Author Archives: NSTA Web Director

Oil spill resources

By NSTA Web Director | Published: May 3, 2010
Jean May-Brett of the Louisiana Department of Education has passed on several websites that teachers may find useful in discussing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) NASA: Earth Observatory NOAA: Office of Response and Restoration Feel free to add more in a comment.
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STEM ed … with whiz

By NSTA Web Director | Published: March 23, 2010
Governor Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania addressed the “Science Matters” Town Hall Meeting in Philadelphia on Friday, March 19. In addition to describing the success of Pennsylvania’s STEM education programs and reeling off some facts and figures (e.g., Pennsylvania is the only state, according to Gov. Rendell, that has increased education spending during this recession), [...]
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The calm before

By NSTA Web Director | Published: March 17, 2010
Things are quiet for now at the registration area in Philadelphia (noon on Wednesday—attendee registration opens at 5:00). But things are buzzing in the Exhibit Hall. An NSTA staffer called it “sausage being made.” I’ve attended quite a few NSTA conferences, but never arrived early enough to see the Exhibit Hall being assembled. Quite a [...]
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Simulation of the Sun’s annual path in the sky

By NSTA Web Director | Published: April 19, 2008
—From the NSTA Learning Center
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Watch presentations on Ustream

By NSTA Web Director | Published: March 28, 2008
You can watch a few Presentations on Ustream.tv.  Watch and chat with us! Current Presentation Schedule: Eugenie Scott: After Dover: The New Creationism Friday, March 28 3:30–4:30 PM EST Bill Nye: (The Planetary Society Lecture) Planetary Citizenship in the Next Space Age Saturday, March 29 8:30–10:30 AM EST
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