto, or take a nature walk to benefit your brain. This is the…
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