NSTA’s December 1 Science Update web seminar covers this year’s highlights from space astronomy, possible future discoveries, and related STEM careers. And web seminars on December 6 and 7 will focus on high-quality Project-Based Learning (PBL) curriculum and how to introduce PBL in the science classroom.
K–12 science educators, do you have innovative approaches to science lab instruction and carry them out despite having limited laboratory resources? Enter the Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge to get well-deserved recognition and prizes, including funding for a lab makeover!
In this new NASCAR lesson, K–2 students, as scientists, use a model to test cause-and-effect relationships between human tire use and its impact on the environment. Students will learn how people and NASCAR are trying to reduce the effects they have on the environment.
NSTA’s journal for elementary educators seeks manuscripts on two upcoming themes: Eclipses and Math Integration. S&C will also feature a new column in concert with the National Science Education Leadership Association. Leadership Matters will explore aspects of science educator leadership in the classroom, school, district, and beyond.
Teachers of grades 9–12, encourage your students who enjoy research to compete in the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS), which presents winners with scholarships, cash awards, and other prizes. Registration is now open, and students can enter by visiting the website to find their home regions.
Educators across the country seem to be paying attention to the data that is identifying areas of greatest concern, they are taking action, and it is all having a positive impact on students.
