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Taking Measure

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Laura Karns

Laura Karns teaches middle school science for Montgomery County Public Schools in Germantown, Maryland. She earned both her undergraduate and graduate at Salisbury University. When she is not working with her students, Laura spends her free time hiking with her dog and planning her wedding with her fiancée.

The NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers: An Educator's Journey

August 9, 2016

I was always fascinated with science. However, I steered away from pursuing science beyond high school because there was too much math involved (and “MATH,” a

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