Top News & Resources for Science Teachers
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| | | | | | | Minecraft Education: Chemistry Update | | Lab Out Loud's guest this week is Neal Manegold, director of Minecraft Education. Many listeners are probably familiar with Minecraft, and a few might even know about Minecraft Education Edition, which builds on the open-world game while promoting creativity, collaboration and problem solving in a teacher supervised environment. Join co-hosts Brian Bartel and Dale Basler to hear Neal explain Minecraft Education Edition and discuss how the new chemistry update can allow students to combine and reduce materials within the Minecraft world to explore states of matter, the structure of atoms, chemical reactions and more. | |
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| | | | | Free Shipping on NSTA Press Orders Through March 31 | | Between now and March 31, get free shipping when you order $75 or more of NSTA Press and NSTA Kids books. Use promo code SHIP18 when you checkout in the online Science Store. (Offer valid on orders placed for NSTA Press books and e-books shipped to U.S. addresses. May not be combined with any other offer.) | |
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| | | | New Teachers, Let Us Know What You Think About Mentoring Programs | | NSTA is working with a team of cross-organizational STEM education professionals to develop a statewide teacher mentoring program and would like your thoughts. If you are a new teacher (with less than 3 years' of experience in the classroom) take this short (3 minute) survey about how you'd benefit from a mentor program. | |
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| | | | | | MazeFire Digital Maze Games | | Student players must find the correct path through a virtual maze constructed purely from information. Teachers can choose from mazes in biology, chemistry, and physics (for high school and undergraduate levels), or try K–12 offerings such as Guess the Animal (biology) and Science for Kids: Beginnings (general science). |
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| | | | GrowNextGen | | GrowNextGen introduces students to career fields in the agriculture industry and provides curriculum for K–12 teachers to explore agriculture topics in the classroom. Teachers of any level who want to move beyond curriculum can register to be matched with an industry leader who can provide additional support for teaching agriculture topics. |
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| | | | Sponsored by: Amplify Science | | Introducing Amplify Science for Grades K–5 and 6–8 | | Amplify Science and the Lawrence Hall of Science are proud to announce upcoming webinars introducing Amplify Science for grades K–5 and 6–8. Senior Lawrence Hall of Science staff will provide background on the development of the NGSS-aligned Amplify Science, including the philosophy, pedagogy, and research basis. Amplify Science experts will conduct a walkthrough of the phenomena-based programs, highlighting the unit structure and key features of Amplify's K–5 and 6–8 programs. Both sessions will end with time for questions from participants about the programs. Introducing Amplify Science for grades K–5 Date: March 6, 2018 Time: 3 pm EST Introducing Amplify Science for grades 6–8 Date: March 8, 2018 Time: 3 pm EST | |
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