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| Enter Now for a Chance to Win the 2017–2018 Shell Science Lab Challenge | | Submissions are now being accepted for the eighth annual Shell Science Lab Challenge. The Challenge encourages science teachers (grades 6–12) in the United States and Canada, who have found innovative ways to deliver quality lab experiences using limited school and laboratory resources, to apply for a chance to win up to $93,000 in prizes, including a grand prize school science lab makeover support package valued at $20,000. The deadline for submissions is December 15. | |
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| NSTA Encourages New Mexico PED to Reject Changes to Draft Science Standards | | The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) recently released a draft of K-12 science standards that alter and/or remove text regarding climate change and evolution. In a letter to the PED, NSTA indicated its support for the "adoption of the NGSS the way the writers wrote them because it reflects the best research in science and how students learn science." NSTA also expressed its support for the teachers in New Mexico who work hard to advocate for high-quality standards for their students. Read NSTA's letter. | |
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| Apply Now for the Northrop Grumman Foundation Teachers Academy | | Applications are now being accepted for the third annual Northrop Grumman Foundation Teachers Academy. The program—designed specifically for middle school teachers (grades 5–8)—was established to help enhance teacher confidence and classroom excellence in STEM, while increasing teacher understanding about the skills needed for a scientifically literate workforce. This year, the Academy will support up to 27 teachers located in school districts in select Northrop Grumman communities. Learn more. | |
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| Calling All Generation Nano Superheroes | | The National Science Foundation and the National Nanotechnology Initiative are inviting 6th through 12th graders—individuals or teams of 2–3—to compete in this year's Generation Nano: Superheroes Inspired by Science Challenge . Students compete for scholarship money and a trip to Washington, D.C., to attend the 2018 USA Science & Engineering Festival by creating a superhero using science, and telling their story in a short comic or video. Honorariums for teacher(s) involved with the winning teams will be available. Learn more here . | |
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| Sponsored by: American Museum of Natural History |
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| California Defines 'Effective' and 'Ineffective' Teachers, and Why It Matters | | Intern teachers in programs like Teach for America who earn their preliminary credential while on the job will not have the scarlet letter of being labeled an "ineffective teacher" in California. In adopting the state plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act on Wednesday, the State Board of Education resolved a remaining contentious issue: the definition of an "ineffective teacher." It decided not to include teachers with intern credentials in the definition after much testimony from former intern teachers and districts that readily hire them. Read the article featured in EdSource. |
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| | | Xploration Station DIY Sci Contest | | Science teachers who are passionate about engaging students with science experiments can enter the contest for a chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip to Denver to appear on a special episode of DIY Sci with NSTA member Steve Spangler. |
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| Sponsored by: AskAnAnthropologist.asu.edu | | AskAnAnthropologist.asu.edu: A new resource for teaching how we 'became human' | | What factors led to our unusually large brains? When and why did we become upright walkers? What does geology have to do with fossils? What can DNA tell us about how we evolved? What do we learn about human behavior by studying primates? Why do people cooperate? Many resources on the web provide facts about how we became human, but too few provide classroom teachers with curricular tools and content that engage young people in human origins and scientific investigations. Inspired by AskABiologist.asu.edu and the Webby-award winning BecomingHuman.org, AskAnAnthropologist.asu.edu aspires to build an online community of science and social studies educators focused on middle- and high-school learners. New stories, translations to Spanish, activities, and links to NGSS categories will expand this new resource and provide teachers and their students with invaluable tools to investigate our ancient past. An initiative of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University | |
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