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| | Asteroid 25232 was first discovered by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Search in 1998 and this past week was named after NSTA Press author Dennis Schatz. Asteroid Schatz is about 269 million miles away from the Sun, located in the main belt of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. Read more. |  |
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| | We're looking for NSTA members to represent their peers at all levels—from grade-level experts to curriculum experts to informal science educators. Please consider joining NSTA and applying to serve on a committee, advisory board, or review panel. Learn more. | |
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| | Whether your state has formally adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or has adopted similar three-dimensional standards, NSTA's new virtual conference, Assessing Three Dimensional Learning, will give you a strong foundation in assessing three-dimensional learning. Appropriate for all grade levels, this conference takes place Saturday, October 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET. Learn more. | |
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| | A disciplinary practice that is emphasized consistently across the Common Core State Standards for ELA/literacy and mathematics and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) is argument. But to what extent do subject area educators have a common understanding of argument? NGSS writing team member Okhee Lee sheds light in this new NSTA blog post. | |
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| | NSTA's collection of parent resources continues to grow. Get NGSS parent guides, Q&A's, links to science competitions, science trade books, science ebooks, and more. | |
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| | Did you know that NSTA has special programming days at our fall conferences, where science teachers can take a deep-dive into chemistry, physics, and engineering, spearheaded by the American Chemical Society, the American Association of Physics Teachers, and the American Society for Engineering Education? Learn more about these special programming days or about our conferences in Baltimore (October 5–7), Milwaukee (November 9–11), and New Orleans (November 30–December 2). | |
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| | Looking for an opportunity to shape elementary science education on a national scale? NSTA is in search of a veteran elementary teacher to serve as the next field editor of Science and Children. Learn more. | |
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| Sponsored by Unity College Online |
| |  To support a developing need for geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing skillsets in the environmental community, Unity College's growing distance education program is announcing an expansion of the Master's in Professional Science program with a new track of study: Environmental Geographic Information Science. Read more. In addition to these new programs, Distance Education will also be adding a Conservation Law Enforcement track to the Master's in Professional Science degree. A program rollout is expected for Fall 2018. | |
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| | Florida has a growing shortage of the math and science teachers the state's students need to prepare for the rigors of the 21st-century economy. The burden of solving this problem has fallen to Florida's school districts, since neither the state government nor the teacher-preparation programs at our universities are making significant progress on this issue. Read the article featured in the Orlando Sentinel. |
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| | Strong spatial skills give kids an edge in science and math, and these skills can be taught. Scientists know this. Yet to a large degree, lessons in spatial learning haven't been incorporated into the curriculum. A pilot program supported by a $1.4 million federal grant and led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Science of Learning Institute aims to change that. Read the article featured in Education Week. |
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| | Federal Way Public Schools (FWPS) is the most diverse district in the state of Washington, serving 70% scholars of color. Current statistics show that scholars of color and females are underrepresented in STEM fields across the country, so FWPS is actively taking steps to provide STEM and STEAM (STEM with an emphasis on the arts) opportunities for each scholar from kindergarten through high school graduation. Read the article featured in Ed Surge. |
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| | | | | The cards can help educators better understand the Framework and the NGSS and learn how to translate any middle school or high school standards page into instruction and classroom assessment. |
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| | | | | Visit the Virtual Kitchen to access mess-free activities. The Reality Kitchen has how-to instructions for conducting a Cabbage Juice Indicator lab and a Polishing Pennies experiment using simple household materials. |
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| | | | | With games, lesson plans, a pest guide, glossary, videos, interactive quizzes, and more, the website offers everything you need to foster a love of entomology among elementary and middle level students. |
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