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• NSTA Area Conferences Uncover Science, Explore the Future

  NSTA Reports—Lynn Petrinjak
  
  Do you want to know how other educators are engaging students, honing skills, and incorporating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) into their curricula? NSTA area conferences offer all this, as well as opportunities to expand professional...  [view full summary]
  Do you want to know how other educators are engaging students, honing skills, and incorporating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) into their curricula? NSTA area conferences offer all this, as well as opportunities to expand professional networks and learn about each area’s cultural resources while in Louisville, Kentucky; Atlanta, Georgia; and Phoenix, Arizona.
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• Summer in a STEM Workplace

  NSTA Reports—Debra Shapiro
  
  STEM Teachers know the importance of communicating to students the relevance of what they are learning to a future career. Across the country, programs like the Washington Alliance for Better Schools (WABS) STEM Industry Externships are “[building] teacher...  [view full summary]
  STEM Teachers know the importance of communicating to students the relevance of what they are learning to a future career. Across the country, programs like the Washington Alliance for Better Schools (WABS) STEM Industry Externships are “[building] teacher capacity to provide real-world STEM experiences and career information to the classroom [by providing] valuable, hands-on professional experience to teachers in STEM-related industries; [increasing] teacher career and industry awareness and involvement in STEM education; and [bringing] engaging math and science real-world applications to the classroom,” says WABS Executive Director Emily Yim.
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• A.S.U. President: To Encourage Science Literacy, Fix the Universities

  Scientific American
  
  The best way to teach today's hyperconnected students is to get rid of the departments of geology and biology.
  The best way to teach today's hyperconnected students is to get rid of the departments of geology and biology.
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• NSTA Awards to Recognize Excellence

  NSTA Reports—Lynn Petrinjak
  
  Do you inspire your students with inquiry or beguile them with biotechnology? Do you work with educators whose expertise and innova-tive ideas are making a difference in their classrooms, the school, and beyond? Nominate them (or yourself) for one of...  [view full summary]
  Do you inspire your students with inquiry or beguile them with biotechnology? Do you work with educators whose expertise and innova-tive ideas are making a difference in their classrooms, the school, and beyond? Nominate them (or yourself) for one of 17 NSTA awards totaling more than $80,000 in cash and prizes.
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I had never seen anything like this before, but what it immediately reminded me of is the danger posed by resonance to structures like buildings and bridges. Notice at the start of the video how little the support is moving laterally (when all the metronomes are moving randomly) and compare it to the motion of the support at the end (when all 32 are moving together). The most famous example of destructive resonance is probably the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940. YouTube link

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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.

Learning Center Resources and Opportunities: