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| | | Pruitt, a former chemistry teacher and a long-time champion of the science education community known for his outgoing personality and tireless work on NGSS adoption and implementation, was forced to resign his post last week. Read why in these article from EdWeek and the Courier Journal and check out the Education News Roundup for a selection of the week's other top education news stories. |  |
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| | | NSTA's Multicultural and Equity Committee has launched a new NSTA blog on which readers can share ideas, and stay connected with topics, resources and events related to equity. Read the first blog post by Meg Delgato, Academic Chair of the College of Education for Forida's St. Petersburg College and Natacia Campbell, Chair of the NSTA Committee on Multiculturalism and Equity in Science Education. | |
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| | | The 7th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, hosted by NSTA will be July 11-13 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is the place to be if you're an educator or organization seeking to learn more about STEM education, associated outreach programs, partnerships, schools, and curricula. | |
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|  | | | Mine NSTA's K–12 journals for ideas and resources you can use in your classroom. Mary Bigelow takes an in-depth look at what the April K–12 NSTA journals have to offer. Not a member? Join the NSTA family today. | |
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| | | Ever wonder what type of homework works best for your students? Find out how NSTA's Ask a Mentor columnist, Gabe Kraljevic answers this question. | |
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| | | NSTA Safety Expert Kenneth Roy's latest NSTA blog post focuses on the dangers of mercury and how teachers should handle a mercury spill in their classrooms. | |
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|  | | | | | | | | K–12 teachers can connect their classes to the science team based at the international research village on Svalbard, in the Arctic Circle. Classes can chat with the expedition team pioneering an investigation of ocean plastics and ocean acidification in the Arctic and polar educators via 30 age-differentiated YouTube live broadcasts that will feature live science investigations, interviews with marine biologists, and Q&A sessions with polar educators. |
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| | | | | | K–12 educators interested in renewable energy education can attend this renewable energy training academy at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The intensive training blends lectures from energy industry experts and tools with replicable hands-on lessons that give educators both context and content for teaching about renewable energy. Scholarships are available. |
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| | | | | Physics teachers will engage in an innovative approach to teaching physics that integrates project-based learning, modeling, and the science and engineering practices. By using the ideas described in the Next Generation Science Standards, this course prepares teachers to guide their students to make predictions, plan and conduct experiments, collect data, engage in data-centered discussion, and enable analysis of the results and argument from evidence. |
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| | Sponsored by: Montana State University | | | If you've thought about advancing your career and bringing new energy into your classroom, now is the time to act! Montana State University's National Teachers Enhancement Network offers online graduate-level courses in physics, microbiology, math and other topics, which can then lead to an online master's degree or a 12-credit graduate certificate in your field. Summer courses cover climate change, statistics, oceanography and much more. See upcoming classes at www.scienceteacher.org, call (406) 994-6683 or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/scienceteachers. | |
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