Science Teachers
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STEM-HISTORY: The Untold Story of the Secret Mission to Seize Nazi Map Data
Great STEM story explaining a bit about how the birth of GPS links to a quirky team who showered Europe in search of Nazi map data...The work reached a culmination in 1951, with the completion of the European Datum, or ED50, which united the continent in a common geodetic network for the first…
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WINNERS: AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science
See How a D.C.-based nonprofit supports scientific learning for kids of all ages and ...From wall-climbing robots to dinosaur digs, this…
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RESEARCH: Can Biology Class Reduce Racism?
We'd love to hear from you: What #NGSS Nature of Science connections come to mind when reading this article on race and biology class? Can Biology Class Reduce Racism?…
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RESEARCH A Dating App that Matches Users Based on their DNA.
Utopia or dystopia, what could possibly go wrong ...A geneticist at Harvard Medical School is working on a dating app that matches users based on their DNA. The goal: to eliminate all genetic diseases. @60Minutes reports, tonight…
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RESEARCH: New Study Challenges The Assumption That Math Is Harder For Girls
New Study Challenges The Assumption That Math Is Harder For Girls https://t.co/FdduPdCYLv— NPR Science Desk (@nprscience) November 8, 2019
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FEATURE: The Science of studying the data stored in tree rings
The science of studying the data stored in tree rings, or dendrochronology, is booming as researchers examine historical patterns to determine jet stream behavior, past climate and fire activity. https://t.co/kr0ciByQWI— NYT Science (@NYTScience)…
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CHARTS: Decoding the Teenage Brain
Teenagers aren't irrational. They don't think they're invincible. And it's never just drama for drama's sake. Here's what the science says is really going on. My recent piece for @edutopia.…
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AUDIO: The Scoop on Poop @ Chicago's Beaches
Will someone please teach with this and let me know if it moves (see what I did there?) your class?Today, a water sample taken at South Shore beach had more than 2X the federal notification level of fecal bacteria in the water — but the beach remains open. More on how to check bacteria levels (and…
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TED-ED: Secret Language of Trees
NEW VIDEO: How trees partner with another species to create their own underground internet: https://t.co/HzJLeyVfIo pic.twitter.com/54V9tusu1g— TED-Ed (@TED_ED)…
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PROTECTIONS: US air quality is slipping after years of improvement
Call me old fashioned but clean air and clean water (and ideally mitigating a catastrophic climate crisis) should be an area of strong, continuous bipartisan agreement. This is not welcome news ...The climate crisis is the issue of our lifetime, the next president must tackle it because not only…
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