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Archive: Are your Lab SOPs in Place for a Safer School Year?, September 16, 2021
As the 2021–2022 school year approaches and things are getting closer to “normal,” it’s time to re-establish our STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) spaces (for the purposes of this web seminar, STEM spaces include a science lab, te...
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Archive: Science Update: State of the Climate, October 14, 2021
What's the latest understanding about whether storms are getting more intense? What about heatwaves? Fires? Droughts? How do we determine how these extremes are - or aren't - related to climate change? And, where can I get authoritative data rel...
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Archive: University and College Instructors: Engage Your Students with NSTA, July 29, 2021
Are you an instructor of pre-service teachers of science? Learn about NSTA's digital resources, virtual experiences, online community, and website tools to help your students become the BEST teachers they can be. More than membership, this way ...
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False killer whales live throughout the world, but the ones found in the Hawaiian Archipelago are some of the most-studied—and rarest—marine animals. In this Science Update, learn about this species in general and get to know the main Hawaiian Is...
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Join us on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET for Part 2 of this two-part Transforming Science Learning web seminar series. In part one of this two-part series focusing on an asset approach to learning, we explored strategie...
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Join us on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET for Part 1 of this two-part Transforming Science Learning web seminar series....
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Explore-before-Explain teaching is all about creating conceptual coherence for learners to better prepare students for the reality of their world. ...
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Archive: Using Federal Relief Funding to Support Science Education, July 15, 2021
COVID-19 has affected schools and students across the United States in ways that may not be fullyunderstood for decades. As a result, Congress has made emergency funds available through theAmerican Rescue Plan Act Elementary and Secondary School Emer...
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Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Learn and Lead on Twitter, August 10, 2021
Explore how Twitter can be a vehicle for your own reflection, collaboration, and learning as well as a way to lead and advocate for science and STEM education by sharing your voice. We invite you to consider registering for more upcoming web ...
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Launched on 12 August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is venturing closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft. It is revolutionizing our understanding of the long-standing mysteries of the near-Sun environment. The new science data show new phenom...
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Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Making the Most of EdReports’ Resources, June 9, 2021
EdReports is a nonprofit organization that provides free reports on the quality and alignment of instructional materials in mathematics, English Language Arts, and science, as well as professional development on high quality instructional materials a...
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Are you looking for a challenging leadership position that impacts local, state, and national science education? Would you like to serve the association that serves you? Not sure if you have the time or experience? This web seminar is for you. ...
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Archive: The Smithsonian’s COVID-19! How Can I protect Myself and Others? Guide, May 11, 2021
For the past year, the Smithsonian Science Education Center’s COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others? guide has supported young people to learn the public health strategies to keep themselves and their communities safe from COV...
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Archive: Science Update: All About Weather, July 22, 2021
What causes weather on Earth? How do meteorologists create a weather forecast?...
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Archive: Science Update: The Amazon: Why We Should Care and What We Should Fear, August 19, 2021
Thousands of miles away, the Amazon affects our climate, what we eat, the medicines we take, and it may be the source of our next pandemic. Why is forest clearing and burning increasing so fast, and what are some of the ways in which we can slow this...
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Archive: Developing a Competitive Teacher Award Application, November 4, 2021
The presenter will discuss the application process for the 2021-2022 academic year, share insight into completing your application, and provide tips for strengthening your submission for a chance to win prize money, materials, and equipment for your ...
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Archive: Science Update: Our Universe through Sight, Sound & Touch, September 23, 2021
Information of our Universe doesn't have to be just a two-dimensional snap shot. We can transform these data to be able to listen, feel, or (virtually) move through cosmic objects. Listen to the debris from an exploded star, walk thro...
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Known for their 13 and 17-year life cycles and massive synchronous emergences periodical cicadas are unique in the insect world. We will explore the natural history, ecology, and behavior of the seven species of periodical cicadas indigenous to North...
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Archive: Science Update: Mapping Ozone Pollution Using Satellites and Plants, June 10, 2021
Did you know that ground-level ozone, a harmful air pollutant, is a problem in the US? Ground-level -or “bad” - ozone is toxic to plants and animals – including humans. This invisible pollutant causes lung irritation, harms forests, and reduces...
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Archive: What IS Social Justice Teaching in the Science Classroom? (March 2021)
A recording of a special four-part, virtual miniseries, which was jointly hosted by the Association for Multicultural Science Education (AMSE) and NSTA's Committee on Multicultural / Equity in Science Education. This miniseries is your source for res...
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Archive: Book Beat Live!, April 8, 2021
Are you interested in helping your elementary students learn the practices of science, including constructing explanations and engaging in argument from evidence? Victor Sampson, an author of Argument-Driven Inquiry in Fifth-Grade Science, will expla...
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Archive: What's in the American Rescue Plan for K-12 and Science Education?, April 6, 2021
In March President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan into law. The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package--which includes $125.8 Billion for K-12 education--is intended to provide continued economic relief to all Americans....
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NSTA now has sensemaking lesson plans to support the Framework vision for science education and the focus on ALL students. These sensemaking tasks target specific grades and gradebands including a family section to support science learning in the hom...
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Archive: Write from the Start, March 11, 2021
Have you read great articles in the NSTA journals that changed or added to the ways you and your students do science for the better? You could inspire other educators across the country in the same way by sharing your teaching ideas, activities or le...
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Join us on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET for another edition of the Transforming Science Learning series. The COVID-19 pandemic offers an unprecedented context to explore and engage all students in societally relevant probl...
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Archive: Science Update: COVID-19 Vaccines: What are They and How Do They Work?, March 18, 2021
The intent of this web seminar is to provide the attendees with some basic background information about vaccines and how this relates to the current COVID-19 vaccines approved for use. This web seminar will not provide medical, legal, or policy...
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Archive: Master of Chemical & Life Sciences Program at the University of Maryland, March 4, 2021
The Master of Chemical & Life Sciences program offers a professional master's degree specifically suited to the needs of secondary school biology and chemistry teachers seeking graduate-level, content-based training in either of these disciplines...
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Archive: Science Update: Virgin Galactic’s Space Flight System, April 8, 2021
Virgin Galactic is in the business of making astronauts with a mission to open up space to change the world for good. How do they do it? With a six seater, two stage, air-launched, rocket-powered spaceplane. Virgin Galactic's Space Flight System cons...
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Archive: Science Update: Soaring into the Future with NASA Aeronautics, May 13, 2021
With so much recent media attention on our Commercial Crew Program and Mars 2020 “Perseverance” rover, it might be easy to forget the first “A” in NASA. However, without the foundational “small steps” of aeronautics research, there would ...
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The main goal of NASA's Perseverance Rover mission is to seek for signs of ancient life on Mars and collect samples of rock and regolith for possible return to Earth. The Rover is expected to land on the surface of the Red Planet on Thursday, F...
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For years, research on the language of classrooms explored how the way we say things impacts students’ sense of belonging. Despite this research, Science and Technology Education have failed to adequately explore how issues of race, language, and c...
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Join us on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET for another edition of the Transforming Science Learning series. NSTA and the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) have joined forces in a new program, Making Sc...
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NSTA Author Series: The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions, January 28, 2021
Join us on Thursday, January 28, 2021, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET for another edition of the NSTA Author Series....
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Join us on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET for another edition of the Transforming Science Learning series....
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Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Supporting Ambitious Science Teaching, January 26, 2021
In this Teacher Tip Tuesday we'll look at how Ambitious Science Teaching helps teachers focus on finding ways for all students to participate in science, making science compelling to a wider group of learners, and providing the means for students to ...
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Is identifying and choosing relevant, authentic problems to put in front of your students holding you back from providing opportunities to engage your students in engineering design? Join us to gain insight on what makes a problem instructionally ...
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Archive: Science Update: Cosmic Explosions, February 11, 2021
The biggest explosions in the universe dwarf any we are capable of on Earth. In space, we can witness an exploding star that can shine brighter than the rest of a galaxy, or a black hole ripping apart a star that's visible from billions of ligh...
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Two world-renowned scientists, Donald Johanson PhD and Hal Levison PhD, will discuss human’s passion for exploration and discovery through the lens of two “Lucys.” One — an upcoming NASA mission, led by principal investigator L...
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Whether in teaching and learning in a classroom or virtual space, digital tools can be leveraged as a means for students to share ideas, evaluate competing ideas, and give and receive critique. This month’s focus is Padlet and Jamboard. Explore how...
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Archive: Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge: Learn from the Winners, November 5, 2020
The Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Competition acknowledges exceptional and innovative science educators, to recognize outstanding K–12 school programs for their exemplary approaches to science lab instruction utilizing limited school and...