Oklahoma Project WILD is offering a Project WILD workshop on June 19 from 9 AM to 3 PM at the University of Central Oklahoma’s Center for Outdoor Adventure Recreation at Lake Arcadia near Edmond. The workshop is suitable for K-12 … Continue reading
Life Along a Prairie River poster This is the 4th poster in our series Biodiversity of Oklahoma. This FREE poster features a beautiful landscape photograph of the Canadian River by Kim Baker surrounded by portraits of species found in and … Continue reading
2010 Science Safety Summit Sponsored by the Oklahoma Science Teachers Association, the Oklahoma Science Safety Summit is designed to focus on the topic of safety in science classrooms and will bring sharp focus to needs, practices, and responsibilities of teachers … Continue reading
June 27 to July 1, 2010 in Flagstaff, Arizona Since the first Summer Leadership Institute in 1980, the National Science Education Leadership Association has worked to improve science education and foster the dissemination of best practices and research-based professional development … Continue reading
May 4, 2010. Whereas in 2005 the National Academy of Sciences published a report entitled ‘‘Rising Above the Gathering Storm’’, which estimated that in the United States innovations generated by the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields account for … Continue reading
From the 4/26/2010 – NSTA Reports—Henry Kepner, Jr. The Common Core State Standards Initiative adds a new twist in American education: the creation of common core state standards in mathematics and English/language arts, which each state may choose to adopt. The … Continue reading
National Lab Day (NLD) is fast approaching – this coming Wednesday, May 12th. We are featured today on the front page of www.whitehouse.gov and you can find the article directly at: http://cts.vresp.com/c/?NationalLabDay/342f5fa2d9/870f9e10c8/38f735d9b0 While we run projects throughout the year, NLD is a time … Continue reading
It’s more than a single day, But May 12th is the official “National Lab Day” Check it out:
INSPIRE, NASA’s Interdisciplinary National Science Project Incorporating Research and Education Experience, encourages students to become the next generation of explorers, by pursuing an education leading to a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). What does this provide students? … Continue reading
Making Science Labs a Priority
Commentary from Education Week, May 5, 2010, by NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle In January, an article in The Washington Post told the story of a group of Maryland science teachers who are learning how to replicate their DNA. Their … Continue reading →