If it’s tailored to the individual student and clear-cut, feedback can be a formidable learning...
 

Welcome to NSTA Reports—your timely source for news, information, and resources on science teaching and learning. 

 
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New Seminar Series: Prioritizing Relationships and Equity: Leveraging Student Ideas to Accelerate Learning
Join NSTA for a four-part web seminar series—Prioritizing Relationships and Equity: Leveraging Student Ideas to Accelerate Learning—and explore the connection between deep science learning and student opportunities to express, clarify, and represent their ideas in a supportive learning community.
 
 
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Now Available for Preorder, The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the Three Dimensions
The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the Three Dimensions—now available for preorder—has been carefully revised to meet the needs of all educators who are engaged in three-dimensional teaching and learning.
 
 
 
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Featured Resource: How Can We Plan a Rocket Launch for Recovery System Deployment?
Middle school students, as scientists, use science ideas about forces to answer the following driving question: How can we plan a rocket launch for successful recovery system deployment? Sponsored by AIAA and Estes Education, this lesson is one of two included in the Model Rocketry Forces Playlist.
 
 
 
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Have You Registered for NSTA Chicago22?
Registration for NSTA Chicago22 closes on July 15. Learn more about the program we have put together for you and register today!
 
 
 
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From the Field: Opportunities & Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers
Check out these opportunities and free resources for teachers.
 
 
 
Edutopia
Feedback That Empowers Students
If it’s tailored to the individual student and clear-cut, feedback can be a formidable learning tool.
 
 
 
Science Daily
The octopus' brain and the human brain share the same 'jumping genes'
The neural and cognitive complexity of the octopus could originate from a molecular analogy with the human brain, according to a new study. The research shows that the same 'jumping genes' are active both in the human brain and in the brain of two species, Octopus vulgaris, the common octopus, and...
 
 
 
Scientific American
Controversy Grows Over whether Mars Samples Endanger Earth
The first cored sample of Mars rock (at center) inside a titanium sample collection tube in an image from the Sampling and Caching System Camera (CacheCam) of NASA’s Perseverance rover. The image was taken on September 6, 2021, prior to the system attaching and sealing a metal cap on the tube.