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Using Student-Generated Questions to Investigate Chemical Reactions

The Science Teacher—January/February 2021 (Volume 88, Issue 3)

By Hilary Gawne

Using Student-Generated Questions to Investigate Chemical Reactions

 

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, January 26, 2021

By Debra Shapiro

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, January 26, 2021

 

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Sparking a Movement

DIY triboelectricity experiments

The Science Teacher—January/February 2021 (Volume 88, Issue 3)

By Matthew D. Stilwell, Chunhua Yao, Dale Vajko, Kelly Jeffery, Douglas Powell, Xudong Wang, and Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel

Sparking a Movement

 

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Ecosystem in a Jar

Inspiring observation and appreciation of natural systems

The Science Teacher—January/February 2021 (Volume 88, Issue 3)

By Emily Cizmas

Ecosystem in a Jar

 

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The Survival Games

Linking science and science fiction to better understand the realities of biomes, fitness, and climate change

The Science Teacher—January/February 2021 (Volume 88, Issue 3)

By Gabriela E. Rodriguez, Zainab Shoda, Hannah R. Assour, Vanessa Fischer, and Janelle M. Bailey

The Survival Games

 

Current Science Classroom

Field Trips Last a Lifetime

The Science Teacher—January/February 2021 (Volume 88, Issue 3)

By Chris Anderson

 

Focus on Physics

The Bohr Model of the Atom

The Science Teacher—January/February 2021 (Volume 3, Issue 88)

By Paul G. Hewitt

 

Citizen Science

A Window to the Wild

The Science Teacher—January/February 2021 (Volume 88, Issue 3)

By Jill Nugent

 

Teacher Spotlight

Teacher Spotlight: Steve Metz

The Science Teacher—January/February 2021 (Volume 88, Issue 3)

 

Point of View

Taking the Office Hour Out of the Office

Journal of College Science Teaching—January/February 2021 (Volume 50, Issue 3)

By Patrick Cafferty

Science classrooms across our campus have changed dramatically over the past 10 years as an increasing number of instructors have incorporated a variety of active learning techniques into their teaching practice, using, for example, classroom response systems to poll their students and guided inquiry and case study activities to facilitate small group work (AAAS, 2011; McGill et al., 2019). However, the primary way students interact with faculty outside the classroom remains unchanged: the office hour. Despite evidence that students benefit from office hour visits, low office hour attendance is common. Here, I describe a novel addition to my typical office hours, holding one of my four weekly office hours outside as a group run called the “Active Office Hour.” Students view the Active Office Hour positively, with a subset of my students attending weekly. Active Office Hour participants report their primary motivator for attendance is to seek comradery with their peers and instructor, not the specific activity of running, suggesting alternative forms of out-of-office office hours may work well for different students and instructors.

 

Science classrooms across our campus have changed dramatically over the past 10 years as an increasing number of instructors have incorporated a variety of active learning techniques into their teaching practice, using, for example, classroom response systems to poll their students and guided inquiry and case study activities to facilitate small group work (AAAS, 2011; McGill et al., 2019). However, the primary way students interact with faculty outside the classroom remains unchanged: the office hour.
Science classrooms across our campus have changed dramatically over the past 10 years as an increasing number of instructors have incorporated a variety of active learning techniques into their teaching practice, using, for example, classroom response systems to poll their students and guided inquiry and case study activities to facilitate small group work (AAAS, 2011; McGill et al., 2019). However, the primary way students interact with faculty outside the classroom remains unchanged: the office hour.
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