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On Earth Day—April 22, 2017—thousands of educators, scientists, researchers, and others from across the country assembled in Washington, D.C. to participate in the unprecedented March for Science. The event coincided with more than 600 other satellite marches across the world. Participants converged near the Washington Monument for a rally in the morning featuring, Bill Nye and former chief U.S. technology officer Megan Smith, among others. Despite the rainy conditions, a large contingent of teachers—led by NSTA Executive Director David Evans—gathered on the National Mall and marched in support of science and science education. Check out the photos from the day compiled by NSTA here and special thanks to Legend of Learning for supplying the capes for our superhero teachers. - Listen here to last week's episode of NPR's Science Friday. David Evans joined an esteemed panel of guests and explored the core issues underpinning the March for Science.
- NSTA was also featured in a number of other news articles about the March, which you can read here (Education Week), here (Education Week), here (Live Science), here (Newsweek), and here (EdSource).
- Continue the momentum and #keepmarching to defend science and science education. Learn more about how you can stay engaged here.
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NSTA now offers tailored district professional learning programs that support the implementation of new science standards, help elementary teachers infuse science literacy and STEM learning in the classroom, and encourage secondary science educators to engage students in scientific practices through argument-driven activities. Authors and other trained experts are available throughout the year to bring these classroom-tested approaches to your school or district. Partner with NSTA to take your professional learning days to the next level. | |
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| | The Bright Schools Competition, a collaborative effort of the National Sleep Foundation and NSTA, has announced the 50 national finalist teams. Nearly 500 middle school students explored the correlation between light and sleep and how it influences student health and performance. Of the 50 national finalist teams, a first-, second-, and third-place national winning team will be chosen and announced in early May. | |
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| | Matt Brady the co-creator of the website The Science of, joins Lab Out Loud co-hosts Brian Bartel and Dale Basler to talk about teaching science with pop culture, discuss how this approach can help connect teachers to their students, and share his favorite pop culture references used in his science classroom. | |
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| | Win a free registration for the 6th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, hosted by NSTA, taking place in Kissimmee/Orlando, Florida, July 12–14. This will be the place to be for STEM this year! Learn more about the Forum & Expo here and click here to enter the giveaway! Giveaway ends this Friday, April 28! | |
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Are you a new teacher looking to create a calm classroom atmosphere? Need help channeling students' excess energy into productive means? Ms. Mentor's newest blog post on classroom atmosphere has just what you need. Read the Blog Post | |
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| | NSTA's Picture-Perfect Science authors Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan will be conducting a series of workshops to help K–5 teachers discover how picture books can inspire elementary STEM learning. Choose either a two-day workshop or train-the-trainer session that offers additional benefits. Coming soon to Atlanta, Georgia; Cincinnati, Ohio; St. Louis, Missouri; Fayetteville, Arkansas; and San Bernadino, California. Learn More | |
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| | | | | The NSSL has resources, activities, games, and links to teach elementary and middle level students about staying safe in severe weather such as tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, lightning, and winter storms. |
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| | | | | Boeing engineers and partners (PBS Learning Media, Teaching Channel, Curiosity Machine, and others) have developed lesson plans, documentaries, and hands-on activities that break down complicated concepts into easy-to-understand content for K–12 audiences. |
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| | | | | In this lesson from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Expedition Education Module, The Hidden Ocean 2016: Chukchi Borderlands, high school students compare and contrast the feeding strategies of at least three different types of gelatinous zooplankton; explain why gelatinous zooplankton may function at several trophic levels within a marine food web; and given data on the vertical distribution of temperature in a water column, make inferences about potential influences on the distribution of planktonic species in the water column. |
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| | Earlier this year, the Overdeck Family Foundation and the Simons Foundation commissioned a survey to determine how parents of school-aged children view math and science in relation to other academic subjects. The findings show that though children enjoy math and science, parents generally rank these subjects lower than reading and writing in terms of importance and relevance. Science in particular was notably less valued than the others, suggesting that rigid definitions of "science" limit interest and engagement for both parents and children. Read the results of the survey. |
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| | Creating more opportunities for super-bright girls to skip grades might be one of the most viable ways to open cracks in the glass ceiling that has plagued STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields for decades. But these days, young children are far more likely to be "redshirted"—held back a year to allow extra time for physical, socioemotional, or intellectual growth—than they are to charge ahead of their same-age peers. Read the article featured in The Atlantic. |
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| | The Texas State Board of Education last Wednesday took a preliminary vote to compromise on a pair of high school science standards that critics say encouraged the teaching of creationism. The 15-member board voted unanimously to change language in its standards to take the pressure off teachers to delve deep in evaluating cell biology and DNA evolution. Read the article featured in the Houston Chronicle. |
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