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NSTA Legislative Update: ESSA, STEM Funding and More | The new federal education law will become a reality in your classroom later this year. Find out more about the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), get answers to your questions on federal funding for STEM, and compare Fiscal Year 2017 STEM funding to the budget proposed by the Administration, all in this issue of the NSTA Legislative Update. | |
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Register for a Picture-Perfect Science STEMposium Near You | NSTA's Picture-Perfect Science authors Karen Ansberry and Emily Morgan will be conducting a series of workshops to help K-5 teachers discover how picture books can inspire elementary STEM learning. Choose either a two-day workshop or train-the-trainer. Here are the dates and places: July 18-19: St. Louis, MO; August 3-4: Fayetteville, AR; October 12-13: Portland, OR; and November 1-2: San Bernadino, CA. | |
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How Do I Develop a Storyline for a Unit? Free Web Seminar July 12 | Successful units feature a coherent storyline in which each lesson builds on those that come before it and fosters questions that lead into the next lesson. Sign up now for a free NSTA Web Seminar that shows examples of coherent storylines and provides guidance on how to develop one. Please join us on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Eastern Time. | |
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| Forester Activities for the Classroom | Wisconsin's Learning, Experiences, and Activities in Forestry (LEAF) program provides student worksheets and instructions for creating age-appropriate forestry learning stations for K–8 students in any state. |
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| Science and World War II | Understanding Sacrifice, a joint initiative of the American Battle Monuments Commission and National Cemeteries Association, has created interdisciplinary science and history activities that deepen students' understanding of the events of World War II and incorporate the use of primary source documents. |
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Iowa Teaching Standards Don't Say Humans Cause Climate Change, But... | At first, people who reject predominant scientific findings that humans are the main cause of climate change may be glad that new public-school science standards don't require teachers to teach that. But if inquiry-based teaching guides under development in the Iowa K–12 Climate Science Education Initiative are used, students may reach that determination on their own, educators say. Read the article featured in the Des Moines Register. |
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A Teacher's Viral Video Explains Why Teaching Is Tiring | Why are teachers so tired at the end of the school year? Maybe it's because they spent the last nine months juggling a million things while still shaping the lives and minds of the students in their care. In a video that has gone viral, high school English teacher Trevor Muir shares the funny and serious ways that teaching is exhausting. He posted it to his Facebook page, The Epic Classroom, where it has received more than 18 million views. Read the article and view the video featured on the Education Week website. |
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Can't Afford Another Teacher? Try a 'Makerspace' Instead | A growing number of public schools in low-income areas have begun using "mobile makerspaces" housed in refurbished school buses and other vehicles to expose students to the joys of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The rolling initiative–which would make Ms. Frizzle, driver of The Magic School Bus proud– follows a broader trend of cash-strapped districts turning to mobile classrooms to provide students with opportunities too costly for individual schools to afford. Read the article featured in the Christian Science Monitor. Check out the Education News Roundup for a selection of the week's top education news stories. |
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