nstacommunities.org
Interactive science notebooks
http://nstacommunities.org/blog/2015/08/05/interactive-science-notebooks
Talk about science and science teaching. Recycling in the STEM Classroom. Transforming Teaching at the 2015 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy ». August 5, 2015. Teachers often have questions about interactive science notebooks, especially at the secondary level. Mary Morgan, a high school science teacher from Belton High School in Belton, Texas, shares her experiences. These ideas refer to traditional formats. Ms Morgan will share her thoughts on electronic notebooks in a future blog.). It seems that...
nstacommunities.org
Category Archives: Next Generation Science Standards
http://nstacommunities.org/blog/category/next-generation-science-standards
Talk about science and science teaching. Category Archives: Next Generation Science Standards. Stay informed about progress in formulating and implementing the new science education standards. Click on a headline to read the entire post. Next Generation Science Standards. New NSTA Infographic on NGSS Now Available for Download. March 7, 2016. In fact, STEM jobs now comprise 20% of all U.S jobs. But, are students ready for the STEM world? In 2014, only about a third of high school students who […]. I enco...
nstacommunities.org
NSTA Blog | Talk about science and science teaching
http://nstacommunities.org/blog
Talk about science and science teaching. Do you have a question for Ms. Mentor? Send it to msmentor@nsta.org. Engineering activities for students. August 21, 2016. If you’re concerned about how to teach engineering concepts in a K-12 environment, here are two resources that may be helpful. Grades 3-5 Our Amazing Skeleton. Grades 6-8 Engineering Bones. Grades 9-12 Bone Fractures and Engineering. Another source is IEEE’s TryEngineering. Build Your Own Robot Arm. Heart of the Matter. August 18, 2016. Survey...
nstacommunities.org
Chemistry Now, week 2: cheeseburger chemistry—cheese
http://nstacommunities.org/blog/2011/01/24/chemistry-now-week-2-cheeseburger-chemistry—cheese
Talk about science and science teaching. Flipping your classroom ». Chemistry Now, week 2: cheeseburger chemistry cheese. January 24, 2011. All in celebration of the International Year of Chemistry. Which gets under way this Thursday, Jan 27th, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. If you happen to be there, and see some chemists presenting exciting science, send us pictures or comments. If not, we understand… the excitement of chemistry in your own classroom is simply too alluring. Observe a chemical change,...
nstacommunities.org
Chemistry Now, week 3: molecule structure, properties
http://nstacommunities.org/blog/2011/01/28/chemistry-now-week-3-molecule-structure-properties
Talk about science and science teaching. Science “Qwiki”. 25 years ago ». Chemistry Now, week 3: molecule structure, properties. January 28, 2011. As part of the weekly, online, video series Chemistry Now, NSTA and NBC Learn have teamed up with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create lessons related to common, physical objects in our world and the changes they undergo every day. The series also looks at the lives and work of scientists on the frontiers of 21st century chemistry. Trackbacks are cl...
nstacommunities.org
Category Archives: Early Years
http://nstacommunities.org/blog/category/earlyyears
Talk about science and science teaching. Category Archives: Early Years. Tips and classroom resources for early childhood school science educators. Click on a headline to read the entire post. Recess: Outdoors and sometimes indoors. August 23, 2016. Posted in Early Years. Taking a nature walk. August 12, 2016. Posted in Early Years. Manipulating Contents and Containers, and representing 3-D objects in block play. July 29, 2016. It is so fascinating how obvious it is that children have different prior exp...
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT