Description

Meet the hosts of NSTA's Lab Out Loud podcast - Dale Basler and Brian
Bartel.  Later, we chat with NSTA Executive Director Gerry Wheeler, as he
reflects on Sputnik and its impact on science education,  the importance of
science literacy and 21st century skills, and how NSTA is helping science
teachers both young and old.

WSST

• The Wisconsin Society of
  Science Teachers
• WSST's
  Periodicity

Gerry Wheeler Reflects on Sputnik:

• 
  
  When Science Suddenly Mattered, in Space and in Class (NY Times)
• 
  Sputnik Left Legacy  for U.S. Science Education (NPR)
• 
  Sputnik
  heralded space race, focus on learning (USA Today)
• 
  Science:
  Sputnik Redux (Edutopia)

Visit NSTA's new website at

www.nsta.org
NSTA's New Science Teacher Academy

With support from The Amgen Foundation, the program will support new middle and
secondary school science educators by providing opportunities for professional
development such as online mentoring and financial support to attend NSTA’s
national conference.

• New Science Teacher Academy
• The Amgen
  Foundation
• The
  Science and Mathematics Teacher Shortage: Fact and Myth

Toyota Tapestry

• Home
• 2008 Online Proposal