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| | Rather than making a formal writing project an "event" in class, let students experience how communicating information is an everyday science practice. |  |
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| | The Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee voted to approve the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education by a party-line vote of 12 to 11. The full Senate is expected to vote this week on her nomination. | |
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| | Explore how in-school and out-of-school programs help high school and college students share their science learning with elementary students in "Students Teaching Science to Younger Students" in this month's NSTA Reports. | |
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| | Coming to NSTA's 2017 Conference on Science Education, March 30–April 2? If so, don't miss the exhibit hall, where Horizon Educational will be hosting the Hydrogen Horizon Automotive Challenge (H2AC). This Toyota-funded afterschool STEM program has high school students design, build and race their own 1:10 scale hydrogen powered RC cars. Stop by their booth on Thursday and Friday to test drive a car and learn more about their program and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in California. | |
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| | NSTA and 100kin10 have developed a campaign designed to ensure that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and science/STEM teachers are a focus of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) at the state and local levels. Read more about the Every Student Succeeds With STEM campaign. Plus the U.S. Department of Education issued a letter that will help states, districts and teachers understand how to use federal funds under ESSA and other federal programs to support STEM education. | |
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| | Finding it hard to separate students from their phones or tablets? Use the new NSTA Press book Big Data, Small Devices to turn digital devices into valuable learning tools. | |
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| | The National Society of Black Engineers' #BlackSTEMLikeMe Campaign—inspired by the award-winning film Hidden Figures—encourages African American STEM professionals and students to share their stories using the hashtag #BlackSTEMLikeMe on social media platforms or online. | |
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| | Read free issues of Connected Science Learning, an online journal that bridges in-school and out-of-school STEM learning. A featured article in the second issue focuses on rural students in Kentucky sharing their classroom knowledge about health topics and new technologies at flea markets, swap meets, and specialty events. | |
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| | Join NSTA Membership Director Teshia Birts February 9 at 9:00 pm Eastern Time for an #NSTAchat on NSTA Membership. Join the conversation on Twitter by using and searching the hashtag #NSTAchat. | |
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| | Could a species like Bigfoot really have evolved? That's just one of the questions we explored at last year's STEM Forum and Expo. Get answers to all your burning questions; register now for the 2017 STEM Forum and Expo, happening in Kissimmee/Orlando, Florida, July 12–14. | |
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| | D.C. Public Schools is hiring an Assistant Principal –Science. That's just one of the great jobs you'll find in the NSTA Career Center. See them all here. | |
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| Sponsored Announcement | | | | Incorporate an online master's degree into your busy life with the University of Maryland's Master of Chemical and Life Sciences. Designed for middle and high school science teachers, the 30-credit program offers cutting edge research in the biological, biochemical, and biomedical sciences. Exceptional faculty lead discussions on topics of current interest with significant social impact. | | |
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| | | National science groups, including NSTA, are hoping to convince South Dakota lawmakers to vote down a bill that would let teachers address strengths and weaknesses of scientific theories like evolution and climate change. |
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| | | On April 22—Earth Day—thousands of scientists will rally on behalf science. It took less than two weeks for the march to balloon into full-blown movement. But the effort has also sparked debates about whether scientists should be marching in the first place. |
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| | On February 3, the Texas State Board of Education gave preliminary approval to a biology curriculum for public high school students that challenges the theory of evolution. Supporters have said that the theory of evolution can't readily explain certain scientific events while others say it invites creationism and intelligent design. |
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| | | | A school laboratory safety initiative sponsored by the Local Hazardous Waste Program in King County, Washington, offers resources to help K–12 educators prepare and manage safe school science laboratories. |
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| Sponsored Announcement | | | From the university with the motto "Mountains & Minds" comes a suite of online courses for science teachers. Through the National Teachers Enhancement Network at Montana State University, you can earn a 12-credit online graduate certificate or a master's degree in science education. Or, take courses just to stay ahead of your students and enjoy the energy of lifelong learning. Most Spring courses have begun but MSU still has four courses that begin in March including Soil Science, The Science of Sound, and Comparative Planetology. Summer registration will open in late March and courses will include Oceanography, Weather and Climate, Statistics for Teachers, Environmental Microbiology, Quantum Mechanics and many more. Visit www.scienceteacher.org or call (406) 994-6812 for a list of courses and information on being admitted to MSU. | | |
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