Bethany Carlson says she “was one of those kids in high school whose social life revolved around science and design competitions.” After college, she began exploring why science classes didn’t seem to attract more women or minorities. Now she is doing something about it - and on September 20, she shared her findings in […]

The NSDL Middle School Portal has started a new blog called “Connecting News With National Science Education Standards” to encourage teachers to use current events as teaching opportunities. Every Thursday, MSP staff will link a current news article to related teaching resources that connect specific content standards to that event.  The first post, which […]