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The Activity Summary Board

Use this organizational tool to help student scientists make sense of a phenomenon or problem....

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Shaking It Up

Determine emergency response priorities in a theoretical earthquake disaster scenario....

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A New Take on “Tried and True”

Implement phenomena-based teaching with purposefully repurposed activities....

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There’s Something in the Water

Explore groundwater contamination with these PBL activities....

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Boom. Bust. Build.

Incorporate computational thinking into your classroom as students redevelop a fictional city....

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Best STEM Books for Students K–12

Books published in 2017....

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Editor’s Corner: Phenomenal Science

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue....

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Focus on Physics: The Delightful Addition of Colored Lights

This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. This article describes how you can produce such colorful shadows for students and the general public in your classroom or an auditorium....

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Science 2.0: Organizing a Bit of the Google Ecosystem

This column shares web tools that support learning. This issue shares a list of tips to help optimize some of the most common Google interactions students have throughout the day....

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The Green Room: Waste Management

This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This issue discusses waste production and management....

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Career of the Month: Astronomer

This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This issue describes Percy Gomez's career path to becoming an astronomer....

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Right to the Source: Cemeteries

Exploring science and history with the Library of Congress. This issue discusses a 1914 stereographic image of a cemetery....

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Course-Based Support for Peer-Led Study Group Facilitators in a Large Instructional Team

To improve communication within the instructional workforce of a large organic chemistry course, students must take a required course for all undergraduate peer-led study groups (PLSG) facilitators and peer tutors hired by the Science Learning Center...

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Evolution in Student Perceptions of a Flipped Classroom in a Computer Programming Course

In this article the “flipped classroom” pedagogical approach is used for a combined undergraduate and graduate computer programming course in meteorology. Details of how the course was flipped are discussed, as well as how student perceptions of...

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Science and Community Engagement: Connecting Science Students With the Community

In this article the authors describe a course on science outreach that was developed as part of our college’s goal that all students participate in a meaningful community engagement experience. The Science & Community Engagement course provides a w...

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The Role of Faculty in Fostering STEM Transfer Student Success

In 2012 Eckerd College received a grant from the National Science Foundation to create a scholarship program for transfer students majoring in one of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors offered at Eckerd. This article ...

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Breaking Down Barriers: A Bridge Program Helps First-Year Biology Students Connect With Faculty

Summer bridge programs aim to build social connections for first-year students to ease their transition into college, yet few studies have reported on bridge programs successfully leading to these outcomes. The authors backward designed a summer brid...