LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF !   I AM THE NEWSLETTER FOR THE NATIONAL MIDDLE LEVEL SCIENCE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.  MEMBERSHIP IN THIS ORGANIZATION WILL PUT YOU ON THE MAILING LIST TO RECEIVE THE NEWSLETTER, PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

Level Line contains short articles written by middle school science teachers who want to share their thoughts and ideas with the membership.  Each issue has ideas for physical, earth, and life science.  One can also read about middle school science workshops, inexpensive materials, books, meetings, and national activities.  Feel a part of the growing number of middle level science teachers who are interested in students in grades five through nine.

You are welcome to submit articles for publication in Level Line at any time.  We really need more input from the members so that this publication can get better and better.  Activities, demonstrations or laboratories that work for you will be much appreciated by other middle level teachers.  The deadlines for writers are:  August 1, October 1, January 1, and April 1. Send your copy to:

                    Mr. Yevgeny Pevzner  yevgenyzim7@gmail.com
                    Our new editor, as of 6/30/2006!!

Keep in mind as you formulate your submission that the National Middle Science Teachers' Association recognizes the importance of safety in the classroom and strongly promotes the use of NSTA and ACS guidelines.  The ultimate responsibility to follow the established guidelines rests with you, the classroom teacher.

Periodically, we will place complete articles from Level Line on this web site for your use.  Click here to read the download the current issue of Level Line.

Currently, the following articles and additional information are available:

NEW!! In Volume 15, issue Number 4 (May 2006), the article Clipboard Management for Organized Group/Laboratory Work at the End of the Year, written by Dr. Nikki Hanegan (Brigham Young University, Utah) referred to an excel spreadsheet. Here is the file to use with your students! Clipboard Management

Other articles from the archives:

• I am a rock head ... just like you ... an article by S. McComb, published in the May, 2004 Level Line.   Plus the Student sheets and station cards - a necessary part of the instructional activity and free!!

• Lewis and Clark-   The entire article by Mike Mansour, past president of NMLSTA
        (printed in September/October, 2003 issue of the Level Line, pages 7-10)
• The Stroop Effect - These are the cards needed for the Hands-On Science at Home
        (article printed in February/March, 2003 issue of Level Line, pages 8 and 9)
  
• Additional Recources, Fact Sheets, Rubric for Our Crowded Shores
        (article printed in December, 2002 issue of Level Line, by Nancy Logghe, Penfield, New York)
• A Student worksheet for Starting the Year off Right: A Potato Process of Inquiry Lab
        (article printed in Sept/Oct, 2002 issue of Level Line, by Chris Herald, Manhattan, Kansas
• NASA Student Involvement Program (NSIP) and me by Carrie Strasburger, Williamsburg Middle School, Arlington, VA
  
• Earth History Time Walk by Susan J. Vogel, Fort Madison, IA

• Favorite Polymer Demonstrations for Middle School Teachers by Wayne Goates, Goddard, KS

• The Onion Volcano by Lori and Danny Gilmore, Steelville, MO

• Colored Water Demo by Chris Herald, Manhattan, KS

Other articles published recently include these titles:

•   "Building Bridges", by L Snell and B Snell, Edwardsville, IL (Vol 11, No. 3)
  
•   "Worms by Inquiry", by A Umbarger and J Harnden, Pendleton, OR ( Vol. 11  No. 2)
  
•   "The Leaning Tower of Pepsi", by E Machion and K May, Kansas City, MO ( Vol. 10  No. 3 )
  
•   "Diffusion Confusion", by S Vogel, Cedar Rapids, IA  ( Vol. 10  No. 2)
  
•   "The Metric Patrol", by JA Hugick, Eastchester, NY  ( Vol. 10  No. 1)
  
•   "Indirect Observations", by T Brasher, Canyon, TX  ( Vol. 9  No. 3)