CHARACTERISTIC
PROPERTIES
People are often fascinated to learn about the characteristics
that make them unique. Students can really grasp the significance
of the characteristic properties of matter, such as density; melting,
freezing, and boiling points; and electrical conductivity, when
they understand that those characteristics are what distinguishes
one type of matter from another. This issue presents many ideas
for inspiring your students' understanding of these properties.
Characteristic
Properties in the News
Article summaries provided by the NSTA WebNews Digest (visit
http://www.nsta.org/mainnews
for national news for science educators).
The following news stories discuss various forms of matter.
Visit http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2006-10/news_stories_middle.htm
to learn more.
Improving
Practice on the Web
In this month's middle-level journal, Science Scope, NSTA
members can read "Shampoo, Soy Sauce, and the Prince's Pendant"
at http://www.nsta.org/gateway&j=ss&n=52644.
For the complete Science Scope October 2006 Illustrated
Table of Contents, visit http://www.nsta.org/gateway&j=sc&n=52670.
SciLinks® is a web-based service from NSTA that provides online
content chosen to augment printed articles and books. It does so
through keywords; the keyword for this issue is
Characteristic Properties of Matter:
http://www.scilinks.org/retrieve_outside.asp?sl=92635655111010661011
NSTA
Journal Articles on Characteristic
Properties
Read these articles from the NSTA journal archives for ideas .
Click here to learn more:
http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2006-10/middle.htm
Books,
Books, Books
To read about Characteristic Properties in NSTA Press® and
NSTA Recommends® books, visit http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2006-10/books_middle.htm.
To read about the newest titles available from NSTA Press, visit
http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2006-10/newbooksmiddle.htm.
To receive the latest NSTA catalog for your specific grade level,
visit
http://ecommerce.nsta.org/catalog_signup.
Professional
Development
NSTA
Web Seminars
A new series of NSTA Web Seminars is scheduled between
September 2006 and March 2007. Topics include: nutrition and food
safety, the Moon, the ocean's role in weather and climate, living
and working in space, force and motion, energy, and the International
Polar Year!
To learn more or to register, visit http://institute.nsta.org/web_seminars.asp.
NSTA
Symposia
The following NSTA Symposia are scheduled to take
place at the Midwestern Area Conference in Omaha, Nebraska, October
19-21, 2006:
Force
and Motion: Stop Faking It!, presented by NSTA Press author
Bill Robertson
Lunar
Exploration, presented by NASA
Global
Science Teaching
The Salvation of Science (The
Australian)
The president of the Australian Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering, Robin Batterham, writes about her concern
that so many of her nation's students are not choosing to study
science, education, and technology.
Click here to read more:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20519337-12332,00.html
NSTA
Opportunities
Call
for Papers
Science Scope (grades 6–9) has issued
a Call for Papers on selected topics. Click here to read more:
http://www.nsta.org/181
Next
Month's Theme:
Technological
Design
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