 | | Name: E-mail: newsletter@newslettercollector.com Member Status: | | March 28, 2016 | | | | | | | A new study by Horizon Research, with help from NSTA, looks at how K–12 educators responded to the Ebola outbreak. The study sheds light on how teachers will adapt their teaching to address other health crises, including the Zika virus, which could spread to the United States in the months ahead. Read more in the Education Week Curriculum Matters blog. |  |
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| | | Celebrate Climate Education Week (April 18–22) and get ready for Earth Day (April 22) with Earth Day Network's free teacher toolkit, featuring cross-disciplinary lesson plans, activities, and contests to educate K–12 students about climate change. Did you know that Chemists Celebrate Earth Day—and provide free resources for grades K–12—to show the role chemistry plays in preserving the Earth? And bring some STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) to your K–12 classroom on National DNA Day (April 25) by having your students create Origami DNA, Sequence Bracelets, and edible Yummy Gummy DNA. Shower your classroom with more April events and opportunities from your NSTA Calendar! | |
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| | | Schools around the country are partnering with their local zoos to establish "zoo schools," or classrooms at the zoo that enable teachers to incorporate zoo resources into their lessons. Read this free article highlighting zoos like Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida; the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, North Carolina; and Science Zoo Magnet Program at Zoo Miami in the latest issue of NSTA Reports, a members-only newspaper from NSTA. | |
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| | | Join NSTA on Wednesday, April 13, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm ET for a free web seminar to learn about watersheds and the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission. All participants will receive a certificate of participation and 100 Learning Center activity points for attending and completing the post-program evaluation. Register here. | |
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| | | | | Order by April 15 to get reduced, first-year pricing on NSTA's highly interactive Enhanced E-books. Rich with gorgeous color photography, dynamic enhancements, and interactive features, these innovative E-books enable you to learn, share, and explore. | |
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| | | Searching for ways to immediately and effectively apply STEM education in a preK–12 setting or to implement STEM as a best practice? Then you need to attend the 5th Annual STEM Forum and Expo, hosted by NSTA. It will provide networking opportunities to learn and interact with colleagues from your respective teaching community. The STEM Forum offers the following strands of programming: Lower Elementary/Early Childhood, Upper Elementary, Middle Level, High School, Partnerships, and Administrators. Save $$ when you register by the early bird deadline, May 13. | |
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