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| | "Bill! Bill! Bill!" Just announced: Attendees of NSTA's 2017 National Conference in Los Angeles can join us for a special evening with Bill Nye on Wednesday, March 29. Want to be there? Register here before February 3 to get earlybird pricing. |  |
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| | NSTA and the Children's Book Council (CBC) have selected the annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 (books published in 2016). The list of winning titles—57 books total from a roster of roughly 200 submissions—includes topics ranging from Florence Nightingale to the life cycle of a walking stick and features beautifully illustrated picture books, thoughtful stories, biographies, and encyclopedia-type texts. | |
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| | Senate Republicans ping two education rules likely to be overturned by the new Congress and the Department of Education is offering webinars on ESSA Title IVA grants (which can be used for science and STEM in your district and state). Read more in this issue of the NSTA Legislative Update. | |
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| | Find out in the latest NGSS Blog post by Joe Krajcik. The blog post is the first of three on the topic and explores how DCIs serve as conceptual tools. Look for additional installments in the coming weeks. | |
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| | Join NSTA, 100kin10 and STEM partners nationwide to ensure that STEM education is a priority in the new federal education law, ESSA. We need your help; visit the Every Student Succeeds with STEM campaign hub to learn more and get involved! | |
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| | Congratulations to the 25 middle school teachers (grades 5–8) selected as Teacher Fellows in the 2016–2017 Northrop Grumman Foundation Teachers Academy. The Fellows—who hail from Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Texas, and Australia—will participate in a number of science, engineering, and technology-related activities and professional learning opportunities. | |
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| This Week's Freebies: Amazing Animations | At KidsAstronomy.com, K–12 students and teachers can experience space through interactive animations, games, fun facts, and educational resources. The Fractal Foundation offers fractal animations, hands-on curriculum, and "fractivities" for K–12 classes that combine science, math, and art. And University of Utah's HyperHeart is an animated visualization of blood circulating through the heart; advanced high school and undergraduate biology students might be interested in the site's tutorials detailing blood flow, aortic and ventricular volumes, and pressures present in a normal cardiac cycle. Deepen your students' learning with more animations from NSTA's Freebies for Science Teachers page. |
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| Sponsored Announcement | | |  California University of Pennsylvania is proud partner with NSTA to offer educators the chance to enhance their classroom skills in STEM education! With Cal U's 100% online Masters of Education in STEM Education and 100% online Masters of Education in Technology Education, classroom teachers can gain new insights on developing and implementing STEM and Technology principles in their curriculums and their classrooms! With topics ranging from sustainability, curriculum design and development, instructional design, assessment and content knowledge in the STEM disciplines, educators can complete a convenient, flexible and affordable master's degree program that can allow them to make a difference in the lives of their students! Cal U also offers an online, 9 credit professional development certificate in STEM for teachers. Learn more about Cal U's online STEM related programs at www.calu.edu/teachered. |  |
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