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Every Day Science Calendar: July 2007
This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...
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Editorial: A Night at the Circus
Student evaluations of faculty teaching are imperfect and incomplete, but they are here to stay. Students’ ignorance of what it takes to do our jobs would be mostly a source of amusement, except for the fact that many—perhaps all colleges and uni...
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“The Dirty Water Challenge” is a fun activity that teaches children about their environment in an engaging and practical way. Inquiry is embedded within the practical—students have to design, plan, and then build their own design of water filt...
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Methods and Strategies: Need Money? Get a Grant!
There is no one single place for grants—grants are everywhere, even places you might not think. The internet is one of the easiest ways to locate potential grants. Grants for specialized areas are also often sent through emails. You can find inf...
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Teaching for Conceptual Change in Space Science
Nearly 20 years after the release of The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics’ video, A Private Universe, much research has been done in relation to students’ understanding of space-science concepts and how to effectively change these id...
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Science Sampler: What to do about Pluto?
Perhaps Pluto is no longer a planet, but does that mean we should remove it from our solar system models? Is it time to order new textbooks, buy new posters, and invent new mnemonic devices? Slow down, no need to panic! Pluto hasn’t gone anywhere o...
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College Science Teaching Changing to Mirror Real Science in Turkish Higher Education
College science is often poorly taught and it is rare that any consideration is given to the nine visions for reform of science teaching featured in the National Science Education Standards (NSES) (NRC 1996, p. 52). It is even more rare to see interd...
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Time on Your Hands: Modeling Time
Building physical models relative to a concept can be an important activity to help students develop and manipulate abstract ideas and mental models that often prove difficult to grasp. One such concept is time. A method for helping students unders...
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Can you imagine a class where students cover the content with each other rather than simply listening to the professor’s lecture? Can you envision students developing their own laboratory investigations and quizzing each other weekly to check for u...
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The Case Study: A Symphony for Your Brain
In this case study, students examine an advertisement claiming that listening to classical music in an advertised CD set will enhance their cognitive skills and creativity. Students evaluate the claims and evidence cited to support them and then dete...
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Commentary: Summer School … for Teachers
Professional development programs allow science teachers to learn, grow professionally, and even travel. Summer, in particular, is the perfect time for science teachers to participate in professional development opportunities or research possibilitie...
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Every Day Science Calendar: August 2006
This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer. ...
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Perspectives: Cultural Diversity in the Science Classroom
When students come to science class, they bring a variety of perspectives formed in part from their cultural heritage, religious beliefs, and family background. This may create challenges for students whose experiences are different from typical “w...
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Point of View: Intelligent Design: Jonathan Wells and the Tree of Life
In recent years, the intelligent design (ID) movement has been very successful in attracting the attention of the general public. The ID movement is centered predominantly at the Center for Science and Culture in the very conservative think tank, th...
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Although weather, including its role in the water cycle, is included in most elementary science programs, any further examination of raindrops and snowflakes is rare. Together rain and snow make up most of the precipitation that replenishes Earth’...