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🧪 It’s Daily Dos-day!

Every Tuesday, we’re sharing a Daily Do—a standalone lesson you can use in your classroom right away.

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👋 Welcome to the official National Science Teaching Association on Bluesky!

Connect with us and discover new classroom resources, professional learning opportunities, conference updates, advocacy news, and science community highlights. Follow along and join the conversation. www.nsta.org #NSTA

Why teach (and learn) about evolution? | National Center for Science Education Why teach evolution? A school administrator might answer simply that the district teaches evolution because it a required part of the science curriculum. Evolution is in the standards and a school would be derelict in its educational duty if its textbooks and curriculum failed to include it.

As we count down to #DarwinDay, we're re-visiting some great pieces on why we teach evolution! "Let us also ask the question from a student’s point of view: Why learn evolution?" https://ncse.ngo/why-teach-and-learn-about-evolution

🐙 Talk about a hands-off romance!

Male octopuses have a specialized arm called a hectocotylus, which they use for reproduction. Some species even detach the arm entirely and leave it with the female until she’s ready to fertilize her eggs.

💌Find more ocean love: go.whoi.edu/ocean-lovers

CAPTION: Scanning electron microscopy of kidney stone fragments

One of the most-viewed PNAS articles in the last week is “Intercalated bacterial biofilms are intrinsic internal components of calcium-based kidney stones.” Explore the article here: https://ow.ly/4PV050YcoVJ

For more trending articles, visit https://ow.ly/eBr450YcoVG

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Save the date for our 64th annual conference on science education! Interested in presenting? Submit a proposal this spring!

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OSTA CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE EDUCATION
Tides of Discovery, Bridges to the Future

Learn, reconnect, & recharge at #OSTA25

Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025
Newport Middle School, Newport, OR
Register by Oct 10, 2025
Register early & Save!
Early Reg ends Sep 12

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OSTA CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE EDUCATION
Tides of Discovery, Bridges to the Future

Learn, reconnect, & recharge at #OSTA25

Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025
Newport Middle School, Newport, OR
Register by Oct 10, 2025
Register early & Save!
Early Reg ends Sep 12

oregonscience.org/event-5944108

How NASA satellites help researchers better understand Northwest river temperatures Using satellite remote sensing to measure water temperature has been heavily underutilized, said a professor at the University of Washington.

The University of Washington has developed the Thermal History of Regulated Rivers, or THORR, a website that uses artificial intelligence to interpret all that temperature data from NASA’s Landsat satellites, dating back decades.

Screenshot of the title card for the linked resource. Text reads: STEM Teaching Tool #101: How can we better understand and work toward equity in STEM education? The background image is a swirling set of multi-colored stripes in the shape of a human head with colorful "air stripes" blowing over it.

We just published a NEW @stemteachingtool.bsky.social on how to PROMOTE EQUITY in #STEMed — based on the powerful @nasem-education.bsky.social EQUITY IN K-12 STEM ED report. Be sure to explore the detailed equity assessment tool included!

➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/101

PLS RESKEET #SciEd #NGSS

Pic of a slide titled: "Climate Learning Resource Portal (on STEM Teaching Tools)" The body of the slide includes a pic of the STEM Teaching Tools web page on Climate Learning Resources and the link: https://stemteachingtools.org/sp/climate-learning On the side there is a bulleted list of the kind of content included on that linked page: Portal Includes: Teaching Tools for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education TOOLS PD MODULES CLIMATE LEARNING NEWS NEWSLETTER ABOUT Climate Learning Resources Practice Briefs 3D Climate Assessments Webinar Recordings OR Teacher Ed Lesson Plans Practitioner Articles Research Summaries Climate Justice Grad Seminar In the corner is the logo for the Climate Teacher Ed Collaborative and ClimeTime projects: In a circle of two arrows is iconography of clouds, the sun, mountains, trees, plants, a body of water, and buildings.

For the new followers interested in #ClimateChange Ed, here's our collection of open ed resources on how to #TeachClimate…

🌿 stemteachingtools.org/sp/climate-l...

These professional learning resources have been co-designed by researchers & practitioners over the past decade. See what you think!

Event Announcement: Using Dairy and Agriculture as Contexts for Incorporating NGSS, January 09, 2025

During this one-hour webinar, we’ll explore dynamic and relevant ways to engage students with STEM through agriculture, food systems and dairy nutrition. Join us!

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Testing the meshing hypothesis in prospective teachers: Are there effects of matching learning style and presentation mode on learning performance and on metacognitive aspects of learning? - Instructional Science Learning styles are a popular concept in the educational field, although there is no empirical evidence that matching learning materials to an individual’s learning style actually enhances learning…

"In sum, the study provides further evidence that considering learning style in teaching methods such as presentation mode is not beneficial. Importantly, the present study used ecologically valid learning materials and a sufficiently powered sample." #AcademicSky #EduSky

📚 EDUCATOR RESOURCE | Modeling Factors that Influence Tsunami Inundation

Learners investigate how tsunami waves interact with topographic features and design an investigation to test tsunami inundation of different landform features using a model.

Activity: https://loom.ly/8-k7sw8

Taking Flight: UC San Diego Shaping Future of Atmospheric River Forecasting This year’s rainy season is underway, which means atmospheric rivers are set to dump rain and snow across California and the Pacific Northwest.

Led by @cw3escripps.bsky.social and NOAA, the #AtmosphericRiver Reconnaissance program is sending aircraft into the heart of brewing storms to gather data that sharpens forecasts, helping communities prepare for what’s ahead. 💧

Please help us to spread the news about this episode of the @ipbes.bsky.social podcast - it is a great resource to help explain and understand the new #NexusAssessment - with some very concrete, remarkable examples and featuring @pammcelwee.bsky.social and Paula Harrison

Recent Earthquake Teachable Moment for the M7.0 earthquake offshore Northern California

Teachable Moments presentations capture the opportunity to bring knowledge, insight, and critical thinking to the classroom following a newsworthy earthquake.

➡️ https://loom.ly/4pyrYfQ

Quote says: “At the end of the day, the best book for a kid is the book that they're going to read and enjoy.” —Carrie Wolfson

You're making your list, you're checking it twice, it's books all around for kids, naughty and nice.

In today's episode, two bookworm experts join us to share science book recommendations for the kids in your life.

Listen here 🎧: https://buff.ly/3Mut28J

The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2024 It’s that time again—our yearly review of the research you should read, from the sneaky ways that inattention can spread in your classroom to the promises and perils of AI.

If you click on nothing else today, click on this & read the comprehensive summary of 2024's 10 most impactful research studies. Thanks, @edutopia.org!
#EduSky #TLSky

Just added some new folks! So many of your old faves from the bird place. Keeping it to folks who work in/on PK-12 #SciEd in formal, informal, research, and non-profit spaces. #EduSky go.bsky.app/FdpEmsi

STEM Teaching Tool #99 Picture of elementary school children with bright clothing—red, blue, orange—in a classroom. Three have turned to look at the camera.

PLS RP #SciEd #NGSS #TeachClimate

Do you teach MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS who have experienced #ClimateChange? We just published a new @stemteachingtool.bsky.social on how to leverage student & community expertise in #ClimateJustice instruction with a focus on language!

➡️ stemteachingtools.org/brief/99

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