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Shopping at the NSTA store Lunch time Fresh air! Resting our feet
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Diana Hunn and Susan Clay Due to technical difficulties, I arrived late to Diana Hunn’s and Susan Clay’s session on Using Humor to Enhance Scientific Literacy. Fortunately, they are good humored about late arrivals…
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Science talk in Philadelphia at the NSTA national conference
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Science talk between students (not teacher-to-student)—is that possible? We learned how to get started at Kathy Renfrew’s session, NSTA Science Talk: A Tool for Making Meaning, on Thursday.…
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I talked to a few more teachers this afternoon. There are folks from all across the country here this week, but I somehow managed to talk to two people from the West Coast in a row. They weren’t together, so just random…
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Christina Dragon I loved how Christina Dragon’s presentation “She Discovered It! Bringing Women Scientists to Life in the Classroom” turned into a lively interactive discussion about how to reach girls in science.…
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Students teaching teachers and rethinking education at the college level
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Linda Colon I just watched a group from Science After School squeeze in one last practice session before their presentation, What We Want Science Teachers to Know. These Manhattan students seem very eager to share…
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I was in an interesting session yesterday and have overheard bits and pieces of a lot of different conference attendees talking about presentations they’ve liked. I’m wondering: What presenters would you…
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I talked to a few teachers this morning between sessions. Here’s what they’re saying about attending the conference: Daniel Welker Daniel Welker, a 9th grade Earth science teacher in central Pennsylvania: “I always…
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People were doing double-takes in the exhibit hall as Ben Franklin himself was strolling around. I wonder what he thought of all the displays and events—just a few blocks from Independence Hall. I suspect that most…
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You know your session is successful when…
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Equity and Excellence …audience members are hanging around, talking with each other and the presenters for 20+ minutes after the session is over. That’s what happened when three teachers from Denver CO described…
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Inquiry Projects in the Elementary Classroom I thought I’d start off the conference with a session by a Philadelphia-ite. Stephen Wade, a Board-certified teacher, is a science specialist for the younger grades…
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This is my favorite conference so far, and that’s saying a lot since I’ve worked at NSTA for 12 years! Even the weather is cooperating—it couldn’t be a more beautiful time to be in Philly.…
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The scoop on science notebooks
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Karen Wood I’ve been hearing a lot about science notebooks lately, so I went to the Education Development Center’s Pathway Session on Establishing Science Notebook Habits and Skills. It was interesting to hear…
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NSTA conferences offer so much more than what you see on the program. Between sessions, I stopped to watch and listen to this young man, who was performing outside of the Philadelphia Convention Center this afternoon.…
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I didn’t bring my son, but after walking around the Exhibit Hall, I regretted it. Who knew that Curious George would be here? When I saw him, I started thinking, and when I saw the penguins and petted the wallaby…
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