Some Louisiana research centers lost samples and reagents, and with power only just now being...
 

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

National Assessment Governing Board
Comment Period Open for the NAEP Science Assessment Framework
NAGB is soliciting public comment on the existing NAEP Science Assessment Framework, marking the beginning of a comprehensive multi-year process to determine if the science framework needs to be revised and, if so, to what extent. Comments will be accepted until September 30, 2021.
 
 
NSTA
Call to Action for Science Education Web Seminar Sept. 27
Join us for a free web seminar on Monday, September 27 at 7 PM Eastern as we discuss the key priorities outlined in the Call to Action for Science Education report and how teachers can take a leading role in this sweeping national effort to shape the future of science education.
 
 
Selected by National Science Teaching Association
From the Field
Resources for educators
 
 
NSTA
Join the NSTA Leadership Team
NSTA is now accepting applications for positions on the NSTA Board of Directors and Council for the 2021-2022 Election year. Join our leadership team, contribute to your professional growth, and help to shape the future of science teaching and learning!
 
 
NSTA
Leveraging Student Ideas to Accelerate Learning Web Seminar
Starting Tuesday, September 28! Explore the connection between deep science learning and student opportunities to express, clarify, and represent their ideas in a supportive learning community, while receiving feedback from their trusted peers and teacher.
 
 
 
The Scientist Magazine®
Louisiana Scientists Are Still Reeling from Ida
Some Louisiana research centers lost samples and reagents, and with power only just now being restored, there’s a long road ahead to full recovery.
 
 
 
Scientific American
Is There a Thing, or a Relationship between Things, at the Bottom of Things?
Quantum mechanics inspires us to speculate that interactions between entities, not entities in themselves, are fundamental to reality-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
 
 
 
EdSource
‘Pool testing’ to combat Covid on campus grows popular in California schools
Testing up to 25 asymptomatic students and staff together can save time and money in some scenarios, with minimal disruption to instruction.
 
 
 
Phys.org
Spin photovoltaic effects in magnetic van der Waals heterostructures
In a new report now published on Science Advances, Tiancheng Song and a research team at the department of physics, University of Washington, U.S., and materials and nanoarchitectronics in Japan and China, detailed spin photovoltaic effects in van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures of two-dimensional...
 
 
 
Science Daily
Can fruit fly research help improve survival of cancer patients?
Scientists don't really know what kills many cancer patients, but fruit fly research could provide answers. By following flies with tumors up to the point of death, researchers have discovered chemicals produced by tumors that shorten life span apart from the damage done locally to critical organs. ...
Resources
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