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Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Submitting a Successful Proposal to Present at NSTA’s National Conference, April 4, 2023

Are you planning to submit a session, poster, or workshop proposal for educator sessions at the National Conference on Science Education? NSTA conferences offer valuable experiences that place the needs of educators front and center, providing an inv...

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Archive: Science Update: Observing Hurricanes with Ocean Drones, June 8, 2023

Advancing our understanding of hurricanes and improving forecasts require measurements from the most violent parts of the storms, where ships and aircraft cannot safely travel. The ocean-atmosphere interface within a hurricane is difficult to measure...

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Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: The Science Teacher Special Issue on Immunology and COVID-19, March 15, 2023

The editors of the January/February 2023 issue of The Science Teacher join us to discuss the Special Issue on Immunology. The issue provides space for sharing current teaching strategies and tools for teaching about epidemics and viruses. W...

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Adventures in Quander: A QIS Video Game for Secondary Learners

By Devon M. Christman, Collin Lejano, Kaylee Laub, Liliana Garcia, Matthew Bennett, David Gonzalez-Maldonado, Tianle Liu, Grace Williams, Danielle Harlow, Diana Franklin, and Emily Edwards

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Connecting a Community Through Computational Thinking and Robotics

By Robin Jocius, Jennifer Albert, Rachana Bhonsle, Deepti Joshi, W. Ian O’Byrne, and Melanie Blanton

Informal Education Computer Science Equity Inquiry STEM Technology

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Archive: Science Update: Europa Clipper: Exploring an Ocean World, May 11, 2023

In this web seminar, a team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will share information about the exciting Europa Clipper mission that will explore Jupiter’s moon Europa. Launching in 2024, Europa Clipper will study Europa’s icy surface and su...

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Archive: NSTA/ASTE: A Solar Eclipse 'Double-Header:' The Perfect Way to Engage Your Preservice Teachers in Capitalizing on These Teachable Moments, April 27, 2023

There will be an annular solar eclipse on October 14, 2023 and a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 in the US – an Eclipse Double-Header – with everyone in North America seeing at least a partial eclipse....

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Future Approaches to Instructional Materials in STEM Education

By Okhee Lee, New York University; Tricia Shelton, NSTA; Scott E. Grapin, University of Miami

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Archive: Science Update: An Eclipse 'Double-Header' is Coming this School Year! August 31, 2023

There will be an annular eclipse this fall and a total eclipse next spring visible in the U.S. Join veteran astronomers and educators Dennis Schatz and Andrew Fraknoi to learn more about what's happening, where the eclipses will be visible, how to vi...

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