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If you have comments or questions about the MSTA Journal, please contact Lisa Weise, Journal editor, at lweise@hpsk12.net or by phone at 517-694-2162 (daytime) or 517-646-9410 (evening). You can also submit print submissions by mail to 6070 Valley Trail, Dimondale, MI 48821.

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Current Journal: Spring 2008

MSTA Journal Spring 2008
Volume 53 Number 1
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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Contents:
  1. Science Assessment in Michigan Schools as Information Processes (Members Only)
    Philip J. Piety, Doctoral Candidate - University of Michigan, School of Education
  2. Promising Science from Michigan and International Science and Engineering Fair (Members Only)
    Bal Barot, Ph.D. and Pawan Barot - Lake Michigan College
  3. The PBL Project for Teachers: Using Problem-Based Learning to Guide K-12 Science Teachers' Professional Learning
    Special Section: Problem-Based Learning Project for Teachers
    Tom J. McConnell - Research Associate, Division of Science & Mathematics Education, Michigan State University; Jan Eberhardt - Assistant Director, DSME, MSU; Joyce M. Parker - Assistant Professor, DSME, MSU; Jeannine C. Stanaway - Instructor, College of E
  4. Any Questions? Teaching Young Children to Ask Questions
    Special Section: Problem-Based Learning Project for Teachers
    Casey Lyn Sterle - Leslie Public Schools
  5. Should Your Town Become a Green Town? You Decide
    Special Section: Problem-Based Learning Project for Teachers
    Alexis Dyer - Stockbridge Middle School
  6. Poison Ivy: Teachers Designing a Problem-Based Science Unit
    Special Section: Problem-Based Learning Project for Teachers
    Kelly Boersma - Lakewood Public Schools; Lee Ballor - Chippewa Middle School; Jennifer Graeber - Island City Academy
  7. Weather Across the Elementary School Curriculum
    Special Section: Problem-Based Learning Project for Teachers
    Pat Trommater, Rebecca Farlee, Gail Hollinshead, Marcia Larkins - Carson City Elementary School; Jeannine C. Stanaway, Tom J. McConnell, Michigan State University
  8. Using Problem-Based Learning to Understand Global Warming
    Special Section: Problem-Based Learning Project for Teachers
    Tracy Bednarick - Eagle Crest Charter Academy
  9. One Species to Rule Them All
    Special Section: Problem-Based Learning Project for Teachers
    Rob Blume - Macomb Academy of Arts and Sciences
  10. Building a Better PBL Problem: Lessons Learned from the PBL Project for Teachers
    Special Section: Problem-Based Learning Project for Teachers
    Tom J. McConnell - Research Associate, Division of Science & Mathematics Education, Michigan State University, et al.
  11. Using a Movie For a Fun, Practical Example of Density Computations in the Science Classroom (Members Only)
    Mark Benvenuto - University of Detroit Mercy
  12. Fisheries Learning on the Web (Members Only)
    Joyce Daniels and Elizabeth LaPorte, Michigan Seagrant
  13. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (Members Only)
    Book Review
    (Reviewer) Annis Hapkiewicz - East Lansing, MI
  14. Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Members Only)
    Book Review
    (Reviewer) Cheryl Hach

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MSTA Newsletter

Current Newsletter: May 2008

MSTA Newsletter May 2008
Volume 55 Issue 2
Thursday, May 1, 2008
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Contents:
  1. From the President's Desk
    Paul Drummond, MSTA President 2006-2008, and Betty Crowder, MSTA President 2008-2010
  2. The MoLEs Project
    Molecular Level Experiments
    Developed by Michael Abraham and John Gelder, Oklahoma State University
  3. From the Editors...
    Chris Montemayor & Lisa Martin
  4. Protection for the Great Lakes
    Judy Morlan
  5. Forensic Science Educational Conference
  6. Nurture A Scientist Program
    Submitted by Jennifer Krengielski, Pinconning Middle School, 7th Grade Science Teacher
  7. Science Teachers Go Virtual
  8. MSTA Mini-Grant Report
    The Eagle Watershed Education Project Involving Students in the Science Process
    Grant Written by Amy Weesies, Science Instructor, Oakridge High School, Muskegon Michigan
  9. How to be FIRST
    For Inspiration and Recognition of Science
    Patricia Zwiebel
  10. 2008 MSTA Board Election Results
  11. 2008 Forensic Science Workshops
    Kathy Mirakovits, Instructor
  12. MSTA Award Winners
  13. 2009 Vendor/Speaker Session Form
  14. MSTA Mini-Grant Application

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