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Eighth-Graders Rise to Weather Challenge: Don’t Mess with Our Snow Days!


Thursday, October 17, 2019
The unit focuses model​on three different drivers of weather: topography, or the orographic effect; the interaction of air masses; and the effects of large bodies of water, or lake effect Read more


Mi-STAR Teacher Featured in Science Scope


Thursday, August 15, 2019
Mi-STAR Teacher Featured in Science Scope Read more


Making Genetics Fun with Snap Blocks and Popsicles


Monday, July 29, 2019
​The seventh-grade science teachers piloting Mi-STAR’s Unit 7.6, Inheritance of Traits in Humans, say it has a lot going for it: popsicles, microscopes and a brother-sister spat. But the most intriguing part of all may be that it’s about us. Read more


Mi-STAR Receives Accomplished Rating from STEMworks


Friday, June 21, 2019
​The Michigan Science Teaching and Assessment Reform (Mi-STAR) project has been admitted to STEMworks as an Accomplished program. Read more


Mi-STAR PLF Highlighted in School News Network


Thursday, June 20, 2019
​Greg Busse, who teaches sixth and seventh grade science in the Sparta Area Schools, is featured in the article “More Fun to Figure it Out: Hands-on Science Makes for STAR Scientists,” published June 11 by the School News Network. Read more


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