New Orleans is already known for its vibrant culture, rich history, and world-famous cuisine, but this year, it also served as the perfect host city for the 2024 National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) Conference. Science educators from around the country (and the world!) gathered in the Big Easy to exchange ideas, discover the latest teaching …
Engaging students in the ideas behind the types of coral reefs, their zonation, and the processes that make them so special can be challenging. The Building a Coral-Reef activity is a great way to ensure students learn the concepts needed and remember the processes that are acting on coral reefs. And it doesn’t hurt that …
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How It All Started Shark tagging can be highly sensationalized, and most people know the gist of what shark tagging is and a basic idea of why it’s done. Shark Week typically shows at least one show every 2 hours that involves someone tagging a shark for research purposes, giving most people that baseline understanding …