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| | Is a zero-waste school an achievable goal? NSTA Reports looks at how real schools address issues like cafeteria waste lab chemicals, carbon footprints, and more. Read the article. |  |
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| | Enter to win one of nine NSTA Press book bundles. Entering is easy: Just tell us why you love NSTA Press books! Three winners will be chosen each week (one for each grade level—elementary, middle, and high) for three weeks for a total of nine book bundles. Each bundle includes 10 total books. Drawings will be every Friday afternoon between July 10–28. | |
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| | Join NSTA and science teaching experts to dive deeply into the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Learn more about NSTA's one-day summer institute on August 9in Naperville, IL, designed to help science educators and leaders implement the NGSS. The event engages attendees with a series of sessions by NGSS experts and differentiated for different grade band– and content-specific educator roles. | |
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| | Inventions and inventors could be an interesting context to explore the connections among science, engineering, technology, history, and economics. NSTA's Ms. Mentor gives ideas for helping students understand and experience the processes of inventing and innovating. | |
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| | NSTA's Picture-Perfect Science authors Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan are conducting a series of workshops to help K–5 teachers. Discover how picture books can inspire elementary STEM learning; receive three Picture-Perfect Science Lessons books; and participate in model lessons that combine STEM and literacy. Coming soon to St. Louis, MO, July 18–19; Fayetteville, AR, August 3–4; Portland, OR, October 12–13; and San Bernardino, CA, November 1–2. Choose either a two-day workshop or train-the-trainer sessions. Learn more and register. | |
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| | Pride in their work is evident when young children point to a bean plant in the garden row and say, "I planted that seed." Being the planter makes children more interested in the care of the plants, more willing to avoid stepping on them and to carry buckets of water from the rain barrel. Read more. | |
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| | There's still time to register for the STEM Forum and Expo, July 12–14 in Orlando. Highlights include Keynote Speaker Derek Muller, creator of the YouTube science channel Veritasium; specially priced Disney World tickets for attendees; the STEM Leaders Panel; and more. Already registered? Download the app here. | |
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| | | | | This digital curriculum teaches students about food allergies through a series of five lessons in which students assume the role of medical students rotating through an allergy clinic as part of their training. |
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| | | | | At this website, teachers can access video worksheets to accompany more than 200 physical, Earth, and life science videos from series such as Bill Nye the Science Guy, Magic School Bus, and NOVA Science. |
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| | | | | Developed by the California Academy of Sciences, this online toolkit presents an in-depth look at the Next Generation Science Standards and is designed for teachers, administrators, curriculum leads, and others charged with training K–12 educators on the NGSS. |
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| | It is officially called Florida House Bill 989, and it was signed into law by Florida Governor Rick Scott on June 26, 2017 after passing both chambers of the house. According to the National Center for Science Education's website: With the law now in place, any county resident—not just any parent with a child in the country's public schools, as was the case previously—can now file a complaint about instructional materials in the county's public schools, and the school will now have to appoint a hearing officer to hear the complaint. Read the article featured in Forbes. |
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| | There's been a ton of confusion lately about whether and how states can incorporate science, social studies, and other subjects into their systems for rating schools under the Every Student Succeeds Act. The upshot is that, yes, states can indeed use science, social studies, the arts, and other subjects beyond reading and math for accountability. But there are some caveats when it comes to just how they do that. Read the article featured in Education Week. |
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| | There is much buzz among educators and policy makers about the value of a STEM degree. Graduating with a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) is indeed good for the individual, with studies showing better job prospects and higher pay. But what is the impact on the overall economy? Read the article featured in the Kellogg Insight. |
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