Vanessa Gonzalez

MD

Hi Ruth, I am a pre-service teacher and have recently completed volunteer hours at the Maryland Science Center where there are a lot of STEM based activities that can be potentially be incorporated into your classroom. I definitely recommend checking it out and there is a high chance of finding activities that may be related to what you are interested in teaching in your classroom. They try to ...

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Hi Farah, I believe informal education is extremely important for children and is very powerful for student learning. Depending on where you are located, you can utilize nature outside of the school, such as a state park, or museums. I am located in Maryland and had to opportunity to volunteer at the Maryland Science Center. During this time, I was able to observe children of all ages engage in...

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Hi Brendan, Good luck with your first year as a teacher! NSTA has a lot of cool resources you could look into, such as their SciPacks. They have one dedicated to the Universe and one dedicated to the Solar System. Both seem very insightful to what you will be teaching and can hopefully help out a lot.

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