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 * Professional organizations **

[|National Association of Biology Teachers] The journal published by NABT is called The American Biology Teacher. When you become a member of NABT you can access their on-line journal, as well as, their paper journal, which have different articles. The "How to" column is great for easy to implement activities; however, there are longer, more involved high school biology and chemistry lesson plans published in this journal too.

[|National Science Teachers Association] Overall, this is the best science teacher resource in the country! You should become a member and choose one of the four journals: K-4 Science and Child; 5-8 Science and Scope; 9-12 The Science Teacher; or 13-16 Journal of College Science Teaching. There are research articles, book reviews, essays on important topics in science education, as well as, lesson plans published in this journal. When you become a member of NSTA, you will receive regular emails with information about education legislation, state and federal laws that relate to science teaching, and "hot" discoveries in science that you can share with your students. You will also receive regular information about professional development workshops and conferences held around the U.S.

[|Ecological Society of America] There is an increased effort to participate in the No Child Left Indoor initiative by encouraging educators to become members of esa and participate in this organization. There are data that are available for students to analyze (sometimes you do not have time to collect your own data set in the middle or high school setting). Search through the journal (on-line) Teaching Issues in Ecology and the Environment for some potentially relevant articles for the 5-12 classrooms. You can also learn about professional development opportunities and the annual conferences, at which one whole day is devoted to ecology education!

[|National Association of Research in Science Teaching] This organization has few teachers who attend the national conference; however, if any of you decide to continue your graduate studies in science education, it is essential that you aware of this organization. About 20% of the members are international. About 900-1,000 people attend the annual conferences. There are a couple of strands devoted to the middle and high school classrooms. The journal published by this organization is called JRST.