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| | Whether this summer takes you on a road trip or only as far as your favorite armchair, we hope you enjoy a brief respite and the suggestions for summer reading from NSTA Press in this month's Book Beat. |  |
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| | 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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| | Specially priced Disney World tickets and keynote speaker Derek Muller (host of the Veritasium YouTube channel) are just two of the fun aspects of 6th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, hosted by NSTA, taking place July 12–14 in Orlando, Florida. Browse all the sessions, download a letter you can take to your principal to request funding, and register here. | |
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| | Registration is open for NSTA's one-day Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) summer institute in Naperville, Illinois. Join us on August 9 for an expert-led professional learning opportunity that will give you proven tools and strategies to help you implement the NGSS. | |
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| | eCYBERMISSION, a web-based competition managed by NSTA, will be hosting its national finalist and STEM-In-Action grant teams as they compete in the 15th annual week-long National Judging & Educational Event. See a full list of all 2017 winners and STEM-in-Action Grant recipients. | |
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| | | 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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| | | 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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| | Most teachers know that emergency showers and eyewash stations are needed in the presence of potential biological, chemical, and physical hazards. But which ones should they choose, and how should they be installed, operated, and maintained? NSTA safety expert Ken Roy has the answers. | |
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| | Perspectives on Science Education: A Leadership Seminar, the new NSTA Press book by Rodger Bybee and Stephen Pruitt, originated through a series of ongoing discussions begun a decade ago. These discussions have evolved as policies and practices have also evolved. This unique book is designed to have the feel of a seminar, in which participants share different perspectives. It will appeal to education leaders at the national, state, district, and school levels who make decisions affecting education policies and curricula. Read more about the book. | |
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| | | | | 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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| | | | | 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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| | | | | The Natural Start Alliance's hour-long training web seminar examines STEM learning in the context of early childhood development and models hands-on experiences using nature to inspire children's sense of wonder and build science understandings. |
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| | 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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| | 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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| | 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. |
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