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Science for all

By Mary Bigelow | Published: March 13, 2010
My next-door neighbor is a lovely young woman, currently at the top of her junior class and gathering information on colleges. She’s interested in studying chemistry/chemical engineering (hooray!). I was reflecting on the opportunities she has that did not exist years ago when I was in her situation. Many colleges with strong science/engineering programs were [...]
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Science everywhere, for all students

By Debra Shapiro | Published: November 9, 2009
Your challenge: Show all of the students in your classroom how science affects every aspect of their lives. Need help? Randolf Tobias, an award-winning author, educator, and curriculum specialist, is going to provide it during his presentation at the NSTA conference in Fort Lauderdale. Tobias will tell you how to reach students from all backgrounds [...]
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Busy days, all day

By Lynn Petrinjak | Published: March 29, 2008
With so much to see and do at the conference, I shouldn’t be surprised by the number of people I see no matter how early I arrive. If there’s a workshop going on, there are people in there. When I arrived at the conference center this morning, there was an odor in one hall that [...]
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