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Sublime Science

One of the shortcomings in most efforts to integrate art and science is that many of us have a shallow understanding of art, which inevitably leads to shallow connections between art and science. Coloring drawings of planets, building sculptures of v...

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Inquiring Minds Do Want to Know

A group of pre-service students assigned to fifth graders with an interest in tornadoes worked over the course of several classes to present a series of lessons that gave students a solid background so they could understand how tornadoes are formed. ...

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Incorporating Scientific Argumentation into Inquiry-Based Activities with Online Personally Seeded Discussions

The ability to engage in argumentation in order to construct, justify, and evaluate scientific explanations is seen by many as an important component of scientific literacy. In order to foster productive argumentation in science classrooms, the autho...

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Science Shorts: Making Models

Science and art are both creative ways of understanding the world and representing what we have come to know about it. The concrete, tangible aspects of art often provide a venue for students to convey their grasp of scientific knowledge, such as cre...

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The Discovery of <em> Jelly bellicus </em>

Finding an engaging way to teach students the basic principles of natural selection and how evolution is significant to their lives can be a difficult task. As a result, the authors implemented an activity published by Michigan State University (Smit...

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Paint-Stirrer Submarine

In today’s fast-paced, technological world, it is a constant struggle for teachers to find new and exciting ways to challenge and engage our students. The Paint-Stirrer Submarine is a unique and challenging laboratory exercise that keeps the studen...