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September 11, 2017
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The Senate Appropriations panel restores Title II funding, an update on ESSA, and stats on teaching and teachers, all in this issue of the NSTA Legislative Update.
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Share your know-how and good ideas...submit a session proposal for the 2018–2019 NSTA conference season. The deadline for the 2018 STEM Forum & Expo, hosted by NSTA, taking place in Philadelphia, July 11–13, 2018, is December 4, 2017.
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Registration is now open for the 2017–2018 Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision competition, launching the 26th year of the world's largest K–12 science competition! Student participants will have a chance to win a number of great prizes, including $10,000 U.S. Series EE Saving Bonds (at maturity). Learn more and register by February 8, 2018.
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Gain an overview of NGSS and the fundamentals of three-dimensional instruction, and a glimpse of what an NGSS classroom can look like. Learn more and register for an institute at either the California Science Center, November 15, or Monterey Bay Aquarium, November 17.
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NSTA Awards and Recognitions comprise more than a dozen awards, recognizing educators in varied science fields and at every career level. All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on December 15, via online submission, with the exception of the Shell Science Teaching Award, for which applications must be completed by January 13, 2018. No entry fees are required for NSTA Teacher Awards.
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"I'm looking for ideas to get to know my students better and interact with them. My head spins with six different groups of students each day." Ms. Mentor answers this reader's question on the NSTA Blog.
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Simple science experiences involve open exploration and build foundations for later science inquiries into natural phenomena, such as weather events or organism life cycles. Science education expert Peggy Ashbrook gives ideas to use in the new school year with students in the early years.
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More than half of Alaska's schoolchildren are not proficient in math, science, and English, according to the results of the state's new standardized tests. In advance figures released to reporters last Wednesday, 68.2% of students were rated "below proficient" or "far below proficient" in math, 61.6% of students were in those two categories in English, and 53.5% were in those two categories in science. Read the article featured in the Peninsula Clarion.
The organization representing more than 600 public school boards across the state says how science is taught in the classroom will influence how a generation of students think about climate change. Starting this fall, new standards for teaching science go into effect in New York. They put a much more specific emphasis on the role of human activity in global warming. Read the article by WXXI AM News.
Lawmakers overseeing education spending dealt a big blow to the Trump Administration's K–12 budget asks in a spending bill approved by a bipartisan vote last Wednesday. The legislation would leave intact the main federal programs aimed at teacher training and after-school funding. And it would seek to bar the U.S. Department of Education from moving forward with two school choice initiatives it pitched in its request for fiscal year 2018, which begins Oct. 1. Read the article featured in Education Week.
 
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Sept. 14
Teacher Lisa Seff and the PolarTREC research team will discuss upwelling and ecology in the Beaufort Sea. Learn about research from the scientists while on-site, ask questions, and chat with the teacher and researchers during the presentation.
Sept. 18
Visit the website to learn how you and your students can get started monitoring your local waterways, collecting data about the state of your water resources, and sharing this data through the EarthEcho Water Challenge Database.
Sept. 20
This interactive classroom program consists of 30-minute live webcasts that engage middle school students in STEM topics. This webcast will focus on "Building a Better Mousetrap and Inventing the Airplane: All About Patents."
 
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This program exposes students to courses in laboratory and field experiences that provide a well-rounded education. Studies are emphasized through solving modern biological problems. A low student-faculty ratio insures guidance for successful program completion.
 
 
This program enhances skills in science content inquiry and application:
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This interdisciplinary program involves departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics and Physical Science, and Teacher Education. This online degree enables veteran teachers to gain knowledge in their content areas as well as an understanding of developments in math and science standards.
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