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Learn more about Year of Science 2009

Face-to-Face Conferences are an Investment in Your Career

Two NSTA regional conferences on science education are still on the horizon, offering the best professional development to science educators: Fort Lauderdale, Nov. 12–14; and Phoenix, Dec. 3–5. Although each conference is unique in its strands and programs, the face-to-face learning experience at each event is intended to build science educators' networks and develop strategies and techniques that encourage high performance. You will learn new subject content and become inspired to be the best you can be in your field. National companies come to share their products and services in the Exhibit Hall, a popular venue. Visit our conference pages to view more than 400 sessions available at each conference. The sooner you register for a conference, the closer you'll be to reaching your career goals.

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In the News

  • Movie Review :: Amelia and the Physics of Flight

    Jacob Clark Blickenstaff—NSTA Reports
    What is there for a science teacher to sink his or her teeth into in Amelia? There is a lot of flying, and that means a lot of physics.

  • Teaching Students to Understand Animals

    NSTA Reports—Debra Shapiro
    Debra Corbett, a science teacher at Assumption High School in Louisville, Kentucky, doesn't just bring animals to her classroom for students to learn about: She takes her students to the animals.
    Debra Corbett, a science teacher at Assumption High School in Louisville, Kentucky, doesn't just bring animals to her classroom for students to learn about: She takes her students to the animals.
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  • Tweak Gravity: What If There Is No Dark Matter?

    Scientific American
    Modifications to the theory of gravity could account for observational discrepancies, but not without introducing other complications.
    Modifications to the theory of gravity could account for observational discrepancies, but not without introducing other complications.
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  • Sick of Swine Flu? Here Comes H3N2

    ScienceInsider
    Although the world's attention is focused on the novel H1N1 virus causing the swine flu pandemic, H3N2, a seasonal strain of influenza, has popped up in many East Asian countries—and some variants in circulation may outfox the seasonal vaccine in...  [view full summary]
    Although the world's attention is focused on the novel H1N1 virus causing the swine flu pandemic, H3N2, a seasonal strain of influenza, has popped up in many East Asian countries—and some variants in circulation may outfox the seasonal vaccine in use.
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NSTA Science Store

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Answers to Science Questions from the Stop Faking It Guy

A valuable, entertaining compendium of Bill Robertson's popular Science 101 column in Science and Children.

Today in Science History

On November 7 in 1967, Surveyor 6 blasts off from Cape Kennedy for the moon, where 10 days later it launches itself 10 feet (3 meters) off the surface; this is the first time a satellite was launched from a heavenly body outside Earth.

—from The Illustrated Almanac of Science, Technology, and Invention

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Online Professional Development from NSTA

The NSTA Learning Center

Every teacher wants to grow their understanding of the subjects they teach and the pedagogical implications. To address this challenge, NSTA is proud to make available our professional development website, called The NSTA Learning Center.

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