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Nontraditional laboratories can provide primary pathways by which students comprehend and apply modern astronomy. To teach a nontraditional astronomy lab, we must give students opportunities to critically contemplate unsolved questions and evaluate c...
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Multidisciplinary Explorations
A course integrating the fields of engineering and biology was developed to teach students to solve real-world problems that included aspects from both disciplines. Computer simulations were developed and carried out, and findings were presented in a...
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Research and Teaching: Helping Students Succeed in Introductory Science Courses
The author measured the reliability of introductory biology students’ claims regarding lecture attendance, help session attendance, and reading assignment compliance. In all areas, students’ reported behaviors were different than their actual beh...
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At Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua, New York, a pilot program was designed to incorporate and test the efficacy of integrating Peer-Led Team Learning and the Case Study Method of teaching into three different curricular areas. Program d...
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Favorite Demonstration: An Illuminating Catalysis Demonstration
The catalase demonstration presented here is a variation of a traditional experiment that is normally run to demonstrate enzyme activity in basic undergraduate biology classes. It is one of the easiest laboratory activities to demonstrate organic cat...
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The Case Study: The Case of the Dividing Cell—Mitosis and Meiosis in the Cellular Court
The Honorable Judge Cellular is presiding over the case of the State v. Egg Cell Number 6624223. As the prosecuting attorney calls each witness to the stand and the courtroom drama unfolds, students learn about the stages of mitosis and meiosis and t...
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Finding Science Past and Present: National Buildings Museum, Washington, D.C.
The National Buildings Museum, which was founded in 1980, is perhaps the only museum focusing exclusively on the art and science of design and building construction in the United States. Exhibits and programs explore the nation’s constructed enviro...